soledad: so richmond, virginia, the second capitol of the confederacy.hat was your childhood like in terms of those statues? were they pointed out? was it a big deal or something people did not notice? garrett epps: you have to understand that, for most of my childhood, i lived a block and a half from the equestrian statue of lee that is the center of everywhere we went, we were going past confederate generals -- gen. steward, gen. lee, gen. jackson. the school i went to, you were divided into two teams. you were either one of the lees or you were one of the jacksons. our school colors were red and gray, the two colors of the confederate army. so, the confederacy was in the room with us. soledad: when i, as a north-easterner, would ask people about confederate statues or even the confederate flag, they would say this is our family legacy and history. garrett epps: i think that is right. the confederate statues are the product of a -- of a very particular time in southern history. not of the post-war era but of a generation or two later when the system we

philadelphia, 88. 87 in washington d.c., richmond virginia a high of 89-degrees.ite 6 showing a mostly clear sky, quiet conditions, watching the bermuda high pressure offshore. we are tapping the southwesterly winds as we get to sunday. the heat will be moving. you have a jet stream to the north. a high stream to the south. temperatures will be in the 90s. as far as what we can expect, heatwave number two on the way early as sunday. we had a heatwave in may for three days. records likely monday and tuesday as the core of the hot air works its way to the region. we have an air quality alert. the air is poor for those that suffer from respiratory illnesses, that's new jersey amend the suburbs. coming up, we look at the heat wave and when the relief is coming. >> delaware police are investigating a nasty crash. two vehicles collided just before 5:30. three people were injured, two seriously. no further information has been released at this time. >> an emotional se ceremony as firefighter joyce craig was honored with the dedication of a new mural. >> that mural now gr

police say both are from the suburbs of richmond, virginia. to kill and unlawful possession of a firearm. taylor is charged with possession of unregistered firearm. >>> dc police say they haven't rule out terrorism as a motive. fbi is now involved too. meanwhile, we're going to med star hospital where we find our bob barnard joining us from washington hospital center. bob, good morning. >> reporter: allison g morning to you guys. the latest we have is that the conditions of the two officers apparently aremp tweeting this morning that one of the officers remains in critical but stable condition. the other is in fair condition at this point. now, video tape from the scene shows that one of the bicycle officers bicycles was still attached to the pickup truck. the striking vehicle a few blocks it way from the impact scene. we believe the more seriously injured of the two officers was actually dragged for bit. that's his bicycle still attached to the pickup truck. the other officer again in fair condition the third person struck was ddot traffic co

from anita, richmond, virginia. anita, good morning. the do you think of medicaid program? should the expansion be discontinued? caller: no. i think something that we very rarely hear about, which is important, is how premature babies get medicare -- medicaid, excuse me, regardless of the preemies parents, born, i i forget how many weeks, regardless of how much insurance the families have and how much income the families because the costs are outrageous and today with all fertility programs, thank goodness, that are happening, multiple ng lots of births and young parents desperately are going to need from medicaid and i am sure that when medicaid is cut, is, young families are going to be impacted. glendale, , anita, arizona, medicaid participant, you are on the air. my wife passed away a couple years ago, she was on access, a state federal program, with medicaid expansion. e had to go on it, i mean, $6000 a month for a nursing home ridiculous, it was you know, the affordable care was self-employed and charge $40,000 a year for and there was nowhere to go. you had to pay fo

mason grew up out of richmond, virginia. washington is in need of another guard to backup.ing on the dodgers, this game just under way. 3-0 in the bottom of the fourth. without the services of jason wert, he is on the 10-day disabled injury with a beard injury -- looks like he hurt his foot. we will be back in a couple weeks. >>> and why are we already talking about being a free agent? pete gamman went on the radio and said people have told him that harper would prefer to play for the cubs and ended saying the cubs probably can't afford him and it will never happen, but way to start some stuff. personally picturing bryce is nobody does underwater stunts, sylvia. except me, of course. this is my stop. adios! ♪ you cheat death. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. número uno! me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole,

