my great grandfather, richard holmes, was among them. richard holmes walked off a slave plantation in virginia. i do like to tell some storied notion of richard holmes. i tell it as it was told to me, that richard holmes looked around, saw no one was looking, and left that plantation and that's how he got to the district of columbia. that makes me a third generation washingtonian. i'm glad he stopped here. his son, my grandfather, richard holmes, the first richard, came here in the 1850s. the second richard, richard holmes, entered the d.c. fire department in 1902. the capital itself was also at the center of the fight. it took a great deal of time and effort to defend the capital. precisely because of its location here at the vortex between the north and the south. and the capital was the center of the recovery of slavery as such. the aftermath of slavery with the freed man's bureau. hal university is the legacy of that aftermath of slavery. but i caution you that in looking at the civil war, it is very important to kind of align it aga

his son, my grandfather, richard hol holmes, the first richard came here in the 1850s, the second richard holmes entered the d.c. fire department in 1902. the capital itself was also at the center of the fight. it took a great deal of time and effort to defend the capital. precisely because of its location here at the vortex between the north and the south. and the capital was the center of the recovery of slavery as such, the aftermath of slavery with the friedman's bureau. howard university is a legacy of that aftermath of slavery. but i caution you that in looking at the civil war is very important to kind of line it against wars we have known because we have known no war like this war. it is very different from wars in the usual sense of the word. we lost more men than in any other war, 2% of the population. but remember most of those were lost from disease. if you compare that to huge wars, wars where we lost less men, the great world wars or the most recent great war, world war ii, you will find that very quickly after that war japan and germany were our allies. world war ii veteran

holmes, abc 7 news. >> thank you. the arrest comes as a surprise to many in an arlington neighborhood where amine el- khalifi was living. >> richard reeve is live with reaction to the arrest. >> alison, the condominiums are like dozens of other complex is within the area. many folks are shocked that a terrorist would live here. this is not the first time amine el-khalifi has been in trouble. >> the arlington landlord says he's not surprised his former tenant, amine el-khalifi, is an accused terrorist. >> i specifically said i think he is making bombs. >> he complained to police about amine el-khalifi in 2010. the 29-year-old who live in apartment 6 with a girlfriend threatened him and had not paid rent. there was something else. >> he was getting packages that were heavy in the unusual. i kicked him out. i did that give him time to sell anything over here. >> tonight, outside his condominium, a different story. >> you do not suspected terrorists to be living in your neighborhood. >> neighbors say shortly after 2:00 on friday afternoon police raided the apartment number 118. >> men in green with swat guns. >> we saw what . to be a

richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. efforts are continuing to try and evacuate more people from the besieged city of holm this evacuation being carried out by the red cross and syrian red crescent. it is, however, a very limited operation only in this city and on a very small scale. red cross officials say yesterday they were only able to take out about 30 people, starting with women and children. critics are calling this something of a pr move, saying the syrian government is simply trying to buy time to alleviate a little bit of pressure while continuing its offensive against the opposition. just today, according to the opposition, at least 20 people have been killed in ongoing violence. >> richard, given the sense of where things stand right now what does the syrian opposition want? what are the risks? >> reporter: the opposition wants weapons. they want a lot of weapons and they want a legitimate way to receive them, probably sending them right through the corridor where i'm standing right now. the risks that the united states sees, the united states doesn't know the opposition well and they worry that arming the op

richard engel, thank you very much. >>> in syria, activists say government forces killed more than 200 people in city of holmes today. the syrian government denies the assault. tunisia announced they will exspell exspell the ambassador over that. >>> we will bring you a live report at the bottom of the hour, u.n. security council meets this hour on syria. >>> stay with us here on "weekends with alex witt." [ female announcer ] experience dual-action power, with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. ew. hey, mom. what? pay you? [ laughs ] for what? for unloading the dishwasher? kid, you need to pay me for making this delicious meal. whoa! hold on there, mom. kitchen counselor. um, mom, i think what she means is greasy dishes. yeah. in fact, check it out. cascade complete pacs are the ones with the real liquid top. they fight tough greasy messes better than the other tablet, which can leave more