but in 1839, she went to springfield. why springfield?ister was married to a man named ninian edwards, jr. his father had been governor of territorial illinois. and so she was immediately thrown into the social set. i mean, springfield was a tiny town, maybe 2,500 people, but it was very hierarchical. susan and she was wealthy and : well-educated. richard she was : yes, this is something that i think people tend to overlook, why lincoln was attracted to her in the first place, classic opposites attracting. i mean, this was a young woman who, frankly, was could have had her choice. no fewer than four united states senators, future senators expressed interest in mary. she spoke french fluently. she was by all accounts a witty conversationalist, highly educated, you know, for women of her day, a compelling, magnetic figure. and lincoln stood off to one side, almost his mouth hanging open, the contrast between his own lack of formal education his own lack of polish. and one of the things that mary did that i think she doesn't get a lot of cre

there was another brother that they lost years earlier in springfield. mrs.coln looked upon the white house very much as a symbol of this nation. they took seriously the responsibilities. as the woman responsible for the appearance of the house, remember that this was a time when the country was coming apart at the seams. the symbolic value of america's house is even greater. in some ways, she took the same view of the white house. >> this network produced a documentary on the white house and we visited the lincoln bedroom. we will show you that next to show you the kind of spending that mary lincoln did on the furniture. >> it dates back to 1861, bought by mary todd lincoln as part of white house refurbishing. 8 feet long, 6 feet wide, made of carved rosewood. >> the lincoln bed with a purple and gold and lace. victoria and decorating. we have later photographs with the bed still dressed the way that she dressed it. >> it is this bed bought by mary lincoln that holds the key to understanding the lincoln family's time here. >> it was one of mary lincoln's man

by burning down a black church in springfield, mass. maybe it is attacks on black churches. that's the relevant context here. or maybe the relevant context is the history of attacks on this church in particular. this church was burned down in the 1820s for sowing seeds of a slave revolt. they hanged the founder of this church. they outlawed black churches all together in part to stop a place like mother emanuel from being too free. maybe that's relevant context here. maybe the relevant context is white suprecism.

"action news" reporter john rawlins live now in springfield delaware county.r: well when the tuesday date began to emerge, "action news" was in trenton and we chose springfield because most of the voters here are registered republicans and we wanted to see if governor christie's name is generating much xipt. known for his blunt style is about to take a plunge into the pool of gop wannabes. excitement from a lobbyist and one time christie fundraiser. >> i haven't seen one person in the last 30 years of doing this that is more direct and candid with the people than chris christie he brings that to the national campaign delay he can do quite well. >> a one time democratic governor told him to focus on new jersey. christie running for president, shocking come back here to new jersey and fix our problems, that is what we need to get done and now, we are in bad shape. >> in the wake of hurricane sandy he was seen as a potential gop front runner but after bridge gate and slow dispushsment of money for storm victims this triggered the outburst. >> i am happy to have t

. >> big decision for residents in springfield, delaware county.chool board members voted tonight to build brand new high school. but a lot of folks are not happy about it. fox 29's chris o'connell has been sitting in on this key school board meeting. chris? >> reporter: lucy, good evening. springfield school board just finish up a jam packed controversial meeting after voting to move ahead with plans to build a brand new high school school. but that high dollar decision not sitting well with many taxpayers. >>> it's all bones date back to the eisenhower area. pretty clear springfield high school needs a facelift. >> i simply can't believe you're seriously intend to go tear this building down. >> reporter: that's the controversial vote of the springfield school board in a contentious meeting. instead of renovating the old school at an estimated $90 million, school administrators instead vote to do build a new high school. that could reach up to more than 150 million by the time it's paid off. >> teaching the value of reuse and recycle versus the th

you can see the -- we're in springfield. you can see that sign there that's telling you express lanes are coming up. people don't always know that. when you see that sign it's too late to get into the lane. so transurban the company that runs the express lanes is going to do something to clear up the confusion. their put -- they're going to be putting some purple lines on the roadways inside the existing white or yellow line. they surveyed about 1,200 drivers. about 50% of the drivers they surveyed weren't quite sure about where to get on to or off of the express lanes. that could be costly and dangerous. you can get a fine if you're in the lane without the proper ez pass. it's dangerous to make an abrupt lane change, so starting this month and into next month they'll be painting the lines on the roadway to give you another indicator that you either -- where you should be or shouldn't be where you are. and hope that clears up some of the confusion. some of the places that this is going to happen is on i-95 northbound around