research facility in richmond, virginia reported using no dogs or other animals in fiscal year 2016.what we found was that they were indeed experimenting on these dogs. we're talking about experiments involving high levels of pain and distress unrelieved with anesthesia or pain relief. sharyl: the watchdog group white coat waste and the members of congress are still pressuring the other v.a. hospitals involved to cancel their animal testing, too. coming up next week on "full measure." the government's gun-running scheme known as fast and furious is the subject of one of the longest-running congressional investigations of our time. i'll reconnect with the federal agent who blew the whistle, first telling me his story seven years ago. sharyl: when you stepped forward, what did you think and hope would happen? john dodson: when i stepped forward, i thought it would all come to a screeching halt. i was very surprised to learn otherwise. sharyl: an interview you won't see anywhere else. next week on "full measure." until then, thanks for watching. we will be searching for more stories tha

that includes a boy from richmond virginia and a boy from howard county maryland. to compete six-year-old edith fuller from oklahoma she did not make it into the finals. so -- she did well, though. she got this far. >>> all right. ready to see you tomorrow. tomorrow morning in b-o-w-i-e maryland. >> quite at good speller. >> that's as far as i went. that's the site as much our next zip trip. we'll be in bowie town center from 6:00 to 11:00 tomorrow. tucker barnes kicks things off. then i'll be there along with holly morris. erin como will join us a little bit later and we would love for you to come out as well. come out and see us on our second zip trip. last time bowie brought it strong. they were one of the top ones out of all the zip trips. >> i think they'll bring it strong again tomorrow. gary mcgrady talking about our weather and improvements. >> oh, looked great. look, technically there's still a chance of a couple of showers for that probably the next two hours or so, three hours until the front gets through but today looks gorgeous. i mean, this is what we

host: ok, henry in richmond, virginia. politico has a story out, "trum allies be comey attack dogs." in the picture, the outside attorney for the president for this investigation. after james comey's testimony, he held a short, not really a press conference because he just made a statement and did not take questions, but he made a statement at the national press club. >> ladies and gentlemen, i mark caso it's -- the personal lawyer for president trump. contrary to numerous, false press accounts leading up to today's hearing, mr. comey has now finally confirmed publicly what he repeated the told president trump privately. that is, that the president was not under investigation as part of any probe into russian interference. mr. comeydent, he -- also admitted there is no evidence that a single vote changed as a result of any russian interference. mr. comey's testimony also makes clear that the president never sought to impede the investigation into attempted russian interference in the 2016 election. and in fact, according t

irley in richmond, virginia, democrat. caller: i give him and have.i give him an f because he only talks to his base, which is basically white people. i love our country. my husband is white. my friends and family members are mixed company, and i have never seen them come and talk to any of us, only a small group of people that he goes and talks to. this thing on the climate change, it is very important. our children is affected. he doesn't do anything for the people. he is all about russia. of ournd of president united states only complements the enemy, wants to do business with the enemy and stops our allies? that?s i understand he has a job to do, and when he first ran i was very excited. i thought we change would be fantastic. but when he turns his nose up at everybody who wasn't white, and when i look at c-span in the morning, it's a bunch of angry, mad thatte men, everybody else wants a little piece of this high. we all live in this world together. we are all connected. , you often bute just like we are now. everybody is sisters and brothers in

some of the examples were from the veterans home in richmond, virginia. this veteran was celebrating his 103rd birthday. one of the things they did at this particular home as a fundraiser was carve furniture out of cigar boxes. one day, i was taking some of our former board members on a tour, and they were admiring this and commented that they used to have dollhouse furniture just like this that they used to play with as a child. then their mother took it away from them because she was saying they were going to break it. they were being a bit too rough with them. as they were looking at it and admiring the furniture, start reading the label and see who it was donated by, it was their parents. this was the dollhouse furniture that had been taken away from them as a child, now appearing in a museum. the museum has undergone a number of changes since it was first opened in 1896 as the confederate museum. this museum was the next phase of being built out here in appomattox, chosen to be here because of the people that come to this particular area. appomattox

