the only area of the state where i can find any information came from southwest virginia. not a lot of black people living there in the 1860's. the bureau not provide a welfare for the idle. hereafter no destitute rations be issued to any able-bodied man and in such cases he must provide undoubted evidence with destitution. he cannot procure any sort of employment which was underlined or to partially support them. the freedmen's community at yorktown during the summer of 1865, the bureau agent stocked rations to fannie brown and her two-year-old daughter, because fannie wouldn't work. erwinober 1866 nelson wrote to john scofield, the head of the potomac military district , we gave to the rich white man our best years, our strength, our youth, our sweat. we gett we are free meanness, tyranny, and injustice. and now instruct the offices of the bureau and let them insist on justice. some of our men are in a state of perpetual terror. if you turn your backs on us, who can we appeal to? unfortunately, as often was the case in the aftermath of the war blacks, in this case are wi

in christiansburg out in southwest virginia, a black woman who was free before the war moved out of her own house in order to allow black people to have somewhere to go. and a few of the better-known whites in the town supported the school, including mr. james taylor who loaned the school benches, and thomas wilson who loaned table and chairs. by february 1867 freedmen were building the school and the assistant superintendents noted to his superior, the freedmen are anxious to have a teacher. children will come to make a large school, and i respectfully request a teacher be assigned to this place with as little delay as possible. in yorktown the monthly school report for 1867 shows a school opened in november of 1866 thanks to the assistance of the friends freedmen association. it was one white teacher, 40 male students. at 12 of the age of 16 and 15 of -- 20 of them could spell and read easy lessons. there is a clandestine network of people who are instructing. 45 of the students were listed as advance readers. 65 students were being instructed in writing. none of these students were f

on tuesday, we had a big rainfall parts of southwest virginia. a 100-year-old bridge was washed away. nine roads were washed away, and that was before the rain last night. we'll have a lot of flash flooding throughout the commonwealth. every part of the commonwealth will be involved in this,. >>> the m.a.r.c. train line parking lot is also notorious for flooding problems. commuters dropped off their vehicles and hoped for the best when they return this evening. the town is still attempting to recover from a storm earlier this week. >> reporter: this is round 2 of wicked weather here in laurel. business owners have already taken a hit. take a look here at senate select insurance. office is closed because of damage done by tuesday's storm that is suspected to be a tornado. the roof was ripped off and take a look here inside. they still have blowers set up inside and on the floor, hoping to dry out more rain, possible flooding is the last thing that folks need now. >> most of the problems have to do with the duckett dam and the release of water from

. >>> first baptist church in southwest virginia is always looking for creative ways to teach bible lessons to children. so when it was time to tell the story of jonah and the whale last sunday, they decided to build a lifesize whale in the church gym. they used sheets of plastic to make the whale's body and large fans to inflate the 63-foot whale. it's not the first time the church has used dramatic visual props. there you have that. >>> yeah, the former first lady of maryland has a new job. why she will be working directly with drug users. >>> and you might think getting tow side a nightmare, but wait until we show you what the news 4 i-team uncovered when it went in search of spooky tow lot. >>> yes, we're approaching halloween. i'll have your trick-or-treat forecast and for some of the halloween parades going on this evening. an hourly forecast right after >> we're working several developing stories at 4:45. this afternoon we're learning new details about the victim of a deadly shooting in the district. we are told four men wearing ski masks gunned down markita cunningham at her house.

the heaviest rain through the southwest, southwestern virginia, down through portions of north carolina and you can see that whole mass of heavy rain making its way our way. i do expect a very rainy day tomorrow. we're talking about 1 to 2 inches of rain in parts of the region. i'll break down who's going to see the most rain, has the potential to see the most rain plus talk about the potential for high winds as well next in my forecast. >> thanks, doug. >>> already lots of flooding down in the southland, particularly around baton rouge, louisiana, where there was a rescue yesterday. 22 kids on a bus had to be rescued. when that bus got stranded on a bridge. the deputies hooked rescue lines to the bridge railings in order to reach the kids and then they carried them through the high water to a nearby truck. nobody was injured there. >>> and we're getting our first look tonight at some of the survives from that tour boat tragedy in canada. these people were pulled from the frigid 50-degree water. the whale-watching boat that they were on capsized off the coast of vancouver island over th