. >>> plus trouble in springfield? at springfield? the reason homer and marge simpson may be separating, a spoiler alert. >> traffic is doing well around the bay area, northbound 101 it looks like wet roads here in san francisco. >> it's raining out there. >> oh, it is. >> and lorenzo has rain out there. we'll talk about the temperatures today. it will feel very tropical like for summer. (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. . >>> welcome back to mornings on 2, former republican house speaker pleaded not guilty that he lied to investigators that he paid out hush money. he met with a bunch of people yesterday. he's accused of paying $3.5 million to keep someone from revealing a incident of misconduct. it was supposed to be sexual misconduct when he was a high school teacher and a wrestling coach. >>> a state senator from freemont is proposing a steep task for water wasters, the democrat authorizes local water departments to impos

it will be very humid this afternoon. 66 for fairfax and 64 for springfield. bowie you're at 63 degrees. we're headed to the 90s today. 90 to 95. probably our hottest day of the season so far. we've only been at 92, yeah, only. we're going to be at 93 this afternoon which could break the record out at dulles. the record at reagan national will be safe. the records is 101. rain chances will be hard to find. they'll be off to the north and west. pretty far and few between. larry, over to you. >>> metro riders, everything is running on schedule this morning for the trains and buses so you guys are good to go there. we have a trouble spot taking place on the northbound and southbound side of 95 in maryland. let's start with the southbound side here. this is between the maryland 200 and calverton near the icc. sky 9 is in place to show us the delays out on both the northbound and southbound side. the northbound side is where we're starting to see delays at 198 so we have -- we're working two separate accidents, both on the northbound and southbound side causing del

. >>> a man wanted in springfield area -- a masked bandit wanted in a springfield area is in custodyfairfax county police are not 100 percent sure this is the same rabid raccoon that bit a woman earlier this week, but based on what they know so far, they think it probably is. >>> we stepped outside the weather terrace and it's cooled off nicely. this is doppler over the last hour. look how bright red it was 30 minutes ago, now it's all green, light activity near upper marlboro. when we come back, we'll track our heatwave. >> after the weather bringing games into the classroom, there's no x-box or playstation. what one local teacher is doing to instruct students on technology. >>> this story is all over the internet and your social media feeds today. a leader with the naacp who claims to be black, but her parents say not so fast. >> these are side by side photos. they show rachel dolezal. her parents say they know her as the woman on the right, the blonde haired blue eyed freckle faced girl from montana. dolezal says she doesn't care what they say. she sees herself as a black woman an

we're going live to springfield, virginia in just a moment. but first no let up in the heat and humidity. >> howard bernstein tracking some strong thunderstorms tonight. what's going on howard? >> no more warnings in effect. during the 5:00 hour with these storms that came through dc over towards bowie with heavy downpours as well. now we're watching everything move from the southeast at 20 miles an hour as we may see that back in western maryland in here. that we may see an isolated shower left over here in washington and this evening as we want to point out for you in southern maryland and some heavy thunderstorms to go through. nothing is severe, but we're tracking stuff towards the shady side and annapolis. but this guy coming out of clinton and moving off towards the southeast at 20 miles an hour. we're going to watch it as it heads through huntington just after 7:00. and port republic at 7:31. to the south and southwest, a few heavy downpours you can see there and this is moving southeast towards midland or maybe south of midland and sta

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it springfield high school is more than 80 years old. construction of the new school is expected to cost about $150 million. >>> and what teenager doesn't want to sleep longer? the first step is in motion to move back the start times for middle and high schools in new jersey. governor chris christie has a bill on his desk the general assembly passed today. the staltte would conduct a study to look at the potential benefits of starting later. >>> get ready for even more traffic detours in montgomery county. crews will shut down a big section of church road to install a new gas main. that's route 73 between serpentine lane and chelton drive. this on top of the big construction project already happening on route 611. >>> philadelphia couple who starved their toddler to death pleaded guilty today and could spend the rest of their lives in prison. they both pled going to to third-degree murder in the death of their disabled 3-year-old girl. the girl weighed only 11 pounds when she died in 2013. sentencing is set for september. >>> temperature

