. >> scott randolph was another rikers inmate anticipating his release.we met him, he was serving a year for petty larceny and violating parole. >> i just spiraled out of control as far as criminality goes. so, i've been back and forth a few times, mostly for drug activity, trying to make money hustling in the street. >> but randolph took advantage of the jail's writing program and had hopes of becoming a journalist. >> we publish the "rikers review," a magazine created by inmates for inmates. it's extremely helpful. gave me computer skills, marketable skills. i'm looking forward to trying to utilize that when i get out. >> the prison journal randolph showed us included one of his poems. >> can you read a little bit of your poem? >> all right. this one's called "hold this." grip these words as if your embrace alone will help me save my life, so that i might live to give my tomorrows as payment for yesterday's debts. >> randolph says his poem is his vision for a new life. >> the future conceals hopes and happiness i have yet to feel. for this you present a

thomas jefferson was a randolph, edmund randolph was a randolph. at one point when he was governor, the lieutenant governor was another randolph. jeffersons idea here was not only that the feudal land tenure should be eliminated so the gigantic landholdings would be broken up. that is so that we would announce that the market would allow the version of landholdings. but he also proposed in his draft constitution for virginia in 1776 that if you were a virginia man and you depend on 50 acres of land, he would be given 50 acres of land. virginia was an open space extending all the way to wisconsin. why not make everybody a small farmer by giving everybody a small farm. we have all of this land and this is all avoiding the question because we don't really know the answer. it's weird when you think about it. somebody should have been watching the situation and decide if therdecided has therea monarch because george washington was the closest thing. i could have supreme executive authority, but i don't want to. so, somebody like george washington despit

as we take a look in the district 1800 block of randolph street closed with downed wires.l road westbound lanes closed with a large downed tree. use caution as you head out around that area. benning road we're still dealing with a closure at b street because of a police investigation. extra time needed there. right now metro is on time except for safe track impacting the green line and yellow rush plus. we'll take a closer look at this 27 crash next guys. >> you know what time it is now? >> yes, time for the morning meme, the express version like you're running out the door and you want it right now. >> you got to have it. got to h have it. >> a lot of people commented yesterday on the morning meme. let's get to it. yes. >> oh, boy. >> that's how i look most mornings. when you're happy the warm weather is finally here but the pollen count is 1 million. >> that makes me itchy. >> quite the look. actually i like this a lot. sometimes you have no receipt at the atm. >> can i get a hallelujah. >> because you don't need that kind of negativity in your life. >> you put in 20 buc

in terms of power, we are at the 1800 block of randolph street northwest. all of the homes in this neighborhood have power right now. they do have to replace a transformer in the neighborhood. veroni it is a compromise. wet and soggy ground. could we see more trees down across the area? yes, we could. part of it is the wet ground but the other part is the heavy winds. look at the wind coming at of the east, southeast. right now, over 20 mile per hour gust. and it is through your morning hours that we will have the highest winds and likely the biggest delays on area roads. a little bit of an improvement into the lunchtime hour. and into the green zone finally for the afternoon and evening rush. if there is something you can put off until after lunch time later in the day, please do so. reston, gaithersburg, it is pouring out there. 123, and wisconsin avenue. it is coming down come at currently. high.e it is rain and wind for today and a little more rain for tomorrow. we will take a look at your saturday and sunday forecast in a few minutes. we definitely hav

we'll have sky fox up over crash on randolph of road shortly. we'll look at that next back to you. >> metro out with a new plan to stop may have noticed couple stations in d.c. >> chaotic scene overnight at airport upset passengers getting into fights at a spirit airlines termina. so what set them off. we're back in 30 seconds my wife got me to be a devoted vegetarian... except for every ladies' night. only glad has forceflex to prevent rips, leaks, and punctures. so whatever you throw in the bag... stays in the bag. be happy, it's glad. chaos erupts over flight. nine flights because of a legal dispute. had to do with pilot veil bit. video posted to twitter spirit airlines. police had to jump in and remove passenger frtz area. i have teps, angry, angry people. everybody had places to be and couldn't be there. >> spirit said cancellation stremd from lawsuits association over labor negotiations they're accusing pilots of putting destination ahead of negotiations. this is result of unlawful activity.

