john ritchie, for instance meets , john brown. so they become associates in this whole resistance to the efforts of the missourians to control the territory and promote and expand slavery. this house -- we do not know exactly when it was built. this house, we think, was built in that late summer and fall of 1856. this wall right behind me is an example of the intense conflict that was going on. because structurally, the wall does not do anything for holding the floors up, or anything like that. but it is -- someone went to a lot of trouble to haul that rock in here, and put this wall from the basement up to the ceiling here on the first floor. and i think it was built because of the need to reinforce the exterior walls. because you've got these proslavery people that have cannons running around and shooting at free soil and anti-slavery communities. in 1856 when this house was built, ritchie's idea was to make this house as solid as he possibly could. and so it's kind of like a fort in that sense. the house has become known as som

john ritchie meets john brown. they become associates in this whole resistance to the efforts of the misery institute -- missouri institute. this house was built in that summer and fall. summer and fall of 1856. this wall right behind me is an example of the intense conflict that was going on. structurally, the wall does not hold the floor up or knitting like that. someone went to a lot of trouble to haul that rock in here. i think that it was because of the need to reinforce the exterior walls. you've got these proslavery people that have cannons running around and shooting at anti-slavery communities. in 1856 when this house was built, ritchie's idea was to make this house as solid as he possibly could. it's kind of like a fort in that sense. the house has become known as somebody's port, whether you are on one side or another. that will result in ritchie's arrest for his involvement in rating stores and he will be arrested and incarcerated in the proslavery jail. and managed to escape in the fall of 1856 and fin

don ritchie. ten years ago when dan bowen the popular author of the bestseller "the da vinci code" wanted information about the capitol for his new novel where did he go? don ritchie. even now when famed his for i don't know and biographer robert carro needs facts for his five-volume work on lyndon johnson, he goes to don ritchie for help. for 39 years any person needing valuable insight into the united states senate and its history has known where to go. the senate historian don ritchie. don has obliged sharing his wealth of knowledge with anyone who asks -- senators, staff authors, historians, visitors. but after nearly 40 decades don will officially retire from the senate historical office at the end of this month as the senior senator from kentucky has just stated. from his first day in the senate, don ritchie made this institution a better place. the first ever senate historian don's predecessor richard baker once said -- and i quote -- "march 8 1976, that's a date like my wedding anniversary

ritchie. don has obliged sharing his wealth of knowledge with anyone who asks -- senators, staff authors, historians, visitors. but after nearly 40 decades don will officially retire from the senate historical office at the end of this month as the senior senator from kentucky has just stated. from his first day in the senate, don ritchie made this institution a better place. the first ever senate historian don's predecessor richard baker once said -- and i quote -- "march 8 1976, that's a date like my wedding anniversary that i remember." indeed, that was the day don ritchie was hired as an associate historian in the newly formed senate historical office. don ritchie a former marine, was fresh out of graduate school at the university of maryland having received his ph.d. in history a year later. he was getting a start in the profession driving all over the d.c. area, teaching george mason, northern virginia community college and the university college. he was also working part time with the a

three people have been shot along the 1400 block of ritchie road. all three victims have been rushed to the hospital. one of them is in critical condition. >>> we're following a developing story in northwest d.c. tonight where there are a lot of questions about the collapse of part of the parking garage underneath a historic watergate hotel on virginia avenue. >> that collapse involved three stories underneath an area of renovation. hank silverberg is live at the scene where earlier in the day there was some indication someone might be buried in the rubble. >> reporter: workers have been going through that rubble all evening trying to shore it up so that they could get inside because a cadaver dog earlier in the day got a hit indicating there might be someone under there. it began about 10 a.m. this morning, three stories underneath the hotel collapsed like a stack of pancakes inside the parking garage injuring one worker, smashing cars and a water line, leaving 12 feet of rubble and water that had to be pumped out. >> i saw the whole thing collapse

a shooting along ritchie road has sent three people to the hospital.eo from chopper 4 shot within the last hour. it shows a large crime scene taped off around a strip mall with a heavy police presence. >> we also have a crew on the ground. they are working right now to get more information. we know one of the people taken to a hospital was in critical condition. you can look for any updates on our nbc washington app. >>> also just in new video tonight of celebrations on the streets of baltimore. those celebrations are getting broken up in this last hour. police are enforcing the curfew there. they are making some arrests near city hall. >> a group gathered there tonight and also in west baltimore near the cvs store on west north avenue. police and national guard troops had advanced on that group around 10:30. >> all of this comes as the six officers charged in connection with freddie gray's death are out of jail. >> they were each released on bond set between $250,000 and $350,000 each. their mug shots were just released. officer caesar goodson there o