. >> ♪♪ >> a world two veteran from springfield delaware county has finally received a recognition helong deserved. to say it was a poignant moment is an understatement. "action news" reporter katherine scott has the story. >> one of the best days of my life. >> reporter: a day 90-year-old richard euler of springfield has been waiting 71 years for. today this purple heart was pinned to his chest at a ceremony at the pennsylvania veterans museum in media. he also earned a bronze star which he didn't even know he qualified for. >> i'm no hero. i'm a survivor. i'm not a hero. >> reporter: euler was part of the 45th infantry division in 1944. he never spoke much that day in italy even to his daughter beth england who knew he was injured. >> he was own there will for two hours and he was in a dried up creek bed and he said then it just went nuts and they were being bombed and the man next to him was killed and he was wounded and then everybody started yelling medic, meds dick. >> reporter: euler woke unin the hospital injured by shrapnel. he earned a series of medals but could never find e

we are live in springfield. derrick ward, news4. >> thank you. >>> and this morning we expect to hear more from montgomery county council's president about maryland governor larry hogan's purple line plans. george leventhal welcomes the decision but he says it will create challenges. the purple line is a light rail project that would connect montgomery county and prince george's county. larry hogan wants the county to pay more to help the state pay for it. >>> and the man who stunned a courtroom by offering forgiveness to a shooter will say good-bye to his wife today. well, yesterday, vice president joe biden surprised worshipers by appearing at sunday services at emanuel ame church. he said he visited the church before and he knew pastor clementa pinckney. >>> we know the names of a mother and daughter who died this weekend. firefighters telling us that crystal puderbaugh and her 4-year-old daughter were electrocuted in their home in chevy chase. firefighters say electrocution can be a dangerous problem during

we're going live to springfield, virginia in just a moment.st no let up in the heat and humidity. >> howard bernstein tracking some strong thunderstorms tonight. what's going on howard? >> no more warnings in effect. during the 5:00 hour with these storms that came through dc over towards bowie with heavy downpours as well. now we're watching everything move from the southeast at 20 miles an hour as we may see that back in western maryland in here. that we may see an isolated shower left over here in washington and this evening as we want to point out for you in southern maryland and some

cathleen and william lawson's daughter excelled at west springfield high where the spartans went 83-2 during kara's 4 years there and was the high school player of the year, virginia player of the year and usa today all american. during that time, the wnba entered the scene. >> i can remember being in high school when washington started in 1998. i was so excited as a high school basketball player that we would have a wnba team and hope at some point to play in the wnba. >> reporter: the 13-year vet brings leadership and experience. >> and now towards the end of my career at the verizon center where my family and friends can watch me play, it's full circle of my career. >> reporter: she hopes to bring her team a championship, too. >> don't you love that old video. kara started working for espn in 2004 and a college basketball analyst in the off season. a great story. >>> afternoon baseball coming up in about 25 minutes, gang. i have a joyful story to tell concerning the curly ws. 11 innings of work necessary this afternoon. >> thank you, dave. >>> and it's back to iraq for more >>> bre

here on 476 southbound approaching the springfield exit again, it is taking out the left lane.northbound side pretty slow possibly due to gaper delay. diana, we send it back to you. >> thanks, justin next update 8:55, up next on cbs this morning, apple's next big thing, for more local news and weather continue to watch us on the "cw philly". on these leave early go roam sleep in sleep out star gaze dream big wander more care less beat sunrise chase sunset do it all. on us. get your first month's payment plus five years wear and tear coverage. make the most of summer... with volvo. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour celebrities turning their love of pot into big green. we'll show you some of the big names behind the marijuana brand. >>> plus in the toyota green room. we'll talk about how the new role created with her -- how the new role was created with her in mind, jeff says. >> that's exactly what i was going to say. >>> it's time to show you some of this morning's headlines from around the globe. the car service uber was driven out of the hampton

springfield, heading to st. louis, rainy in the great lakes, that's the track it will take, any baseball games will have a lot of issues with bill as it heads to the great lakes. for us we see the going on the coast, it will get chewed up, morning fog, sunny and warmer for most. the days are very long, 60s, 70s, 80s and far away from the fog you get the 90s, 90s continue for some, 60s and 70s for others. 82 downtown san jose. a lot of fog so not that warm on the coast. summer begins sunday. and it's father's day. >> and what's it like for our favorite daddies including one rid here. >> not as foggy. >>> coming up. still ahead, one man's message to the church massacre suspect. why he chose to reach out to dylann roof. >> the big money expected to be spent this weekend. oh, yeah, led zeppelin, the song today are torrey campbell's favorite songs. very cool. this is one of my favorite songs too. you can see how we did that. people didn't know torry was a rocker. you will hear some of her songs. today we're not takin