as you make your way out in the district downed wires 1800 block of randolph street northwest you'lld that. again any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. memetro is on time except for safetrack. holly and maureen. >> let's take a look at the stories you're engaging with the most this morning on social media. we're dock it with our -- doingt with our realtime news tracker. >> wisdom martin is here to tell us about. >> human rights activist charged with laughing during jeff sessions confirmation has been convicted. he faces up to a year in prison o she said she couldn't help but laugh when a senator said sessions had a well documented history of treating all americans equally. her sentencing will take place next month. >>> the inventor behind the fidget spinner says she isn't making a dime off the device because she couldn't afford the fee to renew the patent. she designed the fidget spinner 20 years ago to entertain her daughter. now they're popular among youngsters and the supposed spue help adhd sufferers. she was forced to give up her patent because she didn't have $400 to rene

only the left lane is able to get by, something to watch out for on randolph road.heckingur ways are's, in with delays now on kenilworth avenue reported at euros. kenilworth has been a mess this morning because we had a crash earlier on the northbound side that has cleared. inbound suitland parkway, you are on the brakes right now, almost at a complete standstill. here we are on kenilworth avenue with bumper-to-bumper traffic continuing southbound past boroughs, allow for extra timeout here, or plan on using new york avenue as an alternate. that is our traffic watch. back in the next 10 minutes to update your ride on the north side of town. larry? larry: now, a showdown on capitol hill. the former acting attorney general sally yates shedding new flynn andichael potential campaign connections to russia. suzanne kennedy is live with the latest developments. suzanne? suzanne: this was the former attorney general's first time talking about the flynn issue. she testified for about three hours on capitol hill yesterday, offering new insights about the concerns surrounding

right now new problem on randolph road. we're going to talk about that. beltway looks okay but 295 in bound and outbound nr beaen i'm at higher risk fore as depression.ave a stroke. i'm 26% more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat. i have a 65% higher chance of developing diabetes. no matter who we are, these diseases can be managed or prevented when caught early on. because with better research, the right medicine, and with doctors who help keep me healthy to begin with, >>> it is 5: i'm aaron gilcrist. >> i'm eun yang. on "news 4 today," new developments in the death of a penn state fraternity pledge. the claims that some students tried to cover up the crime including a person from our area. >>> keeping your kids safe. the tips parents need to be on the lookout for when it comes to online predators. >>> and the search continues for the man accused of posing as a maintenance worker before raping a woman inside her home, and we're learning police weren't far behind him. >>> let's get right to that story now. still developing now this morning. we're g

westbound randolph at kemp mill. we have that blocked off by police cars. that is because a mini van off of the roadway. we'll take another look at that coming up. delays on 295 as well. eun? >> 6 oomp:16. new details in the brutal murder of two boston doctors engaged to be married. police found the bodies friday night after responding to a report of a man with a gun. a law enforcement source tells nbc boston that they were found with their throats slit and their hands tied behind their back. the man arrested for the murders was arraigned on two counts of murder from yesterday. a law enforcement source says his motive is believed to be robbery. >>> the serial killer that terrorized one of the largest cities has been identified. phoenix police didn't have to go far because he was already in jail for murder. he's facing 26 additional charges. police say between 2015 and 2016 he shot and killed nine people in their driveways and in their cars. police say he only knew one of his victims. the rest were random targets. police narrowed in on him. >>> a new twist i

tree removal crews have their hands full, first in the 1800 block of randolph street northwest, a tree came down and took power lines with it. had it fallen in the opposite direction, it would've hit a house with the family asleep inside. back up the power before sunrise but had to replace a transformer. seven minutes away, a tree crashed on a road in the 2000 block. westbound lanes shut down for hours as a crew clear the mess. the eastbound side was not affected. here is another live look at the mess on the lawyers wrote. -- road.' they know that when it rains heavily, and cause floods. you can see people tried to drive through the water. when you see water covering the road, turn around, don't drowned . lindsey: to a crazy scene overnight in often help, a driver in critical condition after slamming his car into a home. 11:00 last night, the car slammed into a home on audrey lane and three people were inside when the car hit. no word on what may have caused the crash. these are flames tearing through a house in manassas. not one, but two families without a place to stay. the home was

of the legendary william randolph hearst. >> patricia hearst is 19.e in her apartment last night when a woman and two armed men burst in, dragged patricia down trunof a car and drove off. >> the kidnapping may be pt of nationwide campaign of terrorism. >> it had been three days of false alarms until news came this this berkeley radio station had received what looks to be the first real message from the kidnappers. >> the overwhelming irony of the patty hearst kidnapping is that the most marginal of groups manages to pull off what is, after watergate, the biggest media spectacle of the decade. >> the kidnappers are members of a terrorist group that calls itself the symbionese liberation army. the sla is seeking the alliance of all groups in this country to oppose the present system and its government. it calls on them to unite into a fighting force. with the demands of the sla, death to the fascist insect that preys on the life of the people. >> we love you, patty, and we're all praying for you. i know those people. they have good ideals. they're just