and a dramatic rescue that will probably make >>> a broad area of rain from iowa south to virginia, then southwest to mississippi. mostly light rain. there are a few embedded areas getting more moderate downpours. one of those is well to our south. the light sprinkles making the pavement wet near 95 and dale city and woodbridge. just scattered light sprinkles. jumping into the 50s this afternoon. milder, upper 60s tomorrow. downpours off and on in the morning and the afternoon. maybe some flashes of lightning. then thursday, sun returns. >> now there's one less thing you can pack on a flight, e-cigarettes. battery smoking devices have been banned from checked baggage. some e-cigarettes have exploded in checked luggage. e-cigarette also still be allowed in carry-ones. t >>> a dramatic rescue in california. firefighters in fresno rescued a 40-pound boa constrictor from the tree. the owner said he put mona out in the yard to get some sun. mona grabbed one of the low branches of the tree and kept on climbing. one brave firefighter climbed the tree and kept climbing branchs s ts to free here. >> she ki

virginia. westbound, southeast, southwest freeway. prior to 14th street. take a different route.estion. in maryland a vehicle fire reported blocking a couple of lanes. outbound route 50. looking live at 270 and diamond. northbound 270 on the brakes now. beltway to montrose. beltway delays we have as well. looking live at the beltway and woodrow bridge. the eisenhower avenue connector toward the wilson bridge. alison: thank you, joy. ahead at 4:00 -- an algebra teacher innovative ways to teach kids math. the program and the award he received just ahead. jonathan: there is a hero inside falls church. he has ceinials to prove it. kellye lynn takes us where a math teacher became a math hero. >> so here is how it will work. >> a new program will soon be in place at the mary ellen henderson middle school in falls church. the man behind it is joel black, algebra teacher eager to excite students about math. >> he created a program called play. stand for puzzle, logic and you. >> it's logic games. fun games to get them interested in logical thinking and mathematical thinking. kellye: the

i began a friendship in 1989 when there was a coal mining strike in the southwest of virginia. i met with him and talked with him about how to organize labor people could get a better result the biggest difference i would have is in the area of how the financial sector has so dominated politics in both parties but it's a very strong issue in the republican party. this isn't, as i said i don't have a clear exact fit in either political party. i care about the country and i care about the future of this country and i put my issue on the table without regard to whether or not i'm being transactional with one party or another. how are you on social issues like abortion, et cetera? i think i have my own feelings about those and they are probably, the whole country is evolving on those issues right now but i have been a supporter on issues like gay marriage in these sorts of things and i will continue to be. >> thank you very much on the next "washington journal", florida congressman talks about the gop leadership crisis and the highway transportation bill. he serves on the transport

began a friendship with richard trumka in 1989 when there was a coal mining strike in far southwest of virginiae piston strike him and i met with him and talked with him about how the organized labor people could get a better result. in that strike. the biggest difference i would have is in the area of how the financial sector has so dominated politics, actually in both parties, but it's a very strong issue in the republican party. so this isn't, you know, as i said i'm like most americans. i'm like 46% of americans. automatically exact fit in either political party. i care about the country. i care about the future of this country had a publication on the table without regard to whether i've been transactional with one party or the other. >> would you say you're more different on social issues like abortion, et cetera? >> i think i have my own feelings about those. they are probably, the whole country is evolving on those issues right now, but i have been a supporter of roe v. wade and a issues lik like gay marriage in these sorts of things. i've been a support on those and i will continue to

southwest. it's really down here in virginia. that batch of rain you see in kentucky, west virginia, virginia that continues to surge up and in the area, and the stuff from the west as well. it makes for a very heavy, rainy afternoon today. noontime temperature is going to be about 60, 66 this afternoon, very heavy rain. we'll talk about it tomorrow, and the weekend and the weather in kansas city, all that and your accuweather seven-day forecast coming up. >> we still have this issue with long island railroad so we'll head right over to our long island railroad chart here, and i can tell you that the west hempstead branch is completely suspended both directions. some kind of debris was hit east of the mall burn station. buses are being secured as alternate routes for passengers. we also are talking about these alternates an issue on the grand central. if you're going -- our subway service is running on or close to schedule, so the l.i.e. northern state parkway going to start picking up volume. northern state west by exit 29. you

going get here tomorrow morning and look around noon and the vain down to the southwest and notice most areas in northern virginia and that's where the light rain moves in and take the umbrella to work. i do think we'll see a rather wet rush hour tomorrow evening and look at tomorrow night we have a good chance for everybody to see the rain and the heaviest rain will be back to the north and west. and back along 66 and up around frederick, maryland and south and east of i-95 and southern maryland and a better chance for you folks will see light rain from time to time. watch what happens on wednesday afternoon, and seeing showers and look at the enhancement here of the showers and potentially some thunder if that was to happen, we could see very strong winds with this system, too. rainfall intensity on wednesday, you probably already know and take the big umbrella and we could see downpours as we make our afternoon on our wednesday. at the bus stop, no problem, 42 degrees and it will be cool and dry, the clouds will continue to roll on in and between 3:00 and 4:00, with a high temperature of 58 degrees and we're c