by burning down a black church in springfield, mass. maybe it is attacks on black churches. that's the relevant context here. or maybe the relevant context is the history of attacks on this church in particular. this church was burned down in the 1820s for sowing seeds of a slave revolt. they hanged the founder of this church. they outlawed black churches all together in part to stop a place like mother emanuel from being too free. maybe that's relevant context here. maybe the relevant context is white suprecism. reverend pinckney's colleagues mourned him saying he was the best of all of us. maybe that's the relevant context. maybe it is the lives of all of these innocent victims. or maybe charleston, or south carolina. flying the confederate flag on the capitol grounds. what counts as context here for what happened in that church last night, it all either feels too obscene or too sacred to tie it down. right? all we really know is that this keeps happening and every single time it is unbearable. >>> we have a lot more to cover it plump

springfield -- 5:17. 524 at alexandria. it all moves off to the east-southeast. in the middle of it all is a flash flood warning in effect for the district in arlington, falls church, and just along the prince george's county line until 7:00 tonight. this is the only action in time -- town right now here it you can see more heavy storms coming in overnight. for you coming up and it's a couple minutes. reporter: the suspect in that charleston church shooting was most recently living with his mother. kimberly: brad bell has now arrived in south carolina. brad, what are you hearing from the people about the suspect? reporter: it depends on who you ask. this is the house. you can see it looks like a log cabin. we do not see any outward signs of anything untoward. we did knock on the door of an uncle of this young man just about an hour ago. he said i am not usually this rude, but you need to get off my property. he offered no additional comment. neighbors said they did not know this young man at all. it was a complete mystery to him. this person is 21-year-old dylann

there's a debris spill as well in new jersey in springfield township right around the pa turnpike. that's blocking out the center hand lane. squeeze by to the left and right. 95 jamming up in the usual spots from woodhaven road towards the vine street expressway. no problems on the schuylkill. starting to build in volume heading into center city area. the drive times are unaffected by that eastbound into center city. >>> now your "nbc 10" first alert weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >> good morning. temperatures today expected to still be below average. we're also going to see showers lingering although we're technically warming up. we're going to be 10 degrees warmer than this time yesterday and then drying out. pushing into the weekend we are going to see an end to these dreary conditions. here's a live look at cape may where we're seeing slick roads. 55 in philadelphia. wind speeds out of the east northeast at 9 miles per hour. our temperature trend shows that our temperatures are slowly recovering yesterday. high of 58. ten degrees warmer today. by friday close to the

a patch of green right along the beltway near springfield and then south of there along 95 through woodbridge, dale city quantico to fredericksburg. and parts of charles county, southern prince george's getting a few sprinkles. passing right through the metro area in the next half hour or so. it's a mild morning. 60s north and west. low 70's around the bay. look at the neighborhood highs today. should be climbing into the mid 80s. shenandoah valley, low 80s in the mountains. near 90 in the metro area and areas to the south. might get an isolated thundershower in southern maryland, northern neck eastern shore by later this afternoon where it will be into the mid to upper 80s there. next weather and traffic on the 1s, that's coming up at 5:41. a look at your drive time forecast as we have standing water around. you have to watch out for that, right, melissa, and we have had trees down. that's blocking a few roads and what's going on now? >> we have had a lot of problems this morning mostly because of the weather overnight. something else being blamed on the weather here this morning. 95 northbo

. >>> springfield high school in delaware county is on the move even if that move is only about 500 yards. >> motion is approved. >> the school board voted 8-1 last night in favor of replacing the existing springfield high school. the plan calls for the construction of a new high school on another part of that campus. the current building is more than 80 years old. the new school is expected to cost $150 million. >>> and day seven now in the search for two escaped prisoners in new york. the manhunt now intensifying. officers in body armor are searching every inch near that prison. new information about the prison employee believed to have had a role in that escape. >>> plus presidential surprise. why the commander in chief is speaking to some members of congress during a special closed-door meeting at the capitol. >>> i've got the doors closed and door too. turn on the air conditioner today. beat the heat that is going to be into the 90s this afternoon. we're well on our way. 87 degrees at nbc10. only 11 minutes after 11:00 in the morning. your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast. >>> n

that is near huntsman boulevard and fairfax county parkway at springfield. the two kayakers reported finding the body in the lake 10:30 a.m. on sunday. investigators identified the woman as 22-year-old leslie. the cause of death is still under investigation. kimberly: there is a scramble under way to ensure the d.c. traffic light system is protected from cyber attacks. this comes after a man claimed to have hacked in the system last year. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live with what is being done to protect drivers. why would someone hack a traffic light system? sam: well, to show it could be done. d.c. says it has a cyber security project and it's about to get underway. not because of what the hacker from argentina did when he came to a neighborhood of capitol hill but because of updating the security. can the traffic lights of a big city be hacked? the "new york times" article saying that he came to d.c. and with a laptop turned the green lights red and red lights green to emphasize how vulnerable cities are to cyber attack. >> he said he did it then i bel