. >> reporter: the arkansas national guard using blackhawk helicopters over randolph county to survey that devastating flooding. streaming live on face? book as another round of storms hit. >> the wind is so, so strong here, and it is raining, pouring down outside. >> here is what the black river looked like monday. here it is wednesday. just hours after a record breaking crest of nearly 29 feet. its levee breaching in nine places. some 50 homes with major damage or destroyed altogether. >> all while southwest louisiana, inundated with as much as eight inches of rain in hours. this school bus stuck on a flooded road. the students all safe. and in missouri where more than 200 roads are still closed, this washed out bridge giving a glimpse of the clean-up ahead. dan crawford's home inches away from being underwater. >> almost two full weeks in panic mode. trying to save the house. >> to give you an idea, the river is normally 1/4 mile behind me. you can see inundated part of the neighborhood. things are expected to dry out ssouri.z, abc news, arnold, >> and, the storm system that did da

jefferson's grandson, thomas jefferson randolph says it was a source of bitter jealousy. he claimed that the other people down the mountain, other non-hemmings people were jealous of the hemmings. that is because they were sewed close to the jeffersons. that wishes to his interpretation. it could well have been that they thought the hemmings were co-opted. of course, jeff randolph was saying, there are jealous because these people get to hang around us. answerobably was not the . they probably did not want to hang around him. it could've been that they thought -- they might have been resentful, not jealous of them, but saying, who do think you are. you have been co-opted by these people. that is the only hint of any kind of -- that might be between them. the other indications is that people did cooperate. there is no reason to think that they actually hated them. the only comment that we have about them comes from jeff land off. carefully do have to be in looking at the words of the legal family who owns these people to take their word for what is going on there, and thei

grandson, thomas jefferson randolph, says it was a source of bitter jealousy. he claims that the other people down the mountain, another -- other non-hemmings people were jealous of the hemings. that was his interpretation. it could have been that they thought the hemingses co-opted. of course, jeff randolph would think, they are jealous because people get to hang around us. answer.bably is not the they probably did not want to hang around with him. it could have been that they thought -- it might -- they might have been resentful, not jealous, but who do you think you are, essentially? you have been co-opted by these people. so, that is the only hint of any kind of envy between them. the other indication is that people did cooperate. there is no reason to think that they actually hated them. but the only common we have about this comes from jeff friend off, and you really do have to be careful in looking at the words of the family, the legal family, who owns these people to take their word on what is going on there, and their interpretation of it. there is no

my friend, sophie randolph, graduated last year. she started the food initiativi wiwith zoe borden. >> we both felt that an issue was school lunches. >> if i have to eat pizza, i will. but i don't know.w. it's's never looked appealing g me. >> i'm a vegetarian and they don't r really offer vegetarian options in the cav feara. >> we represesent the student body. theyey want better lunches. >> i eat almost every day in the cafeteria. >> we saw a lot of processed foods in our lunches. it doesn't have as many nutrients as fresh foods. we get s served cut peaches in syrup but we have these amazing peaches that arere growing out here. we have great apples that grow actually right next to us on a windy hill farm and we're getting served apples in plastic bags thahat are presliced. why not tap into our natural resources? that really started the discussion that i if it was eve fees tangible to the lunch area and everyone said yeah, we should do that. >> it's really hard for schools to change because there are all these rules like health code

refreshing their skills at randolph air force base in san antonio. maybe just a bit more senior. in the waning days of war in vietnam, they ended up as two of the last fires to be shot down. now the two former weapons systems officers will soar once again, thanks to the air force's freedom flyer program which ensuresed flights that ended in their capture will not be their last. over the last 44 years, the 560th flying training squadron has returned almost 200 former pows to the skies. marshall has vivid memories of the moments after he was cornered somewhere in the vietnamese jungle. >> i was totally angry because if they shot me, nobody would know what had happened or if i survived. >> reporter: and survived both did, fortunate to only be in prison for just under a year. to spend even a few moments with these men remains a lesson in resilience and perspective. lieutenant colonel gene smith spent five and a half years behind bars. how often do you think about those dark days? >> every day. when i brush my teeth i think about it because i have a toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste

up patrols and put out the crime alert asking neighbors to be each other's eyes and ears in mike randolph's case muscle. when he saw break in in progress last week, he stepped in. >> went across the street got a few neighbor guys. went over basically barricaded the guy in the car. called the cops. >> reporter: kelly burke watched. >> did the guy say anything. >> no, he was quite the whole time. he looked so shamed. >> report roar how old avenue guy? >> maybe like 20 if that. he was young. >> reporter: police of course are asking neighbors to continue to be vigilant to lock their doors to keep the valuables out and of course watch out for one another. lucy? >> good that they got one of guys. thank you much brad. >>> so this little guy didn't do anything wrong. in fact he's so lucky to be alive. so why was he lock up in the >> we do not know why the drive. >>> developing story out of chester county. where two counselors at an addiction facility in chester county have died from a drug overdose. patients at the freedom ridge recovery lodge found their bodies sunday afternoon. the two died in th

some small delays there, and then the first report of some wires down in the 1800 block of randolph streetst. branch parkway. and then also on ridge road, the ironic thing here it's looking like our southbound lanes at frederick road or 355 are the ones having the problems but i'm suing -- >>> a georgia teen is recovering in the hospital. people watching the live stream called the bibb county sheriff's department, and deputies say facebook also reached out. officers got to the teen's home and took her to the hospital. they say she had taken pills and put a plastic bag over her head. facebook announced this week that 3,000 people will be hired to review violent videos and situations to try to stop them before playing live on facebook. >>> there's a new more dangerous drug combination in the opioid epidemic. it's being called gray death. it's a mixture of natural and synthetic opioids. this particular combination has been blamed for overdoses recorded in alabama, georgia and ohio. one ts follow which is used to tranquilize elephants and other animals has been linked to recent overdose deaths

host: next from randolph massachusetts, independent line, eugene. caller: good morning, thank you mr. whippel this is very refreshing to hear the way white house should run and also, the wisdom that you have explaining it and i really believe that jim baker, as you mention, when you look at the time past and what we see now, what a different world and that's why when i hear other people, a fanatic and not seeing the trouble a president that inherited monfrehis father and he think he can run devoid from consequences, this is not how politics work. for you to explain and i learn from that, because i can see how the white house is not running properly and how back then the russia could not be medaling and people could not sell their soul. their country come first. it takes well running white house to organize and not look as bad as it is run. host: thanks caller. guest: thank you. well, you know, it is, you know, as i say, it is a very govern suggest extremely tough. you know, the president has just been on, is currently on a foreign trip and foreign t

we're dealing with a problem on randolph road some downed wires we'll get to that next but maryland 27ht lanes at 355. it's a wet ride. we'll get you around all the trouble spots here on fox5. >> 4:57 is the time. if you plan on celebrating cinco de mayo. >> i do. >> we have a deal on designated drivers that you need to take advantage of. >> it's a really good deal. you'll want to hear all about this one and the coast guard is searching for people putting cargo ships at risk in the chesapeake bay. >> going to break with a live look outside across the dmv on this wet start to your cinco cio de mayo. there it is, very blurry explain wet roads no, good. >> we're back ent. narrator: "the time is always right to do what is right. ralph northam. army doctor during the gulf war. volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. progressive democrat. in the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound anti-choice law, and stood up to the nra. as lieutenant governor, dr. northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. ralph northam believes in ma

in early 1917, writer randolph borne would lament the shift among his left wing compatriots towards aey would have thought anyone mad who talked of shipping american men by the hundreds of thousands to die on the fields of france. the nerve of the war, feeling centered, of course, in the richer and older classes of the atlantic seaboard, and was keenest where there were french or english business. it must never be forgotten that in every community it was the least liberal and least democratic elements among whom the war's sentiment was found. ♪ there's a million mothers knocking at the nation's door ♪ a million mothers, yes, and there will be millions more ♪ and while within each mother's heart they pray ♪ ♪ just hear what one brave mother has to say ♪ ♪ america i raised a boy for you ♪ ♪ america you'll find him staunch and true ♪ ♪ place a gun upon his shoulder he is ready to die or do ♪ ♪ america he is my only one ♪ my my pride and joy ♪ but if i had another he would march beside his brother ♪ ♪ america here's my boy ♪ 10 million soldiers to the war have gone ♪ ♪ some may never retu