the southwest incident is under investigation. >> you're in virginia for some news on drones. we'll come back to you for that. we'll turn to the race for president now. the bitter feud between donald trump and jeb bush heating up, bush for not stopping the 9/11 attacks. jeb is fighting back. jon karl has the latest. >> reporter: jeb bush, once thought to be the clear republican front-runner, now finds himself in an increasingly nasty war of words with the real front-runner, donald trump. he was once considered the candidate to beat. but jeb bush is down in the polls, collecting less cash, and lashing out at donald trump, commander in chief. >> he talks about things as though he's still on "the he's not taking the possibility of being the president of the >> reporter: this after trump went after george w. bush. suggesting he bears responsibility for 9/11. >> when you talk about george bush, say what you want. the world trade center came down during his time. if you look at sandy hook -- >> wait, you can't blame george bush. >> he was president. don't blame him or don't blame hi

southwest at 6 miles per hour. but all the models are in agreement it will turn to the north. as of yesterday, we thought for sure oh, it's coming onshore around north carolina or virginia. well, as of this morning, we put the skinny red line more around delaware where the possible landfall from south carolina up to massachusetts. that was this morning. then you get to the 2:00 update this afternoon. well, now notice how it's moving further and further to the east with the skinny red line going right to long island. the current track taking it to the north from a 4 to 3 to 2, 100-mile-per-hour winds on sunday but still offshore of the outer banks of north carolina and now okay where it was going to suffolk county, now it has curved at least the skinny red line has curved. our area is still in the cone of concern. we don't led our guard down. everybody knows about the european model. i'll trace that with my finger. it goes like this and are you ready for this? it's been going like this east of bermuda since the very beginning. if these guys nail this particular storm, they will have made their career at that office. but dana i'm going to follow all this and will be back

virginia avenue shut down right now. >>> that is the broadcast, folks. we appreciate you waking up >>> good morning. breaking news. >> flight 2010 declaring an emergency. >> a southwestnes flight from los angeles to san francisco forced to turn around and make an emergency landing after a passenger allegedly jokes the woman in front of him for reclining her seat. an investigation now under way. >>> boiling point. the feud heats up between republican rivals donald trump and jeb bush after trump implies that george w. bush bears part of the blame for 9/11. >> i don't want jeb bush to say my brother kept us safe. >> looks as though it's -- he's an actor playing the role. candidate for president. >> while on the democratic side, is this the week that vice president biden decides if he'

the wind will turn southwest and we'll get 60s and 70s back into the >> my ladies from west virginia. welcome to avon this weekend. i love that. let's get some "pop." >>> time for "pop news" and you know the music so daniel craig kind of made some news recentlyly he told "time" magazine that he would rather, a i quote, slash his wrists than play bond again. good news, mr. craig. looks like there's another a-lister whose golden eyes are on the eyes. benedict cumberbatch unabashedly adadtting to "the guardian" he would love the opportunity to play that role. i can wear a suit, fight, raise my eyebrow. sherlock actor does admit there is more to the part than that. we say that's an imitation game we would love to see. >> he can also act. >> yes. >> right? >> he is so good. >> that's pretty brash, those comments froro daniel craig. some -- >> taking a lot of heat for them? maybe taken out of context. not sure if he was kidding. it has served him well. i'm sure he loves in a lovely home thanks to james bond. >>> the residents of north pole, alaska, a real place elected a new cococilman who

>> southwest airlines says it expects its customer service systems to operate normally today after major technical glitches delayed hundreds of its planes. nbc's tom costello is in arlington, virginiawith the very latest. >> good day from reagan national airport in washington and it is a much better day for southwest airlines passengers than it was yesterday. yesterday we saw 500 flights delayed, and that means thousands of people delayed, caught in these long lines that stretched for hours at some of the nation's major airports including l.a.x. and las vegas and phoenix. individuals who tried to come to the airport and then check their bags and check in were not able to do so. in many cases the agents tlsher the ticket acts were left writing out by hand paper airline tickets. if you printed off your boarding pass at home and even if you checked in at the kiosk at the airport you might have been able to get through much more easily and quickly than if you just showed up, tried to check in and check a bag. that was the problem. the airlines says again, 500 flights delayed. nothing canceled. several thousand people impacted but they worked through the night and the system should, the