over an inch in springfield. closing in on that one inch mark in woodbridge. tomorrow morning, sunglasses. temperatures upper 60's. by midday, around 80. showers and storms on the way. more on that coming up. leon: families in pain, speaking up to stop a surgeon d.c. violence. 54 murders so far this year. many of them are unsolved at this point. tonight, there were calls for change and promise is from police and the mayor. live in northwest tonight with a look at the crime, concerns, and what is being done. what are you hearing? reporter: a lot of worry about this. it was at this basketball court where 17-year-old anthony benson was shot and killed after a game . he was one of the 64 people you mentioned. now, his mother is looking for answers. this photograph shows her and her 17-year-old son in happier times, before he was killed. she, like many at the meeting wants answers about why homicides in the district are on the rise. may was a violent month in d.c. the sacvopoulos family were found inside their torched home. a journalist was gunned down while walkin

that report also says springfield would be the fastest community by mass transit. decision on the new fbi location could come next spring. >>> and the d.c. government could soon be making a move to build a new soccer stadium for d.c. united. council chairman fill mendelson says the final piece of land could be seized in southwest d.c. nest week. if the city uses eminent domain, it could speed up the construction schedule. d.c. united says it is still considering a move to northern virginia's loudoun county after governor terry mccall uf promised a stadium could be built faster there. >>> maryland governor larry hogan is lack looking to possibly bringing a high-speed train to our region. he wrap yesterday he rode a train in asia and called it incredible. hogan has applied for almost $28 million in federal funds to study a high-speed maglev rail between baltimore and d.c. travel time between the two cities? just 15 minutes. but the rail line would cost fleece $10 billion to build. now. maglev is short for magnetic leviation. today there are operational systems in chi

making your way up from areas like newington into springfield on 95, no issues this morning. have your drive times around the metro after the seven-day forecast. >>> looking for a good father's day movie for the whole family? >> you could go "inside out." you'll see the >>> welcome back to wusa9. it is 6:44. pixar studios new movie "inside out" is out today and it follows the emotions of an 11- year-old girl and they help her deal with her daily life. >> imaging played a big role in a look and new feel for characters. take a look. >> school was great. >> what was that? i thought you said we were going to act casual. >> reporter: the company wants to do for video what it did for audio. dolby cinema makes these animated characters or the voices inside your head more real than ever. >> a show of force. i don't want to have to put the foot down. >> the idea is that you are immersed in that world, to be able to sit in that space where there's no ambient light. there's this beautiful picture in front of you and immersive sound all around. >> reporter: the cinema experience combine

the plan calls for construction of a new springfield high on another part of the campus. could cost up to $150 million. tonight's meeting is set for 7:00. >>> hundreds of drug convictions in question. tonight, delaware's former medical examiner takes responsibility for his role in a scandal at the state's drug testing lab. >>> plus watch your wallet. police at the jersey shore say a slippery duo is working together to distract and steal. tonight on "nbc 10 news at 5:00," who they seem to be targeting. >>> and it's been a long journey home for quasimodo after being left for dead he is now at his new owner's home in new jersey. don't miss the moment he met his new family. there are a lot of channels on your tv but only so many you want to watch what if you could pay for the types of channels you want and not the ones you don't now, fios brings you a totally new way to customize your tv. starting at $74.99 per month with no annual contract. get custom tv, including internet and phone. price guaranteed for two years. or from now until june 13th get a $400 visa prepaid card wh

slowdowns but should ease up toward newington and picks up again as you make your way to springfieldordon boulevard to 395 that is a 14-minute commute. westbound 50 from collington road ue, a 12- minute commute. no major issues to report at this point. for those of you traveling on i- 270 making your way southbound from frederick toward the beltway, no major issues. just volume starting to build up mainly in rockville as you approach the beltway. >>> at 6:18 here's some of what's in the news right now. two terror suspects in boston were allegedly plotting to area out a beheading here in the u.s. the target? a controversial blogger behind a prophet mohamad cartoon contest in texas. >> when the plans changed and the focus turned to law enforcement, that's when federal agents moved in quickly. >> reporter: conservative blogger pamela geller is now at the center of what federal agents are calling a foiled homegrown terror plot that unraveled in boston tuesday. geller organized last month's art exhibit depicting the prophet mohamad in garland, texas, during which two men were killed when