. >>> for drivers in the district a heads up the 1800 block of randolph street northwest closed becausef downed power lines and trees down too. it's in crest wood. area had been closed for several hours overnight. still unclear if rain was a factor in the power lines coming down but again, doesn't really matter what caused it, the 1800 block of randolph street in northwest closed now because of trees and power lines down. >>> sp today, heavy rain throughout the d.c. region. >> it is making a mess of your morning commute. some places worse than others especially along klingle road in northwest d.c. fox5's bob barnard is there with the problem at the scene. bob what's going on? >> reporter: yeah, guys, klingle road coming from adams morgan through the park and into cleveland park is closed because of this bigotry that's come down this morning. look at it, it's blocking the entire road way. it came from up there, up atop of the hill the whole root structure has been uprooted. no sign of anybody coming to clear it away any time soon. you do see a d.c. police car over there trying to help wi

his daughter, martha jefferson randolph, and her husband moved into this home, so this would have been a home filled with his family members as well as guests. throughout jefferson's retirement years, as a very public official and as somebody who gained fame for not only being president of the united states but being the man who wrote the declaration of independence, he would have hosted perpetual rounds of company here. guests would have come right here into this room, where we are right now, the hall. depending on who they were, they may have had to wait here to have a chance to see jefferson. we have a lot of accounts of those guests for their visits to monticello. for them, this would have been something new that they did not necessarily expect. one guest referred to the strange furniture of the walls. another guest called this room cluttered. he filled this room with knowledge. jefferson sets this up almost like a museum or a cabinet of curiosities, and he is filling this room with things that he thinks are interesting, that interest him, but also influential people, influential i

philip randolph. but with my father being on the railroad, he decided he wanted his kids to see something of the country. and so, you know, my mother said good idea. and i can get a break. i will not go. so she wouldn't. so when i was around 10 years old, they packed us up and we took our first trip to chicago on the train. dad could get passes and the three of us, my brother's three years older and my sister three years younger. here we are. we got to chicago and we can't find a hotel. my father -- we go up to the y. and the people look at us and look over the desk at the three of us and said no room. you know that's not the case. some guy just before just checked in. we were walking from hotel to hotel. these three kids and my father in his uniform and that did something to me. that did something to me. so eventually, he had to find a railway buddy who happened to be at home and have a house and that's where we ended up. and it is unconscionable. just unconscionable. and you would know what would ha

philip randolph who would say that you had to learn how to be concerned about working people. so i think i learned a lot firsthand about labor relations and about, you know, social justice and economic opportunity from the activities we were doing. that's why i've often said that by the time i was 25 i already had shaped my life's work. >> now, we've been talking about the things you did in sort of an extracurricular activity. was there anything you learned in school, in the classroom that influenced your life? >> well, i always in the -- i started out with entering the field of medicine, but i -- i was at barna college and i was rejected, i had been accepted. >> they already told you they had two. >> yeah, they had two negro students, and so they said i could wait a year and come in when one of them graduated. so i went on to new york university. and so i shifted my interests and i began to study more in -- i took some work in religion, but also in the social sciences. and one of the things that was valuable to me were -- was that i had assignments to work in communities that

marion scott dupont's -- maybe it's marion dupont scott -- and anyways, a wealthy woman married to randolphcott for a while. andbought montpelier enlarged it and covered it with pink -- so the challenge of montpelier has been to get it back to what it might have looks like when the medicines were here. the effort has been remarkable. for being here. [applause] >> before we begin, i want to ignore jim think a former vice president of the united states, dick cheney for coming today. [applause] let me also again, acknowledge gay and david, molly, the entire team of society -- the four arts for hosting this magnificent five-part series. thank you. [applause]

also as you head out glenmont this morning randolph of eastbound shut down fwlen allen avenue because of large crash sdleen causing backup. give yourself extra time to move through the area and as we look wide tuesday morning commute typical delays 295 southbound and there's a disage vehicle by 17, 66 eastbound picking up and no trains between new carl ton and stadium armory. we'll help you work around that if you have any questions erin fox d.c. twitter. steve, allison, back to you. >> one way to keep kids reading is with a road trip. part of cross country tour hosting popup reading festivals and chance to meet author character. scholastic rv will be at a ashburn from 5 to 7. >> delta airlines will begin testing facial recognition at self service bag drop in min ach list. it mavrps passengers with passport photos. they can leave luggage at the bag drop to go through security check. and comingp next battle against the craft brewers what maker of bud wiseer is doing. >> low's is working on ro robotic suit to help lift heavy items. how that works after the br works after the vo: at domi

