good morning, southern maryland, how are you doing, 26, fredericksburg 25. we will have filtered sunshine and then those clouds will lower and thicken tonight. we don't haven't to worry about rain or snow today. it the calm before the storm. we will work on highs of 38 that feel like 38. don't have to worry about wind gusts taking away the christmas wreath. wreath. let's check in with patranya bhoolsuwan. >>> good morning. we have an incident out in arlington. wood beams all over the roadways. this is northbound route 110 just before the memorial bridge. cleanup crews are there and hope to get it out of the way shortly. in virginia, check out 395 northbound. little volume here at duke but no major problems to the district. as we come up on 95, early risers heading northbound. no problems from dale city to 495. no major issues here. good morning, maryland. the outer loop. good news for you. 95 to georgia is looking good all the way to 270. back to you. >> thank you. >>> president obama says we must must act quickly because lives are at stake. the president st

the confederates had done this in virginia and in southern pennsylvania and maryland early in the war facility had a little bit of knowledge as to how to do this. he cut off the telegraph lines, too because he didn't want the confederates to know where he was going and it meant that he didn't let his own forces know where they were going so someone asked lincoln now one point where is sherman? and lincoln said he didn't know but maybe it was like a mole in your garden where suddenly you find a whole and up pops the mole. he said in one of his home expressions that's what will happen with sherman. he will pop up somewhere. but he sent alvan into different corrections. he sent troops toward augusta in the north and troops south but he wasn't going to either place. he had his two-pronged army marched straight toward milledgeville which was then the state capital and on from there to savannah. at first, the way was easy. there were few confederates are now. he could get his troops marching. he wanted to get at least 15 miles a day but how do you march 15 miles a day if you have 62,000 tro