live along route 1 in springfield, delaware county. the rain not quite as heavy and traffic is moving but, again, the situation is evolving and changing, keep that in mind as you head out on the roads. >>> and count on nbc 10 for updates on this rapidly changing weather situation. stay with us on tv or track this severe weather on your phone or tablet on our free nbc 10 weather app. >>> new at 5:00 tonight, police have a new plan to cut down on murders and violent crime in the city. today police announced a comprehensive safety and reorganize plan. the department is acting on 80% of the recommendations made by a crime commission report. among the changes, the department will soon hire an inspector in charge of crime fighting strategies. and a new civilian communications director. also, more officers will be headed to the department's homicide division. 25 officers will go to community policing units. >> we participated in this entire process. our doors were always open for the consultants to come in and take a look and evaluate our pol

inside the capital beltway at 395, the springfield axing bowl -- mixing bowl, that is where we have heavier rain at this time. eventually, silver springs friendship heights, bethesda rockville and the potomac, you will see the heavier rains. you will see that rain continuing for the next hour to an hour and a half. all of this will eventually left on outta here as we head through the overnight hours. then we will look for brighter skies for the day tomorrow. 61 degrees. marshall at 63. not a whole lot of warmth south of here. the further west you go, that is where the warmer air is look dated at this time. nighttime lows it -- wind will be out of the north at around four to eight miles per hour. tomorrow morning, waking up and grab an umbrella. especially if you have to walk. you will see scattered showers diminished and then by afternoon, brighter skies and more sunshine on the way on saturday into sunday. if you like the heat and humidity, you got it. monday and tuesday we're back near 90 degrees. this is our forecast for tomorrow. it will give way to clearing by the afternoon. the beach

at least toward rosslyn and georgetown and alexand dryia and spring -- alexandria to springfield. no active watches or warning for the immediate metro area. once the ryan moves in we look to drop from 98, probably by 10 to 15 degrees. inch the way upward again. 94 that was the high today. one degree shy of the record. looking at radar the capital beltway most inside the beltway is dry for right now. but as mentioned in the next half hour, to 45 minutes. we are going to watch this area right here move off toward the east. we will head in closer right now. we can see around the vienna area, these are the areas fairfax, the areas seeing heavy rain moving east. tyson corner just getting in on the action. heading further south. this is moving to clifton and buck hal. areas in red and orange the heaviest rain at this time. once again we have no active watches. no active warnings. this is a wider view. if you are looking for the severe thunderstorm watch. well west of us. garrett county in western maryland. the rest of us nothing at all. the temperatures are 88 in gaithersburg. the heat

in fairfax county, part of the springfield trail shut down after a raccoon attack. an elderly woman was hospitalized after being bitten several times. this comes days after a rapid raccoon attack. tom roussey live with the latest on all this action. wild kingdom action tonight. tom: quite a bit of it. two attacks in just four days. behind me here, the trail is shut down because of what happened. that trail shut down because of an attack that occurred one third of a mile that way. >> i can see what appears to be some blood on this side. tom: sergeant mary van rino showed us where a likely rabid raccoon attacked a 75-year-old woman. >> i can also see what appear to be raccoon tracks. tom: around 9:20 this morning, police say the victim stopped to take pictures of a raccoon. it then attacked her, drawing blood on both arms and one leg. it was the second raccoon attack this week. >> i think it is a coincidence. it is highly unusual. tom: sunday, a man was attacked while gardening, receiving a cut a foot long. it happened in kings park. police shot and killed that raccoo

happened around 9:30 this morning on a paved trail near the south run recreation center west of springfield. the victim said she stopped to take a picture of the raccoon when it attacked her. the animal hasn't been found. on sunday, police officers in the kings park area killed a raccoon after it bit a man and that raccoon tested positive for rabies. leon: police are saying that a man linked to a european organized crime targeted a multimillion dollar potomac home. the midday break-in happened river oaks lane near congressional country club. only on 7:00 montgomery county reporter kevin lewis live with the story. kez -- kevin: the homeowner left to run errands. when she came back the french doors were busted open and police say the burglar walked in the foyer of her home and went straight up the stairs where he found his loot more than $100,000 in cash and jewels. marie is the victim of a ten-minute heist. police say jan targeted her $1.5 million potomac residence. the 39-year-old barged through the french doors and allegedly went on a treasure hunt. >> right leer. right here. >> they say t

