at one party in springfield, for willy, there were 60 kids in attendance. mary made out handwritten invitations that you sent out to all the children, they provided food and games, and she delighted -- she and lincoln both delighted in hosting the very noisy affair that spilled out into the yard and into the street. it was not common to have birthday parties for little kids in that era, like it is today. this over-the-top party also occurred in december 1860, at a time when the lincoln family had way more important things to do. yet, they took time to indulge their child. of course, this treatment of the kids continued in washington. the boys were allowed to ron and play in the private and public areas of the white house. their wild child behavior annoyed lincoln's secretaries and annoyed many visitors, but it delighted to lincoln's. mary hosted and fed their friends, again, they were allowed to have pet, and the lincolns cater to their every whim. mary really was ahead of the childhood as a lifestage movement for sure. and while we might now understand tha

and as andrea said, where it is national walking day, and springfield town center, this is vince she ehy of the town stores and are you a big supporter of the heart association. and why is it to important with you and your company? >> we looked at all of our employees and heart disease is such a huge issue for them, heart disease runs in my family, and it is th one killer in the united states. so we thought it was critical to get involved. it is great to be out here. it is the springfield town center on national walking day and to kick this off, and in 30 minutes of walking a day, it makes all of the difference. whether it is our employees, my family, or everybody out in the audience. >> this guy is an avid runner. what are you five, six miles every other day, i hear? >> i do. i didn't know you were going to bring it up. >> it is another example, if you're not a runner, you could be a walker but any activity certainly is good to help you stay healthy and combat heart disease. we will come back in a few minutes and we will have the full seven-day forecast. and it looks like it could b

the problem was franconia springfield parkway.er showing us those big delays in the main lane. might want to consider paying for the express lanes today. earlier we were taking a look at travel times. we'll do that again in ten minutes. it was an hour and a half from quantico to the beltway, just allow extra time. 95 a crash on the left shoulder. route 1 does not look bad if you want to try that instead before beltway overall, no major problems right now. you can see the green here the rain falling across the area. 301 at north pointer ridge drive, left lane blocked. 270 at shady grove, seeing wet roads. >>> raindrops falling for the next several hours, so grab your umbrella. you don't need your warm rain coat, though. it is mild. feels like a summer morning out there. raindrops this morning will give way to sunshine and a bit of a northwesterly breeze this afternoon as it starts to turn cooler once again, it will be a chilly start tomorrow morning. but the days of sun and pollen are just about ready to return. raindrops here is s

trains roll through springfield, missouri, the wheels of justice are turning slowly too. police are interviewing 22-year-old rachel staudte. a star student, a gifted musician, and artist. mom's pride and joy. >> mom was there every step of the way really encouraging and cheerleading rachel to be great. >> reporter: but now, her dearest mommy, diane staudte, is behind bars after confessing to the poisoning deaths of her husband and son and the attempted murder of rachel's older sister. >> rachel, can i get you to switch with me? >> okay. >> reporter: police just hit rachel with the news. shock. i mean, that's, nobody expects to have somebody that they know do that. >> reporter: in this interrogation tape obtained by "20/20," detective mcamis lays it all out. demure diane has delicately engineered a ruthless culling of her own herd. only the pious and the productive will make the cut. >> did you think somebody else was going to be next? >> sarah can be poisoned just for sitting around on youtube, i don't do anything around the house. brianna sure as heck doesn't do anything

drive 45 miles north on old route 66 and you're in springfield, a tranquil college town where the buckle of the bible belt meets beer joints. here on page street, a modest 900-square-foot home, diane staudte and her husband mark embody that unlikely mix of holy water and fire water. she's the church organist down at redeemer lutheran. ♪ he's the lead singer and guitarist of a local blues band messing with destiny. you'll get the irony of that later. together the couple, former college sweethearts, are raising four kids in that small house. six people, three small bedrooms, one bath. tight quarters for what looks like a tight family. did you get any sense of what their relationship was like? >> as far as i knew, mark's wife was great. >> reporter: charles alexander is mark's close buddy and the drummer in the band. >> he was always happy with the kids, he was always happy with his wife. he loved them. he loved his family. and it was just a great family. >> reporter: well, things aren't great for everyone. see, diane isn't just praying in church. she's paying the bills at home. okay, mark