the center of the road towards georgia avenue, which explains this delay westbound, plan on using randolph road as a workaround. 370 through the lane divide, it's about a nine mile drive and still waiting for the heavy-duty record to come remove this truck. the right lane is still locked along 270 with 355 as a good alternate. the crash they are tying up the right side. trouble into downtown, north capitol street, accident activity is blocking the far right lane. that is the traffic watch, but back in the next 10 minutes to update the ride. autria: tracking the fallout across america. fbi: the director of the fired without warning. suzanne? suzanne: the historic move was made late yesterday afternoon and what could it in for the fbi intohe investigation whether russia was involved in last november's election? the report is coming up next. john: we are live at cap where this morning, weather is a bit of a pickup going on right now. in about four hours your capitals will take the ice-skating ready for game seven. we are talking about history i'm at higher risk fore as depression.ave a stroke

stony brook to connecticut avenue, over toward hunters lane and almost two randolph road. this is going to produce more hail and it's going to continue to move to the north and east. in terms of how high this storm is, that's pretty hefty for us. we have seen strong fronts this year, but 40,000 is pretty high for us. that's how it extends in the atmosphere. that is a hail core which extends down to the surface. you'll see hail up top. in fact, this is great. keep sending us pictures. just mention me on twitter or facebook. we appreciate that. also, we have kind of an ominous picture looking at the storm moving in from the west to the east. so we have heavy to severe storms early tonight. by about 7:00 or 7:30, it will be gone. in the meantime, after that we are in great shape. brust stopped temps 58 to 75 and dry. comfortably warm tomorrow. sunshine. saturday looks better than sunday. we may get an early round of golf in on sunday. the day planner, clear skies to start. 60s downtown, 78 by lunch time. not humid. 81 on friday, great finish to the week. a nice start to the w

first in the 1800 block of randolph of street northwest. tree came down taking power lines with it. had it fallen in the opposite direction it would have hit a house with a family asleep inside. technicians had the power back up before sunrise but they still had to replace a transformer. next, a seven-minute drive away. another tree crashing down on clingler road northwest in the 2000 block. westbound lanes were shut down for hours as the crew cleared the mess. the e affected. the culvert is a problem area. every time it rains iting clos and causes it -- it clogs and causes it to flood. we have cars that are making their way through the water. if you see water covering the road, turn around. don't drown. so that is the latest in oakton. i'm q mccray. alison: don't get caught unprepared for severe weather. go to wjla.com and sign up for the weather alerts sent to your phone from the stormwatch7 weather desk. you can customize which updates you want to get. well, huge twist now after shocking allegations of rape inside rockville high school. today, the rape charges were dropped agains

marion scott dupont's -- maybe it's marion dupont scott -- and anyways, a wealthy woman married to randolph scott for a while. she bought montpelier and enlarged it and covered it with pink stucco. so the challenge of montpelier has been to get it back to what it might have looked like when the madison's were here. the effort has been remarkable. so thank you montpelier and thank you for being here. [applause] >> you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span three. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. week, american history visitserican artifacts museums, archives and historical places. the national museum of american history

a very wealthy woman, mary to randolph scott for a while, she bought it and enlarged it and covered it with pink stucco. the challenge has been to get it back to what it might have looks like when the medicines were here, and the effort has been remarkable. for arranging this. thank all of you for being here. announcer: on lectures and history, professor brian taylor teaches a class on the military strategy and political policy goals of emancipation during the civil war. he talks about how ending slavery became a major goal as the war progressed, and discusses the piecemeal ways slavery was ended in border

the famous literary critic, political commentator randolph , wrote a lot of essays during the war. the famous line from one essay, not published until after his death he said, war is the health of the state. brains at his desk is distinguished american historian. it's hard to separate were 10 -- national security state we have come from the state generally. of the structures in the state we still have in many ways, stem one way or another from the world were experience. the ones that don't stem from the world war ii experience their american roosevelt, it dedicated wilsonian. i -- sawrld war himself trying to deplete the legacy of wilson. we should think about how we understand our government -- peaceful terms and war-like terms, think about whether we broadly androd -- inclusively powerful security state. and if so, why. >> world war i is a great lesson of thehing us to be wary passions unleashed during wartime. democracies have a fundamental problem. how do you convince citizens to give their lives in order to consider democracies. the basic way to convince them is through patrio

bill gates and matt damon and robert frost and william randolph hurst. the world's leading drum maker is showing off a new inexpensive drone you can control with the wave of your hand. it's called the spark. a flying camera. it recognizes you, follows you relatively the. dlaurs 400 to $500. just give it hand signals. you want to take a picture, do that. land do this. pretty cool. >> i have a chance of maybe piloting that one because the other one is way too tough. >>> facebook reportedly signed deals with buzz deal and others to make shows. it will feature long and short full contents with commercial breaks. they plan two tiers of content. scripted shows of 20 to 30 minute episodes and shorter scripted and unscripted shows of five to ten minute episodes. >> this feels like an episode of the flint stones. you've seen this house. it's called the flintstone house along interstate 280 in hillsborough. it sticks out like a sore thumb. it finally has a new owner. and we are trying to find out who that might be. it's not fred and wilma. mid-1970s property went