many springfield, a lot of closures f. you're in st. louis, looks like heavy rains early for your morning commute and on and off heavy rain for paducah and memphis throughout the day and nashville too could deal with problem b matticatic problematic. heavier rains pushing east. new york city philadelphia washington d.c. if you have father's day plans, that's going to be iffy. heavy rains could pour through. otherwise the rest of the country looking nice. we're almost done with our problems from the storm. over the weekend, father's day especially, mid atlantic. may not be the best. >> already tough in areas already water logged. thanks bill. >>> we have updates about the announcements nbc news group made thursday afternoon. the chairman of nbc news and msnbc announced lester holt will become the permanent anchor of "nightly news." holt joined nbc in 2000 and became the anchor of "weekend nightly news" in '07. brian williams who in february suspended from nbc news will join msnbc as anchor of special reports and breaking news beginning i

headed for north springfield about now and eventually into camp springs at 6:54 on our storm tracker. it appears that will hold together. it's weakened north of tysons pushing into montgomery county, still has some brief heavy downpours. talk about temperatures, what it feel like heat index, feels like it's 97 downtown. look at manassas down to 75. at least it's relief, get a thunderstorm, drops temps in a big way. best to exercise in the morning. it's cooler, better air quality and no thunderstorms. some record highs in jeopardy tomorrow, scattered thunderstorms tomorrow, a better chance of storms tomorrow. i'm still teetering whether or not to issue a yellow alert. right now i'd try to get outdoor activity done by 2:00, the window of thunderstorms 6:00 to 2 p.m. we're still talking about 90 degrees. record highs tomorrow, the only ones i see in jeopardy maybe would be dulles, 94, 96 in d.c. probably safe and 97 in baltimore also safe. futurecast by 10:00 tonight back to generally clear skies. showers will linger in the mountains. 10:00 still 80 down town. day planner speaking of 80s

about the same in annapolis chevy chase, and springfield. the rainfall we received in washington today so are has been enough to put us in third place for the most rain in the month of june, just a half inch behind 1972. do you remember that june of 1972? tropical storm agnes was the big storm them. -- then. we may get more showers tonight. maybe we will get close to second place. this has been an unusual june. still a bunch of rain around the area. eileen whelan has been a big part of our coverage. eileen: i want to start with some pictures we are just getting into our newsroom in fredericksburg virginia, at the capital alehouse. they had a roof collapse there. a lot of damage that you can see. we will be following up on this story. we will definitely have more at 11:00. an unfortunate situation. this has been a really strong weather day. fortunately, sing -- things seem to be improving a little bit. still a lot of flash flood watches and warnings in effect for pretty much the entire area. i have seen unfortunately some people on social med

we'll stop it at 10:00, big storms rolling through the immediate metro area around springfield, d.c., the mitchellville area, 80 at 10:00 tonight. by midnight storms to south hitting our friends in southern maryland between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. the watch goes until 8:00. that does not mean we can sound the all clear. day planner, maybe a shower at 11:00, but drier air moves in tomorrow, not that humid, pleasant in the afternoon. not humid on wednesday, pair of 88s and low 90s thursday with an isolated thunderstorm possible and the 90s take up shop here, low 90s on friday, saturday, 90 sunday and monday with isolated storms >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> we are less than two months away from the annual quicken loans national golf tournament. the event gets new digs this year in gainesville, virginia, and host tiger woods will be on the course, all this despite his recent struggles. tiger shot his worst round ever in his career this past saturday at memorial. when asked about it today, woods reminded everyone that just because he is tiger woo

. >>> prosecutors say chemicals and other materials used to make ghb were found in a man's springfieldin union county. ghb is often called a date rape drug because it can produce sedative effects. >>> good morning. it's a first alert weather day. tracking tropical downpours from bill. as we head into the rest of the morning we will see lighter downpours, so the heaviest rain is already pushed off shore. we are dealing with wet roads out there, so be careful if you're heading out in the early morning hours. flood watch in effect until 8:00 a.m. for our entire area. we are expecting tropical downpours, so that's going to decrease visibility out there on the roads. hot and humid conditions expected for us once we get rid of this rainfall. low-hanging clouds over the philadelphia skyline. temperatures throughout the region at 74 degrees. humidity up to 91%. wind speeds out of the south at 8 miles per hour. it is a warm start to the morning already. the one thing that we're looking for over the next couple of hours is just more rainfall. you can still make out the circulation. this is the r

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the roads, and these are pictures of baltimore pike, widespread damage here reported, chester, springfield and aston and brookhaven. >> it was apparent for everyone in delaware county this was not our normal summer thunderstorm we have significant damage as a result of the storm and speaking to the representatives of peco they likened it to a very severe ice storm. >> as you say quite a bit of pim pact here, thousands of peco kusts mers are are out of power, down to 68000 out now and it's a tough job to get everybody back online they hope to have 95% of people out of power to be back online by friday but there will be some folks who will not see restored power here in the county delaware county until saturday or possibly sunday. what is the situation in middletown township john rawlins, channel 6 "action news." back to you. >> thank you. lets give you updated numbers more than 300,000 customers are without electricity in our region at this hour. peco reported 130,000 outages, atlantic county reporting 360,000 customers are still in the dark and psg say 50,000 are without power. >>> now to