the 79 year old springfield woman was literally jolted outut of bed when they are ceilingre caved inon her as a tree landed just above where she was sleeping. maybe around 2 or 3:00 a.m. we heard a big boom. from arlington, virginia to northeast d.c., people experienced one rude aweakennink i heard a big gust of wind and i felt the house shake. i knew something had happened. when i looked out, the tree was on the house.on if it wasn't for the wire, it would have probably split thelit house in two. it was a wild saturday night of weather. winds were blowing, trees werees falling and a lot of people lost power. but p nobody had a night like 79 year old judy willard. i was awakened by essentially having my ceiling fall on me. she had been fast asleep in her springfield home until this large oak tree fell right into her upstairs master bedroom landing about a foot above her. i got up on my knees actually and pushed some of the piecece essay way.ay. > of the ceiling. >> of the ceiling.>> i had to crawl on my hands and knees to get around the doordoor because it had come off its hinges and

the springfield guys put together for lincoln. this one. better in what you have again is the distant, far searching gaze.ar, . he was born in 1809. he was 56 when he dies. he is growing into manhood before our very eyes. by the tremendous circumstances of wanting a career that will move him into the law, into politics, and into office. this is a photograph -- i have icult , you have a time doing this with powerpoint. small. very you have one in your pocket. it is about that big. they were the most widely disseminated and easily produced. they were the cheapest as opposed to the big imperial plates. plate negatives. they have not invented film. in this consultative process of chemical and visual stimulation, you would take the print from it. i was doing this for high school students and they didn't even know what film was. [laughter] this was a photograph. this is the famous portrait that -- he says, the famous photograph that brady took that made me famou president. the republican party rises, but lincoln going back to the free soil, free

the springfield community is in shock. >> when i heard that he was poisoned? then i just cried. i collapsed. this. >> reporter: but no one's more surprised than this young woman. >> i assumed it wasn't true, they were innocent people being >> reporter: sarah stouty time, defying all the odds, surviving a vicious poisoning and living to tell the tale. >> do you still consider them family? >> not anymore. i consider them as killers. who hate me. >> reporter: she had to relearn to walk and talk. >> i'm right here. >> reporter: her speech still stunted from the irreversible brain damage she suffered. >> they really planned this heinous crime. i was shocked. i just felt like i wanted to strangle my mom. because of what she did. >> did the police blow this thing? could they have prevented sarah's poisoning? by connecting these dots? >> i think it's easy to go back now and there was nothing at that point to indicate anything malicious. neither one of them knew about the other deaths. >> reporter: as for the medical examiner who critics say bungled the bodies of mark and sean, missing o

fox5's jennifer davis is life in springfield tonight with more on that. jenny?, a 79 79 year old springfield woman has an unbelievable story to tell after she crawled out of her house after this giant oak treek smashed through her bedroomedro window.ndow take a look at some of thesehese incredible pictures that herer family shared with us. you can see first the view as the tree hit the back of her home. judy willard said it happened hp around 26789. 0 in the morning when she wasas sleeping. she's not sure whether she heard the loud bank first or whether the first thing she noticed was the ceiling caved in on top of her. she had to push parts of the ceiling off of her, crawl out of her bed. after the tree landed maybe aa foot above her. debris is every where inside her home. she crawled on her hands andands knees to get out of her bedroom making it through a small sliver in the doorway. the door had been blown off. somehow without her glasses, inn the dark not even wearing shoes, this woman set to turn 80 years old next month managed to walk away and out of her h

and i just got this report, 95 north at franconia springfield parkway, report of a crash and starting to see some slowdowns. taking a look at travel times, 270 south germantown to the spur on time at 11. top of the beltway looking good. 66 inbound no be problems. 95 north no doubt that will start getting slow here. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> a terrible accident, distracted driving or something more? the crash involving a 10-year-old that has some people wondering what exactly is to blame. >>> and just in this morning, crash results on popular pickup >>> what to expect, you better plan on some raindrops here this morning. but i'm optimistic that the day will not only finish with sunshine, but that you will be a big fan that's coming up at 5:51. >> 95 north at franconia springfield parkway, we have a crash in one of the center lanes. the left center lane. really slowing things as you're headed northbound. red line delays to shady grove just popped up because of an earlier problem at woodley park. >>> a scary ride for some metro passengers has the a