host: here's jim from richmond, virginia, independent line. caller: good morning. glad to have this opportunity to be on. i think that i have gun. i don't want to get rid of my gun. i don't think anybody needs to have ak47 or whatever. my real concern is, i think i should have the same rights you do. if able to carry a gun in d.c., and carry one to the capitol, i should be able to carry women to carry one to the capitol. i think i should have the same healthcare you voted for yourself. you want to take my healthcare away. i feel like my life is in danger, that gives me the rake to say, i'm in danger for my life. should i be able to shoot you. i don't think so. you can use that scenario. if you can carry a gun, why can't i carry one? guest: let me clarify again reciprocity bill are not for members of congress. they're for everybody. they're for any citizen. there's a lot of misconception out there on these bills. they are not specifically for members of congress. the other bills out there that fill those gaps, that's what they're intended to do. as far as healthcare

policeman in richmond, virginia trying to find the suspect seen setting an american flag on fire, veryting a lot of outrage. the homeowner says this is more than vandalism, he is calling a terrorism. the man has 0 regard for what that flag stands for. the windy city turning public art into a statement against donald trump. chicago using taxpayer dollars to install this signs it says real fake, a sculptor in front of the trump tower chicago. the city says it is not a political statement. chicago considering the sculptor of flying pigs to block out the trump name on his own tower. heather: no more rough morning thanks to hangovers. ♪ heather: that is the slogan of a new self-proclaimed hangover cure. the drink already has 10,000 people on wait lists. heather: 70 contains an herbal compound found in the oriental raisin 3. it detoxifies your body by breaking down cellular inflammation which can cause sweating, nausea and vomiting. it will be available for purchase on july 5th. i will believe it when i see it. heather: how do you discover that to begin with? the time is 20 minutes until the

a distinguished lawyer from richmond, virginia. what does this say?> i think it says what is likely to be a pattern inside the white house. members of the senior staff who have been around president trump as he has discussed various aspects of the russian investigation and his feelings toward it could end up being interviewed by the special counsel, and they are going to need their own outside counsel. the president has outside counsel at this point. the fact the vice president has decided he needs it i think will be taken as a signal to everybody inside the white house who might have some knowledge, culpability, whatever you want to call it, that they will need it as well. charlie: it should not be presumed they have anything to hide. it should be presumed in today's world you need someone who understands that world to guide you. >> i think that is right. i think part of it is also a way to compartmentalize it. they do have day jobs beyond what the investigation is doing. i think there is another aspect to this, which is a reminder that once you go d

they're both from outside a county in richmond, virginia. police are investigating the cause of a crash. investigators say they found a military style weapon in the back of the pickup. it is unclear of why the man had the gun. it is a go fund me account that has been set up for the injured officers and their families. the account has a gold of $50,000 -- we're taking a look at a p picture earlier. more than $14,000 has already been donated mple you can find a link to that page on our website, fox5dc.com. another week and onc investigation will take center stage on capital hill. attorney jeff sessions is scheduled to testify before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. this all comes just days after fired fbi director james comey provided testimony before that very same committee and earlier today president trump took sharp aim at comey calling him a coward during an early morning tweet. we get the latest from kristin fisher. it's been three days since comey's testimony, but president trump is still coming out swinging. he said this m

let me begin with the vice president hiring outside counsel, distinguished lawyer from richmond virginia. ? does this say >> what is likely to be a pattern within inside the white house, that members of the senior staff who have been around president trump as he discussed various aspects of the russian investigation, and his feelings toward it could well end up being interviewed by the special counsel and that they're going to need outside counsel. president, as we know has outside counsel at this point. and the fact that the vice president has decided he needs it i think will be taken by a signal as a signal to everybody inside the white house who might have some knowledge, cup ability whatever you want to call it >> it should be presumed that in today's world, you need someone who understands that world to guide you? >> i think that's right. i think part of it is also a way to compartment lize. they have day jobs beyond what this investigation is doing. but i believe there's another aspect of this, which is it is a reminder that once you go down the road of having a special counsel and