helen ritchie, who set and endurance record. -- helen richey. she was over the field for 10 days. her story we will get to in a little bit. sort of has a tragic end. beryl markham, who became the first woman to fly across the atlantic from east to west. did not quite yet all the way to floyd bennett field. crashed up in northern maine, but eventually did make it to the field. jackie cochran, who is a very famous aviator. let me ask you -- how many of you have heard that name before? how many of you have heard the name amelia ehrhardt before? of course you have. everybody has. my main goal this evening is to try to get you -- if i do nothing else today, it's to get you to know who jackie cochran was. she's a fascinating person. women aviators flew all throughout the 1930's during what's called the golden age of aviation. once the navy took over the field in 1941, men and women served in the navy at naval air station new york, floyd bennett field throughout the war. >> [inaudible] lincoln: actually there are three planes there. navy fighters. corsairs. that photo was taken right aro

. >> benjamin ritchie was in for a pretty horrendous crime. he's on death row.eath row is a very dark, depressing place. but when he started playing with his cat, cletus, there's some kind of bonding. there's a display of affection that you would never normally see in a prison environment. >> you wouldn't believe what a cat would do. i'm not a cat person to begin with, but i got me one and, you know, i like the little fellow. >> it's interesting to see this change in these hard core, tough inmates whenever they're around their own cats particularly. they just become so much more softened by having this connection with an animal. >> he's my buddy. when times are hard, you know, he can snuggle up to you. >> here there's a safe place for these guys to kind of mellow out, have something to love, and embrace something a little bit different than the darkness and pain they're usually surrounded by. >> there's a code of sorts with these cats. you do not mess with somebody else's cat. you don't hurt them. you don't look sideways at them. heaven forbid you spit at one of

it happened along the 1400 block of ritchie road. they're tracking leads in the case though a suspect has not yet been arrested. >>> one man is dead after a shooting in northwest d.c. a man was shot on the 5800 block near walter reed. he was taken to an area hospital where he later died. >>> breaking baby news from overnight. the royal family just got a bit bigger. the duchess of cambridge gave birth to a baby girl. booking makers were tipping toward a girl with odds of alice or cal lot as a new name -- charlotte as a new name. prince charles said he was hoping for a granddaughter. we will go live to london with the latest. >>> the episcopal diocese in maryland has accepted the resignation of bishop heather cook resigning nearly four months after the diocese asked her to quit. she was charged in the death of bicyclist thomas polermo. her blood alcohol limit was nearly three times the legal limit and was texting right before the crash. >>> the kentucky derby and boxing dominated busy sports weekend. tonight floyd mayweather and manny

. >> in august you've got -- you'll be in "the man from uncle", a film made from guy ritchie, from theu play? >> i play a german car mechanic. i did not tell them that i didn't have a driver's license before i got the part. so i had to do some lessons for that. no i mean fan of his previous work and i hadn't really done any comedy work so it was a big challenge. but i had so much fun shooting it. >> the movie is excellent and i have to say you're even more beautiful with a full head of hair. >> yeah, lots of hair and big eyelashes. >> alicia vikander thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> the movie "ex machina" is in theaters now. >>> coming up it's no secret baseball players like to chew. it used to be tobacco, but times are changing and an old school favorite is >>> in poland more than 5,000 people tried to break the guinness world record for collective guitar playing. they all played their version of the jimi hendrix classic "hey joe." >> this annual may day event set the record last year when 7,300 people participated. this year they were short by some 2,300 musicians. missed

. >> in august you've got -- you'll be in "the man from uncle", a film made from guy ritchie, from theou play? >> i play a german car mechanic. i did not tell them that i didn't have a driver's license before i got the part. so i had to do some lessons for that. no i mean i was a big fan of his previous work and i hadn't really done any comedy work so it was a big challenge. but i had so much fun shooting it. >> the movie is excellent and i you're even more beautiful with a full head of hair. >> yeah, lots of hair and big eyelashes. >> alicia vikander thank you so much. >> thank you so much. >> the movie "ex machina" is in theaters now. >>> coming up it's no secret baseball players like to chew. it used to be tobacco, but times are changing and an old school >>> good morning i'm todd quinones. the east bound lanes of the pennsylvania turnpike remain closed, right now, following a deadly crash state police say it happened around 5:30 this morning when a car struck a construction vehicle with three workers inside. one of those, workers was air lifted to a nearby hospital, the driver of t