this attack happened last wednesday on commerc springfield, virginia. news4's megan fitzgerald has more with the latest clue. megan? >> reporter: police want people to pay attention to the red vehicle that had a gray or white stripe along the side of the door. they say that's the vehicle that the suspects drove off in before dragging the woman into the dumpster where she was sexually assaulted. it was last wednesday morning and it was around the springfield community. >> i do have concerns for some of my friends who are female. >> reporter: concern after fairfax county police say this man grabbed a 40-year-old woman walking behind this strip mall, dragging her into a dumpster where she was sexually assaulted and robbed. police just released this video showing the suspect before the attack and then moments later investigators say he drove off in a red vehicle with a gray or white stripe on the side door. what's even more troubling is children and families lived yards away. henry says his wife usually cuts through the back parking lot to get to work. did

she takes a body back to springfield. and there is this long macabre process in which the body is nvolved and take -- is inalmed and is displayed taken from city to city. and the body begins to decompose. there is this whole sort of relics of the saints. it adds to the whole kind of saygious -- i'll have to this cherry of the body disappears. but because of that, it becomes even more mythologized. at photography doesn't really pick up. going back to one of the earlier questions, photography then becomes part of the landscape. no president really uses it until later this century. teddy roosevelt, who had a net bully and personality was -- an tddie went -- an ebulen personality was always having his picture in the paper. >> thank you. >> thank you again. i see brian lurking in the wings. [applause] >> thank you again, david for a very good presentation, a very interesting one. as david has suggested and i did earlier, if you get a chance to get to washington, the gardener exhibit is well with the trip. now i would like to a

springfield interest changes once you get to 395 this is what you're up against.e yourself extra time in sure vir today. 270 southbound and you hit a lot of slow moving traffic traffic will hit that stand still condition as you head to the spur. . >> we're deal with 25 south delays and accidents crash after burrows avenue and earlier crash kenilworth 50. 50 from before 202 to kenilworth jammed you need a loft extra time there you can take 450 or 213 to get around that. metro update for you. blue line delays to frank coneia spring field. any questions "fox5" d.c. on twitter. >> thank you, steve, allison. >> why a local health institute halted trial studies. >> and hottest neighborhoods in d.c.. we'll let you know if you live in one. 6:39. >>> back now with what is trending on the web wednesday morning. these are the stories you're engaging with on social media. victory phone transgender teenager as supreme court prohibited gave ingrim from using boys restroom in gloucester county in southeast virginia. he was born female and identifies as male. the school board rul

fox in springfield with that story. alex. >> reporter: it was around six in the morning wednesday a woman was walking in this neighborhood when fairfax county police say a man grabbed her, pulled her into this dumpster and sexually assaulted her. after that concerning attack the next few days canvas sink theink area and handing out flyers they hope for tips from the public that will help them solve this case. its a scary scenario a woman is walking in this springfield neighborhood near a shopping center on couple mercy street early wednesday morning when a man grabs her and sexually assaults her. represents dents and workers ini this neighborhood say they are e on edge especially because the suspects on the loose. >> to be on alert, be cautious of who's around you, what's wha around you. y just take precautions. >> reporter: fairfax county police investigators hope the public will help them the manning responsible.. his car was caught on sarcasm rays and has a distinctive feature. its described as an older model, red tw

police won't confirm if she was targeted or not in springfield. wusa9. >>> if you recognize the car or can help the investigation call fairfax county police. we have the phone number listed on the wusa9 app. >>> prince george's county has decided a man accused of killing his daughter and the mother. daron boss well johnson admitted to killing shante davis and their 2-year-old daughter chloe. davis was buckle in the seat when she was shot and killed. he did it because the court ordered him to pay $600 a month in child support. he is facing two counts of murder and abus leads in the first homicide of the year tied to robbery and assault that happened sometime tuesday night on south alfred she did. a victim suffered a head injury getting robbed. he died today in a hospital. investigators have not released details on the possible suspect. >>> new tonight, police are looking for a man suspected of robbing three banks. police believe he robbed two banks this afternoon, sandy springs bank in burtonsville and capital one bank in elk ridge and a suntrust b

with one ofspoke the passengers and has with a man from springfield experienced. day for theifying passengers on board the amtrak train. we caught up with one of those passengers tonight back home in springfield. >> we hit something. was heading home from a weekend visiting family in new york city. he was reading a book in the window seat, near the front of relaxing when suddenly weekend came to an abrupt end. >> felt a jolt. felt the train trying to slow down. saw fire, felt the heat, it was that close. train, threely the minutes, i don't know how much time, eventually it stopped. base of the at the pentagon when it was attacked september 11. for the most part, his fellow passengers were called during the ordeal. >> i was waiting for the train to derail. a lot of kids were screaming. matt: it took a few minutes before the seriousness of the crash finally hit him. >> it was not until i got off the car and was speaking to my wife. was notrtunately, don injured, getting home just in time at six p.m. to watch his beloved new york mets play their first game of the sea