attorney who is based in richmond, virginia. so clearly, he has a lot of experience. now the president has a private outside attorney, the vice president also now has a private outside attorney. jeff zeleny, thank you very much for that report. joining us now, democratic senator, chris coons of delaware. he's a member of both the judiciary and foreign relations committees. senator, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> all right, so let's review. the president tweeted this morning. i'll put it up on the screen again. you are witnessing the single greatest witch hunt, in all caps, in american political history, led by some very bad and conflicted people. he's calling this a witch hunt, bad and conflicted people. later this afternoon, he started tweeting with attacks against hillary clinton, democrats. i want your reaction. >> well, wolf, i have family ancestors from the boston area and i think the salem witch hunt has to be the greatest witch hunt in american history. one of the things that president trump is going to run into here as we tries to change

they are from a county outside richmond, virginia. charging documents suspect has said multiple times in the past all cops must day. investigators say they found a military-style weapon in the back of the pickup truck. there's a go fund me account set up for the injured officers and their family. they have a gel of $50,000. $13,000 have been donated in just one kaivment you can find that link on our website, trump has denied any obstruction of justice and his firing of james comey and said he never demanded the former fbi director's loyalty. now congress is on the hunt for leaked memos and potential tapes which could prove which man is telling the truth. fox's caroline sheave lie is telling the details. would you be feeling to speak under oath to give your version of these events. >> 100 percent. president trump says he's ready and willing to defeud claims by ousted fbi director james comey about the russia investigation. no coalition, no obstruction, he's a leaker. frankly james comey confirmed a lot of what i said and some of the th

also a student from richmond virginia. six-year-old edith fuller remember we talked about her yesterday she's from oklahoma. she qualified when she was just five. she didn't make it into the finals but here's the catch. >> what's that. >> she spelled her words correctly but they take that exam. >> okay. >> and so she didn't score as high on the exam enough to then goa go to the finals. >> she missed out because of the exam not the spelling. >> not because of the spelling. >> well, she is in kindergarten. >> that's true. >> anyway, she'll be there next year. >> right, right i. >> i have no doubt. >> 5:44 is the time right now. that means it's time for our facebook fan of the day. today it is michael. he tunes in every morning for the weather and kevin's movie reviews. >> he was nominated by his mom who says today michael graduates from potomac high school so a huge congratulations to you, michael. that's so great. this is just the beginning for you, michael, you remember that. for your chance to be tomorrow's fan, leave an

they're in a rural county outside of richmond virginia, now, police are investigating the cause of that crash. investigators say they found military style weapon in the back of the pickup. unclear why those men had that gun. >>> and there is a gofundme account set up for the injured officers, and their families that account goal of more than $50,000, so far more than $10,000 has been donated to that cause >>> new information from ocean city maryland this morning, the city council said it will not allow women to walk around top less on the beach after all. the counsel passed an emergency ordinance to prohibit any kind of public nudity and that reverses when we learned life guardses were instructed not to crack down on top less beach goers, we're still waiting to hear from the attorney general, the state's attorney general asked for the attorney general's opinion after a woman demande since men have that option. >>> happening today, the lincoln memorial reflecting pool will be drained because the water currently inside the reflecting pool could make you sick. the park service said yearly

he chose a richmond, virginia, based lawyer named richard cullen, a former attorney general, former u.sed a number of high-profile clients. including in -- well, first of all, he worked on the bush recount in 2000. he worked on -- he defended someone in iran-contra, he defended tom delay. this towns you can only believe washington, he's also the godfather, of course, of one of comey's daughters. >> oh, goodness. john heilemann? >> i don't think it's -- i mean, it's funny on some level, people have pointed to the kind of swampiness of this, but, look, he's hired richard cullen who's close friends with jim comey. not just the -- he's the godnaur father of comey's daughter. they're close friends. i don't doubt ashley's reporting is correct, that mike pence never said a disloyal word about donald trump. i don't know if that reflects profound loyalty or reflects profound political smarts. one thing mike pence cannot ain order to look like is like he's trying to undermine donald trump when he's the person who stands to inherit the oval office if donald trump has to leave that room. and so i t