randolph threw it in the dirt. it is 5-4, oakland in the sixth.wo run home run helps the tigers retake the lead. jed lowrie doubles to left- center field and rajai davis comes all the way run from first base to score in the game was tied at 6. two batters later today, ryon healy sends want to left. is a deep enough? it is a walkoff home run for ryon healy. the a's when -- win. >> it seemed like when he hit it , there was no doubt. >> i did not know. i thought i might hit a seagull to tell you the truth. there are 400 of them circling. it could hit a seagull and come down and you would play it. you had to wait. they know better than anybody whether or not it is going out. >> if only the giants offense was as good as scoring runs as they aren't pregame handshakes. bottom of the third, scott schebler hits it. ninth home run of the season for him to give the reds a 3-0 lead. bottom of the sixth, jose peraza line drive and hernandez ran it down. scott feldman was even better. he came into today with an era near five. a lower after tossing a four hit sh

. >> i think the famous literary critic and political commentator randolph bourne wrote a lot of essays during the war. he opposed the war here the famous line from one essay, not published until after his death death he said, "war is the health of the state." brian is a distinguished historian of the american state. it is hard to separate the wartime state and the national security state we have come from. many of the structures in the state we still have in many ways stem one way or another from the world war i experience. the ones that don't stem from the world war ii experience their american roosevelt, it -- under franco roosevelt was a dedicated wilsonian. during world war i -- saw himself trying to deplete the -- complete the legacy of wilson. we should think about how we understand our government -- how we understand our state and both peaceful terms and were like terms and think about lyether we need such a broad and inclusively powerful security state. and if so, why. >> i would just say world war i is a great lesson on teaching us to be wary about the passions that are unleas

. >> say hello to rhonda, randall, rhonda randolph of she's with signature aernz cousin she's the oney. on the right. because i didn't know was flowered on the right too. >> everybody great. >> rhonda celebrating uncle ted and aunt mar that 50th app versey. she loves allison and tucker and she had a birth day a week ago. happy belated to you rhonda and thanks for step d sending in a picture. everybody had the great night. >> there's a great picture. >> happy anniversary. >> 50 years wow. >> birth day? gentlemen. >> we love it. >> weather. you love the weather too? upper 0s today. >> no rain? written. >> less humidity. >> less humidity. >> 68 washington. winds shifted and they're out of the west and south and west and they'll be out of the west today. we'll be in for breezy day. otherwise sunshine and brought tips and spring afternoon. felt a lot like summer last couple days more like spring today highs upper 70s. less humidity should feel cool tonight quick look at 7 day forecast. beautiful tomorrow upper 60s. showers lights thursday and into the day friday. friday looks look a wet on

no reports of anyone being hurt >>> also in dc right here part of randolph street northwest was closed early. the storm knocked down trees and power lines, work crews were sent to clean up the mess and repair the wires. is the worst over? let's check in with gwen with the latest. hi, gwen >> unfortunately you're going to have to feel a bit soggy for a little bit longer. we're still going to deal with rain going to move through tonight as well as some for your saturday. take a look at radar here. you can heavy rain fall along coastal area. we're dealing with as we await the passage of a cold front with this same system. keeping a close eye on rain showers now, right near the hagers along the i 81 corridor there, and as well to the south, there's another little badge there near gainsville we're watching. some has had a little bit of lightening in it. we're keeping eye to the skies, we have a little bit of sunshine today. and with that, that just created some instability in some areas primarily to the south. still dealing with watches, warnings and advisories, coastal flood advisories in

. >> brand new crash, randolph road near new hampshire avenue. as soon as we get more information on that in montgomery county we will let you know. outbound canal road, left lane blocked oversized truck there. beltway outer loop, inner loop no massive problems. 75 at frederick at new london road. all lanes still blocked by the crash. northbound 301 between 97 and 50 have that crash there still hanging around as well. travel times coming up. manchester where three more arrests have justin made in connection with an explosion after an ariana grande concert. the prime minister is warning another attack could be imminent. >> britain's terror threat level has been raised to highest category. we just learned the uk's parliament is on heightened security as well. no visitors are allowed in at this point. intelligence agencies still working to figure out if the suicide bomber was working alone. we don't know much about the newest people taken into custody. but this happened in raids in the same part of manchester where the accused's suicide bomber's bro