southwest florida. the two had not seen each other since the early '70s. both ended up in orphanages and were adopted by american families, one in new york and one in virginiaer this year, o'brien was hired as a nurse in sarasota on the fourth floor. two months later, her sister was hired to work on the same floor. the pair immediately hit it off. they soon found they both were orphans with the same last name. it led to a dna test which confirmed that they are sisters. how about that? >>> all right, well, still to come here on abc 7 news at 9:00, meteorologist drew tuma has the forecast. plus, promoting peace in the middle east. and a new app that has ♪ ♪ it took the rockettes years to master the kick line. but only a few moves to master paying bills on chase.com technology designed for you. so you can easily master the way you bank. >>> california's insurance commissioner today announced drivers for one company may now be fully covered. the liability concerns for uber and lift drivers have prompted the state to develop a new type of policy. until now they have not been covered by their insurance companies for accidents that happened while transporting a pa

moves to the southwest at only 6 miles an hour but tomorrow forecasters expect joaquin to head north and pick up speed. that's when most of the east coast is threatened. governors of virginia and new jersey and now north carolina have declared states of emergency. new jersey's governor warning his people to prepare but not panic. >> at this point it's just too soon to say with any certainty whether or not joaquin is likely to have a direct impact on new jersey or not. those paths cha of times as you've seen over the course of the last 48 hours. >> collectively all the hurricane models and cones of uncertainty really are going two ways. one has it going up and slamming the north carolina island, the outer banks for virginia or off to new jersey maybe early monday morning. the other way this could be going is out east over bermuda out into the ocean. it's too far out to make that kind of determination yet. >> all right. thank you very much. live from miami. >>> you might remember hillary clinton pushing the reset button with her russian counter part. what if she knew then what is expected now. russian hackers were trying to penetra penetrate her e-mail account. >>> a man got

virginia and alexandria. here we go. the largest firm of traders in the district continued in alexandria, but they did much business in washington through agencies. the demand for the slaves by the southwest was unprecedented that the district of columbia was called the seat and center of the slave trade in the united states. we understand that and hyperbole you may say, but we have an antislavery society that called the district the slave market of america when it issued this particular poster. next slide. the district's position as capital made it an important target for the slave power, as well as those who fought against slavery. here we have an early masthead of william lloyd garrison's "the liberator." and for a time, he depicted the sale of enslaved men, women, and children on his masthead. if you look to the left of "the liberator," you will see a seal of enslaved people. how do you know it is in d.c.? if you look closely, there is the capitol dome and even a flag flying from the capitol dome. that is how we know. he believed that the district should be the first citadel to fall in the struggle against slavery. it was pervasive. it was seldom hidden. let me give you an eyewitness

coastline places like the virginias the carolinas here is a look at what can forecast is a category three will become a category for some time today it will move west southwest of 4 mi. from our. >>anny hong: it will turn of north was sustained winds of hundred 20 mi. from our gust over hundred and 40 to become a category to let it will strengthen first and then we can over the weekend as the head of north by sunday into a category two impact in places like the north carolina coastline in the virginia coast line continues to lose track of the potentially make landfall as a category one in the washington d.c. area also bring heavy rain and also high winds for the new york city area as well people from the carolinas of north the massachusetts are watching very closely hurt him walking they're waiting to see the exact path right now the models are not quite in agreement always want to happen but this model here is showing at the princess lea effect is caused by the weekend we will keep you posted. >>james: ghostwrite we're talking showers in the east bay in some portions of the south bay earlier there was some showers ride over york incendy those are pushing of

southwest briefly before it starts to make the turn and intensify even more to potential category four storm tomorrow. and then the models have it headed to parts of the mid- atlantic, the carolina, the virginias or even in our area as late as tuesday. so a lot going on into the weekend, first part of next week. take advantage of your day today. and take advantage of her skill and service right now, here's alex. >> thank you, john. >>> good morning everyone. if you are traveling in smithtown, maybe a rough ride. we have an accident. police are onscene investigating. it has closed the turnpike in both directions at hemlock lane. if you are traveling there, expect minor delays. and delays in orange county. route 218 is closed in both directions at cornwall and west point. we have weather related slide hazards. stick with route 9w. to the lincoln tunnel. traveling inbound, there's a 15 minute delay. 10 to 15 minutes. and about a five minute wait at the george washington bridge as well as the holland. and alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. remember, be safe, don't text and drive. mary, back to you. >> thank you. >>> legendary detective sergeant joe coffee who worke