irley in richmond, virginia, democrat. caller: i give him and have.give him an f because he only talks to his base, which is basically white people. i love our country. my husband is white. my friends and family members are mixed company, and i have never seen them come and talk to any of us, only a small group of people that he goes and talks to. this thing on the climate change, it is very important. our children is affected. he doesn't do anything for the people. he is all about russia. of ournd of president united states only complements the enemy, wants to do business with the enemy and stops our allies? that?s i understand he has a job to do, and when he first ran i was very excited. i thought we change would be fantastic. but when he turns his nose up at everybody who wasn't white, and when i look at c-span in the morning, it's a bunch of angry, mad thatte men, everybody else wants a little piece of this high. we all live in this world together. we are all connected. , you often bute just like we are now. everybody is sisters and brothers in th

marcus lives in richmond, virginia. he was diagnosed withmultiple sclerosis when he was 27 years old. he has three young daughters and faces a lifetime of expensive treatments for his disease. because of affordable care act, marcus thought what he never thought he could do with m.s., he started his own business. jill is from hillard, ohio. allison endured a lot at a young age. when she was 7 she had part of her lung removed because of the damage her disease caused. because she has health insurance she is a happy particular timer planning eagerly for her future. jill made clear what would happen if trumpcare passes. allison's c.f. medication would become prohibitively expensive. under trumpcare jill will have to make decisions on what drugs she can afford allison, not what is best for her disease. they will have constant worry about paying for the lifesaving care that are ian, marcus, jill, and their families need -- not starting a business, not living -- living like a normal teenager or young adult with dreams for the f

country club of virginia, richmond out in force to make sure you are not getting plow and driving the golf cart. this is getting shared around. jason in centerville was a few beers deep and wanted to know what was up. >> is it also a fact they also have super charged golf course with 6.2 liter vor tech engines to round up and hunt down and contain these innocent golfers. >> here is a quote from the article in rpd officer saying "too many times we have been called to the scene of a tragic accident involving alcohol, a sand trap and ruined cabbing khaki's." people, hell no. this is from the most trusted satirical source. follow us. even the facebook post headline says it is a satire story. listen, slow down while reading through your facebook feed. i know you only read the headline, but if it evokes some emotion in you, look deeper, check the source, but don't share it until you know for sure or until you send it to me to verify for you because you don't have the time to waste figuring out if it was real or not, but i do. send it to me. i'm on facebook and twitter at adam longo tv or br

that following two lower court decisions the fourth circuit court of appeals in richmond, virginia, which ruled the executive order was unconstitutional on religious grounds. and the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled that the immigration law violated the administration's reasoning and it needed a stronger national security request to make their argument. the court has another important legal decision today. it's expected the rule on a major church/state separation case, missouri state that prohibits the use of taxpayer money for church-affiliated school involving the use of a state funding for a rubberized playground surface which this religious school asked for and was denied by the state. it has potential for 39 states that barred direct taxpayer fund than to church-affiliated school. >> bill: rumors about justice anthony kennedy. what are you hearing there? >> the best argument for his potential requirement comes from the chairman of the senate judicialary committee charles grassley who said earlier this spring he expected to see a retirement from the supreme court this summer. he w

if you're getting out of town heading towards richmond or maybe virginia beach you're flowing freely.y start i'm anticipate crowded roads by midafternoon and the evening rush today. southern maryland looking good. 95 through dale city quiet. metro should be picking up on time. we'll let you know if any of that changes. tweet me with your questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. >> ♪ >>> now to a follow-up on a story you saw first on fox5. it's surrounding claims of grade fixing in prince george's county schools isn't that baker responded to the naacp's demands that the school ceo's new contract be put on hold during the investigation. annie yu joins us with more on that. >> reporter: fox5 caught up with rushern baker end says he's stand buying prince george's county school ceo kevin maxwell despite an investigation looking into grade fixing and records manipulation in the school system. baker says he thinks maxwell is doing a good job for the roar county and the naacp called baker to put dr. maxwell's contract on hold while reports alleging grade fixing are investigated. however, baker