police say that the operator of the septa 101 trolley like this one a approaching the springfield mall station had no idea, that a passenger get off would punch him in the face as exiting, it was unprovoke this driver just doing his job and this just shouldn't happen. >> reporter: the attacker police say seen on surveillance video apparently upset after realizing he had slept, past his station. >> he wanted the driver to stop after he slept through his stop he wanted to get off in the middle of the road, the driver wouldn't do so, and told him he could get off at the next approved stop. >> reporter: video shows the operate the or, who fortunately was not seriously hurt, getting punched, and then putting his hand on his face where he was hit. >> the average person would just simply say okay, i slept through my stop i cross the street but instead they get outraged and then they a salt our operators. >> reporter: video shows a after throwing the punch the attack runs off and disappears but police say he was caught, on camera, and they warn, with nearly 100 percent video surveillance on it

a woman near the springfield plaza shopping center.ebody dragged the woman into this trash dumpster and sexually assault her 6:00 a.m. wednesday. a local restaurant owner talk to the victim after it happened. >> apparently out of nowhere, some guy jumped out of a red car . she said she did not have much chance to say anything. jonathan: the woman was very shaken. they are hoping the attacker will be caught, but it's lucky, you are looking at surveillance camera video capturing the attackers car with specific features. see the square on the side door, looks like bondo, with a sunroof? that, see anything like fairfax police would like to hear from you. strong words from d.c. mayor muriel bowser, d.c. employees banned from to north carolina after the north carolina governor signed a bill that many consider discriminatory towards the lgbt community. mayor bowser: it's important to stand up. we feel that good meaning people who value the district of columbia requires us to stand up to injustice. jonathan: they join a growing list of cities

it happened march 30 in springfield, virginia.a 40 year old woman was walking alone behind a shopping center shortly a man grabbed her and pulled her into a storage k-9 container where he sexually assaulted her and robbed her. the suspect is described as a hispanic male between five foot six and five foot nine. he got away in a red car with a gray patch on the driver's side door. you can see it clearly there. coming up at 11, a texas woman is the tenth person in the united states to die after her car's airbag violently deployed. are you the at risk of a similar situation? >> also coming up, an incredibly doll finale tonight, wasn't it in we're going to have some of when it comes to the things you love, you want more. love romance? get lost in every embrace. into sports? follow every pitch, every play and every win. change the way you experience tv with x1 from xfinity. > tonight we have a sad reminder for you to check the recall status of your vehi

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the springfield art museum does not have security staff afterhours when the paintings were allegedly stolen. tonight, a $25,000 reward is being offered to anyone who might help lead the authorities to seven very cherished tins of soup. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >>> we're back in a moment with a major milestone for one of the world's most beloved children's authors. >>> we're back now with troubling results in new crash tests on some of the most popular vehicles on the road. out of several full-size pickup trucks tested, only one earned the highest safety rating. but as nbc's ron mott reports, all the others fell short of that mark. >> reporter: just one full-size pickup, the 2016 ford f-150 passed muster in 40-mile-per-hour crash tests, designed to expose weak spots that put passengers at risk. >> the ford f 150 did an excellent job of controlling the amount of intrusion into the occupant space. the others just did not. >> reporter: crew cab and extended cab pickups were tested in front corner impact crashes, the deadliest type of collision. the f-150 came out on top, earning

springfield police hope that someone will recognize the car and give them a call. >> well the washington monument will be closed all day tomorrow because of an elevate malfunction. today, the elevator stopped working as passengers exited on to the observation level. no one was trapped but all visitors at the time on the observation level were evacuated by walking down the steps. cause is being inspector ted. this is the he could time that the washington monument was forced to close this week because of an elevator issue. >>> you can add more to the growing list of problems metro. insulator for single tracking if the woodly park station in northwest. a few hours later a door stopped working taking the train out of service and covering delays during the friday rush hour. latest incident add to resent comments by paul wiedefeld that they could shutdown entire lines to complete major repairs. >> poo people who drive by the white house may see an unusual demonstration. local advocates for realizing marijuana. a smoke in. 1:45 in the afternoon. from there, they will carry a 51 foot long fake j