reporting 25 break-in's in the third police district, of them, three arrests including the guy mike randolph the act. >> saw this strange guy walking out here, jig egg the car doors. >> moments later the thief was sitting inside his neighbor's car. >> went across the street, got few neighbor guys. we went over, basically barricaded the guy in the car and called the cops. >> both locked and unlocked cars had been targeted. >> my window had been smashed in. of course r it was down pouring rain. my bag had been stolen out of, there just my work bag, stethoscope, work papers. >> worth a $100, plus 300-dollar window repair. police have stepped up patrols, theft from a car isn't exactly the crime of the century, but if it ever happened to you, you know that feeling of being violated. >> not a good feeling, especially when it happens on your own street. >> brad sat end, "fox 29 news." >> not good feeling at all. time 5:21, the search continues this morning for the driver responsible for hitting a teen in the lehigh valley. sixteen year old nicholas vague a, still recovering after being struck by a

rona randolph with her and her cousins. the right in the flowered dress what great picture and, al --& >> isn't it great. >> tell us about the celebration. >> the group celebrating rhonda's uncle ted and aunt martha's 50 many anniversary. woo-hoo! rhonda wakes up to fox5 every morning. she loves the crew. and she also turned 53 a week ago. so you're making that look amazing, miss dimples. happy be lated birthday to you. >> happy birthday to you and happy birthday anniversary to the aunt and uncle. >> so fun. what great celebration. s 7:00 vick. hi, tuck. >> hey, steve. guess what? beautiful day. skype now in washington. winds out of the west at eight. it's all about lower humidity at least for me bright sunshine. you know what, after a couple days that felt like summer it will feel like spring today with upper 70s and again we should dry this afternoon. dew points are falling back into the 40s up towards front royal and hagerstown at this hour and that pleasant dry air will sweep in here later this morning and this afternoo

other famous dropout, bill gates, matt damon, the poet robert frost and william randolph hearst. the s&p 500 starts at a new record. the federal open markets committee is likely to raise rates in june. first time jobless claims are out. the world's leading drone maker is showing off a new inexpensive drone you can control with the wave of your hand called the spark. it's really more just a flying camera. but you can see him pushing it away with that. it recognizes you 400 bucks, pretty cheap. this is also from dji, this next video i'm going to show you. just showing you more of what you can do with it. it just float there is and waits for the signal to take your picture and there you go. drones, you know, the big ones, drone, this is just a flying camera. it doesn't go far away but recognizes you and follows you around as you go. and dji is by far the leader in drone. >> imagine what your family portrait will look like. >> everybody's like this. [ laughter ] >> thank you very much, scott. get out your red noses. it is officially red nose day. it's a big deal here for this network

of them, three arrests including the guy mike randolph caught in the act. >> saw this strange guy walkingown here jiggling all the car doors. >> reporter: moments later the thief was sitting inside his neighbor's car. >> went across the industry got a few neighbor guys who went over, basically barricaded the guy in the car and called the cops. >> reporter: both locked and unlocked cars have been targets. >> my window had been smashed in. of course it was downpouring rain so my back had been -- bag had been stolen out there. it was my work bag, stethoscope, papers. >> worth $300 window repair. police stepped up patrols. theft from car isn't exactly the crime of the century, but if it ever happened to you, you know that feeling of being violated. >> not a good feeling. especially when it happens on your own street. >> reporter: and so a crime alert by police is out tonight. police asking neighbors just to use good common sense, remove valuables, lock their doors and of course look out for one another. lucy? >> always got to, thank you much, brad. >>> on your radar tonight we've got rain, ra

other famous harvard dropouts, bill gates, matt damon, robert frost and william randolph hearst. >>> a report says tesla's assembly line has 30% more injuries than the average. the report examines two years of accidents filed with osha. if you look at the more important statistic, the number of days a worker has to be put on restrictive duty because of an injury, the number is twice industry average. tesla workers are in the midst of a unionization drive. >>> the world's leading drone maker dji is showing a new drone you control with the wave of your hand. it's called the spark. it's more of a flying camera than what we would think of as a traditional drone. it recognizes you, follows you, relatively cheap, $400. this is cool. when you want it to take a picture, just do this. >> really. >> and when you want it to land you do this and stick out your hand. magic. >> it feels like a jedi force. >> and $500. now we're getting into this is the drone you want >> that is cool. >> this is the drone you're looking for. think about that this holiday season. >> christmas in july. >>> let's get