previously worked as policy adviser at the federal reserve bank of richmond in virginia.odfriend, they just announced that out of the white house. >>> the president's decision to leave the paris climate deal will give the kids asthma. dr. marc siegel is coming up with a little fact check on that. >>> first portland mayor urging officials to shut down what he calls alt-right rallies happening in the city of portland this weekend. our guest is coming up. organized one of the rallies, says he's nowhere near alt-right, that's the first thing and other rallies are still on. we'll talk about them, after this. . connell: this is a story you might remember from earlier in the week. and mayor of portland, oregon urging officials to shut down alt-right rallies. man says he's a peaceful pro-trump rally leader joe gibson is going ahead with the free speech rally set for sunday. joins us now. are you worried as you go ahead with the rally that things might get ugly in the streets? >> no, i'm not worried. there's going to be -- the portland police are going to be there in full force, h

it opened in 2009 in richmond virginia.gurt. >> my daughter loves sweet frog. >> just after dinner i sit down to get comfortable she's like can we go to sweet frog. >> the things we do for our children, fro yo'. it is that type of weekend. you'll be wanting soming to cool off as we take a live look at the white house right now, sunshine this morning, it's still comfortable although temperatures have been climbing quickly over the past hour. well into the 60's ■now after starting off in the 50's in some spots. temperatures are on the rise today. as we hit the low 80's yesterday. we should hit the u to around 90 for this afternoon and then our heat wave really beginning tomorrow as we get into the mid 90's, humidity with that bermuda high as well. hazy, hot and humid couple of days expected. not much relief even as we get through the rest of the work week next week because even if we take the edge off that heat we're still going to have the humidity. where is the best place to be. the beach. always comfortable by the water. 6

virginia. he was photographed in richmond during the latter half of the war carrying an impressive custom-made parisian import officers sort gifted to him from hearyland admirer in 1863, seems to have really want a weapon during the course of campaigning. his weapon was his mind and his physical charisma. he was the campaign strategist. it was his duty to devise the battle plan by watching, directing the units to the most awareness andonal observational skills were finally attend and noted by colonel freemantle. general lee was self-aware, realizing his personal presence at the proper moment could inspire his men to impressive battlefield performance. inh the attrition rate the officer corps reaching dangerous levels by the summer of 1864, his personal attendance would be critical. many confederacy senior commanders have been severely injured or killed while leading armies in the field. lee was presented with his opportunity when general joseph johnson was grievously wounded in the shoulder and chest by both the bullet and shell fragment at seven pines on may 30 1, 18 62. april, thet highest-r

another student from richmond virginia.eller to compete six-year-old edith filler from oklahoma and did not make it from the finals but at six years old she's already a winner. >> amazing. >> good luck. >> good luck. she's got lots of years of good spelling ahead. >> yes, she did. >> come back more ready than ever next year. >> pretty impressive. >> all right. >> all right. meanwhile our traffic didn't have any spelling mistakes. >> today. [laughter] >> or this hour. >> let's do the forecast. we are going to be in for a beautiful day. 64 right now in washington. i do that want to mention we got just a very slight cloud deck overhead at the moment. that's the actual frontal system coming through. it did have a shower with it earlier but those have apart. give it an hour or two. once it gets east of us we should break out into mostly sunny conditions and be in for a gorgeous day. winds out of the north and west. breeze out of the north and west pumping in dry not humid air at about 10 to 20 and sunny and bright this afternoon

cases tomorrow and decide whether or not to hear these two appeals from the fourth circuit in richmond, virginiacisco, california. both upheld the travel ban. neither of these cases has been tried before a judge and a jury. these are preliminary rulings on the basis of arguments for the plaintiffs of the justice department. supreme court does not like to get involved in cases until there's a jury and a body of evidence. so the question is -- ashley: do they kick it back? >> they could kick it back or dislodge the injunction. the question is should the travel ban stay in place during the litigation over its constitutionality? if "yes" then nothing will change, and these cases will be tried in these courts, and it will take two and a half years. if "no," if the travel ban injunction is lifted and the ban is in place, you'll see very quick trials so the outcomes can be appealed. i can't predict which way -- ashley: but you're not sure. >> if you force me to guess, my guess is that the supreme court will not be involved, the travel ban will not be in effect during these litigations, the litigations