this is out by franconia springfield parkway delays to lor ton and that's a delay as you head to springfield ipt change north and south heavy in that location. springfield parkway blocking left shoulder and police getting there adding additional slow down. stafford slow between 630 and 610 as well. looking at maps. other crashes and delays this morning. crash activity pennsylvania avenue between silver hill road and southern avenue in prince george country we're also seeing slow moving traffic sutland parkway in carlton as you make your way 50. fox hole rolled we have a downed tree closing roadway reservoir road and inbound one lane getting by. if you want to avoid inbound delay and closure outbound side take canal road or keep it to macarthur you're boulevard. those are best bets to get around that this morning. northeast crash cleared 295 getting back to normal bening road and southbound congestion out by burrows avenue as usual. lights are being repaired min mip avenue at bening road where we were dealing with traffic lights out. and if you take metro delays residual delays on red line fa

. >> like paulsen's story, i got a call from springfield, massachusetts. globe -- me the boston mike paulsen wrote an article about one the great survivors. it was about the fold. in boston, -- editionsobe had two out. michael paulson story would have page.n fo front >> of follow the sexual abuse i follow the sexual abuse story. -- i thinkingfield there was a resource differential how the local newspapers in springfield at worcester were not able to compete with the globe in terms of coverage. likeof these stories went regional. , you weree news site able to get a flavor of it. it seemed like these reporters that were competing against resources of great -- howcations systems does that impact -- my question , a major story like that, how does that impact local stories that are just as significant as other areas? t can be replicated. what i think made the story so strong is the paper came out of the file cabinets. it was impossible for people to have a reaction because we were showing you what was in the files. that took some money. that would be hard to re

the springfield art museum has all ten up on the wall.en soup flavors right there on the wall. these big soup cans, but what did they take? look. they only took seven of the soups. ththe intact set is invaluable. stealing seven of the ten has almost no value. look at what they left behind. they only left behind the gross soup. they left behind the consomme, the cream of mushroom and the pepper pot. cream of mushroom is tasty in other foods, but when it's a soup on its owit's disgusting. these thieves left behind the only three disgusting flavors out of those ten flavors of soup. and so it's a mystery. the fbi is now seeking the public's help. the fbi is offering a $25,000 reward in this case, but from when know it's clear we're dealing with someone that was not stealing the art for its value of american art, what we're looking for is a soup fan with good taste in soup, but no clue about art. $25,000 reward. call the fbi if you know anything. soup heist. i told you i love that story. that does it for us tonight. >>> first look is up next.

this is one that the springfield guys to together. this is alexander hustler. and you see the development of lines. it is well to remember how young lincoln was. he is 56 when he dies. again, he is growing into manhood before our very eyes and he is affected by the tremendous circumstances of wanting a career that will move him into the law and politics and then into office. and this is the photograph that did it for him. you have a difficult time doing this with powerpoint. i probably should have managed -- mention this earlier. this is a very small photograph d. it is a carde -- it is a card de visit. a were the most common in the cheapest, as opposed to the big imperial place. in my garner show, they are glass plate negatives. technology is evolving in the have not invented film. in this process of chemical and visual simulation, you had a glass plate to take the negative and then you take the print from it. if you wanted a little picture, you had a little plate. i was doing this for high school and they did not even know what film was. because anything is d

accident in the springfield area with the outer loop blocked between springfield and telegraph road.or trailer is involved and we will let you know when it clears up. traveling northbound on route 5 from birch hill road up to the capitol health way,

. >>> the outer loop of the beltway in springfield, new problem on the ramp to go south on to 95.as you head out of annandale past braddock road south on 95, sounds like the crash blocks the left lane on the ramp causing an early delay. plan ahead, hopefully they can get it out of the roadway quickly. huge delays i-70 east through hagerstown. overnight crash continues to block the left lane leaving only the right lane getting by. delays about 4 miles. once you're across south mountain into frederick, all of the travel lanes are available. >>> it is 6:32. to decision 2016 where voters in maryland have until the end of the day to vote early or absentee in next week's primary and avoid all the big lines. there are more than 3 million registered voters in maryland and the board of elections expects close to a 50% turnout on tuesday. more than 180,000 people already cast their ballots. >>> candidates are focusing on maryland in the day ahead. molette green is live in silver string where they're expecting some last minute campaigning. >> reporter: good morning. hillary clinton up over 2