. >>> lots of people spent today local parks and one kayak kayaker in springfield, virginia spotted something alarming in the water. the kayaker dialed 911 after seeing a woman's body in the lake. lake huntsman is a small lake off the fairfax county parkway. rescue crews pulled the woman's body out of the water. they have not made a positive identification yet. it is still a little too early to tell how she ended up in the water in the first place. >>> d.c. mayor muriel bowser is rolling out a new plan to help fight drugs in the district. the mayor will hold a news conference tomorrow morning to announce this new strategy. bowser says the district is changing the way it conducts drug enforcement to crackdown on synthetic drugs. the city will also target people who supply drugs to communities. >>> family and friends held a memorial today for the map shot and killed while selling ice cream from an ice cream truck. the shooting happened yesterday on vermont court in frederick. investigators say 22-year-old brandon brown stepped to you the of the truck and was approached by a man who shot him. ch

. >>> a grim discovery in a springfield, virginia lake.akers found the body of a woman floating in huntsman lake. the body was discovered just after 11:00 this morning. fairfax county police have not determined the woman's identity nor how she died. >>> community in upstate new york remains on edge tonight as that search for two prison escapees stretched into the night. don champion has the latest. >> reporter: hundreds of law enforcement officers searched from above and on the ground in upstate new york for prison escapees david sweat and richard matt. new york governor andrew cuomo says the men could be anywhere. >> we don't know if they are still in the immediate area. or if they are in mexico by now. >> reporter: for residents who live in the rural area, the heavy police presence is comforting, yet unnerving. >> is i eve been around the area my whole life, and nothing has been like this before. >> reporter: more than 800 state and federal officers are here on the groundworking 12- hour shifts. some are positioned at check points like t

a crash, right near route one, which is exit number five, for lima springfield.ad of three lables, down to only one, actually, look like we just started letting two get on by. take a look at the back up. ouch. we are jammo, for about 5 miles, as you work your way in toward the accident scene. again, southbound lanes of 476, jammo, from broomall, all the way down to route one. mike, alex, back to you >> braking news, hold on. >> delsandros? >> have you tried it yet? >> i have >> thank you, chris, that's great >> now do you have get to number three >> headed to south street now. here is my question for everybody now. what's going on in the world? >> think about it. two big stories, the biggest one right now, of course, is a white woman, posing as a black woman. said she identifies as black, right, is listen? >> are you african-american? >> i don't -- i don't understand the question. >> and also how about the other story? caitlin jenner, i didn't think we would be able to top caitlin jenner, but think rachel dolezal has done t introduced herself on the cover of vani

president i gathered saturday night in springfield, illinois, with my wife and a lot of close friends at the retirement party of ann docherty who has served me so well in the united states senate office and in the congressional office in springfield. it was a great night with a lot of enjoyment that was interrupted by the sad news of the passing of beau biden one of my other staffers came up and said that beau biden had passed away here in washington on saturday evening. beau, of course, the oldest son of vice president joe biden, had been suffering from serious cancer illness brain cancer, for some period of time. most of us knew that there was something terribly wrong when we approached the vice president about his son's illness and joe -- the vice president in a very hushed terms would say pray for him. we knew that he was in a life struggle but the fact that he would lose his life saturday evening at age 46 is a personal and family tragedy. it's a tragedy which is compounded by the extraordinary person that beau biden was. this young 46-year-old man had achieved so many things in

there's trouble in springfield.ming season of the simpson, the marriage of homer and marge is on the rocks. homer's sleep disorder has become an intense strain on the marriage. he even falls in love with a new pharmacist. producers announced that b.a.r.t. simpson will be killed in the halloween special. because the special is separate from the weekly story lines, higgs death only lasts for that particular episode. the 27th season begins here on ktvu september 27th. >> a lot of changes on the show. >>> sal, you've receive a lot in the commute this morning. >> this commute has -- people -- on twitter, people are saying californians can't drive in the rain. >> we're out of practice. [laughter] >> let's take a look at what we have with the live pictures. bay bridge is getting better at the actual toll plaza. but you will see slow traffic getting there on the eastshore freeway, so the toll plaza delay of 30 minutes is on top of anything that takes to you get to the actual spot. no problems on 880. it's slow as it normall