career, monroe left the army and begin to study with jefferson in williamsburg than in richmond when the virginia capital moved to that city. 13 years older than his protege, jefferson became an rose political mentor. describing monroe to another of his disciples, james madison, jefferson turned his soul outwards and there's not a suspect on it. very 16, 1786, james monroe married a woman from new york. their union produced to daughters. and one son who died in infancy. the monroe family was close-knit and stay together even as james embarked on a busy political career in the united states. between 1778 and 1811, monroe compiled a larger and longer public service resume than anyone who is been elected president of the united states. he practiced law in fredericksburg, served as a state and federal legislator, was a delicate to the virginia ratifying convention of the u.s. constitution, and was elected to four terms as governor of virginia. he was u.s. ambassador to france twice. also to great britain and to spain. he tell negotiate the louisiana purchase coming into attempt to help with the resol

police in richmond, virginia are trying to find the suspect seen setting an american flag on fire.he horrifying act now igniting outrage. the homeowner says it's more than vandalism. it's terrorism. demanding the man is caught, saying the suspect obviously has zero regard for what our flag stands for. and a man has been hauled off to jail. accused of slamming his car into a controversial 10 commandments monument and posting it on facebook. >> freedom police say that 32-year-old michael reed who had destroyed religious monuments before is set to appear in court today. the monument destroyed just hours after it was finally put up on arkansas capitol grounds after years of debate. a replacement has been ordered and go fund me page has been set up to finance the already raising nearly $30,000. that's a look at your headlines. i will send it back to you guys. steve: thank you very much. brian: 29 minutes before the top of the hour. graham before the obama administration spied on him? >> i don't mind if you are listening. i do mind if somebody can take that conversation and use it agains

right now if you're going toward virginia beach or richmond be prepared for a big slow down.cking that huge crash on new york avenue as wisdom mentioned in northeast. any questions at erin fox5 d.c. on twitter. we're going try to help get you around these headaches this morning. >> we have an update on a story you saw on fox5. temperatures were high at a jam packed prince george's board of education. >> though maxwell is refusing to talk to us one-on-one, fox5's annie yu joins us from the news room with more. >> good morning to you erin and wisdom. we have bee a to school ceo dr. kevin maxwell for weeks now about these very serious allegations. as you mentioned he's still refusing to speak to us one-on-one but he did speak publically to a room full of people who stand on both sides of this issue. he specifically addressed the allegations being made by four board members. frustrated teachers and parents rallied outside chanting holding signs. the group in support of the four board members has been contacted the state they are alleging widespread corruption allowed students to

i would love to yield five minutes to my esteem touchdown colleague, bobby scott of richmond in virginia, ranking member to work force and education committee to talk about the issues and how he sees it to his constituents but americans as well. mr. scott: i have to point out after redistricting last year, i know longer represent the richmond area. ms. plaskett: their loss. i know you are still working for them. mr. scott: i appreciate the gentlelady for yielding. and i want to point out as we discuss health care, we have to notice that the republicans are using a very flawed reasoning to sell trumpcare to the american public. they say we have a bill and don't like the stat cuss ", therefore you have to support the bill. and if you ask what is in the bill? they say well, you have to do something. what's in your bill. i don't like the affordable care act. what's in your bill? the president called it oak obamacare. no discussion about whether or not it improves the stat cuss "and how it will affect american families every day. we do know something and that is trumpcare is significantly wor

richmond. the flag is an army of northern virginia battle flag and is one of 500 we have in our collection, the world's largest collection of confederate flags. on the top, there is a stencil number, 384. this signifies this was a captured battle flag. if a soldier captured a confederate flag and turned it into the war department, he was awarded a medal of honor. the war department would stencil the number on it as part of their records, noting who captured it, the date, all the pertinent information. after the war in 1905, president teddy roosevelt came to visit our museum in richmond. when he was there, he noted the pride the women had in the collection. he went back to washington and made it possible for the war department to return the flags to the states from which they came. if it was identified as a texas flag, it was given to texas. the virginia flags were given to the confederate museum, as we were called then. there was not a historical society or library that existed at that time. after the war department went through the process and dispersed all the flags it could identify, it had

next several days. 60 degrees your current number in washington, pittsburgh 56, beckley west virginia 51. richmondo push warm air in our direction later on this afternoon. there's satellite and radar. again pretty quiet. we had one shower out towards front royal that's quickly kind of falling apart and you see the gorgeous sunrise we showed you in the live shot. things are starting off on a good note here and by 11 o'clock this afternoon, temps into the middle 70's. by 2 o'clock, we're up to 80 degrees and by 5 o'clock, temperatures kind of peaking right around 83, 84 degrees later today. all right, what's up for the weekend? high pressure starting to work its way southward. even more so. that's going to pull up even more heat. we'll be right around that 90-degree mark saturday afternoon. pie the time we get to sunday, this sets up off the coastline call it a bermuda high position. that means a lot of heat starts coming up from the south. we start to get into a little bit of humidity as well. 90's for everybody by the time we get to sunday afternoon. great day for the pool on saturday. sunshi by 2

left youvr showers across northern virginia severe thundeto for portions of the richmond area and then across the northern neck into the eastern shore. we still have a couple band of storms south and east and those ending within the next hour or so. much better tomorrow. few cloud, 88. nice pool weather through thursday. thunderstorm chances return with the humidity friday looks like unsettled through the weekend. all right that's a look at day forecast. storms ending for d.c. back to you guys. >> awesome by wednesday. >> officially. >> we have dangerous eyes on the polls in case you have not heard president's strong support base what they're saying about him now and result of new poll when 5@630 comes back. >> another busy day for president trump. world leaders discussed organized crime, immigration and drug trafficking and another huge topic was vez. president is focused on crisis in one latin america top oil producing country. >> at the same time the white house and first meeting of president technology council included heads of top companies like amazon, apple. microsoft. master ca

richmond. when the governor of virginia unveiled a new historical marker to memorialize that landmark case. lovings weren't trying to change the world. they were a working class couple living in a rural community. but richard was white, mildred, black and native american. and the commonwealth had strict laws aimed at preserving the purity of the white race. that. the loving case wasn't decided on the basis of love. the justices ruled the laws were designed to maintain white supremacy. one of the attorneys who worked on the case told us, i never imagined the profound social effect the numbers of interracial marriages increased astronomically. not to sugar coat things, interracial couples can still experience everything from uncomfortable stares to outright hostility, but since loving, the number of newly weds and interracial marriages has gone from 3 to 17%. it's staggering the amount of change there's been over this time. >> no doubt. one thing we can say for sure, our children will wonder what was all the fuss about. >> and you see the same sort of, the same arguments being applied in othe

. >> reporter: there's a new report by the virginia department of medical assistance. that is located down richmondad originally studied the house version of the obamacare replacement plan by the republican, which passed. they found in that bill, that virginia would lose they said $708 million. they've been crunching numbers on the senate versions, the version which now has the vote postponed. what they found is opening eyes tonight in the commonwealth. they're looking at 1.4 billion dollars in losses if the current senate version of the obamacare replacement goes forward. all the while at the white house, president trump trying to rally his troops, and rally republicans to come up with what he calls a better plan. >> obamacare is dying. it's essentially dead. it's been a headache for everybody. a nightmare for many and we're looking at a healthcare that woul our country, healthcare that will take care of people finally for the right reasons and also at the right cost. >> reporter: in virginia, the commonwealth would be affected differently by any changes in obamacare. here's why. virginia and 18 o

. >> virginia governor and attorney general around with richmond mayor are pledging to have lower gasn transmission. >> all right, gary mcgrady you're saying it will turn up. >> at some points. >> turn surprise reel. >> end of weekend. >> everybody needs to know it's on the 7 day and the weekend. >> all right. 90s on 7 day. >> 90s on second day, 7 day correct. >> next week it's like i feel like i'm trying to prove tu that i may taes tale: it is going to cool down first. box you pay attention. both uv get a little bit of it right. >> win,er, winner chicken dinner. >> but your notes together and you'll come one a new look. >> satellite and radar together. i think we should clear 24e78 out. sunshine bragging through and a little bit of light coming up in the eastern sigh right now and then you have the hours to norm of us does appear don't see crowds out light. there still could be crowd lightning up there. >> 67 in town. gaithersburg is 62. navrs of 0. we're up to 0 today reerz western western. >> coalsville road crash cleared shoulder university boulevard. still inbound sdlai on univer