it happened 6:00 wednesday morning on commerce street near springfield plaza. jay korff is joining us live. you spoke to the victim in this case. curious what she told you. jay: we talked to somebody through an interpreter. she was saying how horrific this was. so grateful she was able to survive this attack. she is hopeful the guy will be caught. as you are about to see in the story we have pictures that could lead to the identification. commerce plaza along commerce street in springfield bustles with activity on friday. shoppers going in and out of restaurants and markets are stopping t interest. police say two days prior around 6:00 a.m. a woman while walking behind the shopping center was grabbed by a man, pulled into this dumpster, robbed and sexual assaulted. a source tells abc7 news a passerby startled the suspect who fled. >> telling my employees now to come out in pairs when they take out the trash at night. >> the local restaurant owner spoke directly with the victim and tells us she is understandably shaken but hopeful the attacker will be caught. >>

but that is not the case for transgendered students like evan peterson a junior at springfield township high school. >> i definitely didn't want to use women's bathroom and i was scared to use the mens bathroom because i was than the out at school yet. so i usually just didn't go to the bathroom the whole school day. >> it is awful. it is a bad feeling. but it is that kind of thing that makes you want to do something, and want to make change. >> reporter: last week springfield township school district became one of the first in pennsylvania to officially adopt a policy allowing transgender students to use bathroom and locker rooms of the gender they identify were not the one on their birth certificates. >> we know that this is not the without controversy but regardless we wanted to make a statement that as a school district, this is who we are, this is what we believe, and we will support all of our students regardless of who they believe they are. >> reporter: one critic, the pennsylvania family institute sent "eyewitness news" a statement of its own that reads in part in those areas t

event was held in the springfield country club. members of the fire companies and hear families all took part. >>> students from dozens of schools across the region played a little lah contracts today for a great cause. eighth annual lacrosse invitational at haverford school raise add wearness for prostate and testicle cancer. in all 26 schools from pennsylvania, delaware and new jersey all took part. all of the money raise today benefits local organizations and help families in need of cancer treatment payment. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight find out the new plan for a bunch of old build initial trenton. >>> also doctors are explaining why the first ever uterus transplant in the u.s. failed. >>> it will cost you more to watch netflix, find out how much more subscribers will be soon paying, melissa. >>> walter, the snow has moved out but we are track ago this freeze warnings that goes up in the overnight hours and continues as we wake up tomorrow morning. we have details with accu weather coming up with the full and exc

torres shot john geer as he stood unarmed outside his springfield home in august 2013.n: jury selection began in tulsa, oklahoma, in the manslaughter trial of former sheriff deputy robert bates who shot and killed an unarmed man. bates said he confused the handgun with his stungun. i was recorded on a police body camera. bates pleaded not guilty. alison: the palm beach zoo reopen today after a veteran keeper was attacked and killed last week. the tiger was tranksized after mauling the zookeeper. there is support to honor the zookeeper. reason to check the district. we will tell you the money coming your way. >> two men wanted for killing people in the area. help in the race to find them next. on the wall of justice. >> coming up at 6:00 -- why police arrested a former student teacher from fairfax county. details straight ahead. steve: i'm steve rudin. temperatures in the low 80's. look at the seven-day outlook moving through the next few days. cooldown on the way. the temperatures will eventually fall in the 60's. upper 60's by wednesday. but let's fast forward to the u

news4's kristin wright is live in springfield to tell us and show us more about that. >> reporter: it's so alarming to just every single person we talked to today. a woman simply out walking forced into this dumpster, robbed, and sexually assaulted, but that car, that car is a real clue. a woman forced into a dumpster, robbed, and sexually assaulted. police say she was walking behind the commerce plaza shopping center in springfield, virginia, when she was attacked by a man who still has not been caught. it happened steps away from suka sangh's restaurant. >> it's too bad. >> reporter: police put out surveillance pictures showing a distinct red car they say the man was driving. there's a big whitish/gray mark on the driver's side door. businesses are posting the sangh says a lot of people cut through this back area early in the morning and now he is worried for his female employees. >> so i just tell them careful. but it's like early in the morning. you see a lot of people. people are walking and going and this is -- i don't know how this happened. >> reporter: police say the man also t

there is a crash on the outerhet loop on the ramp to 95 t southbound at the springfield inner change causing some slow g moving traffic leading towardsdg that ramp.that this camera is from the the robinson terminal but it'sutt' pointed at the off ramp thereame you can see traffic is movingovg but a little bit slower thanlo usual so please give yourselfe u that extra time as you makeou your way from the outer loop oel bottom side of the beltwayel towards 95 southbound.thboun 95 northbound from stafford onso through dale city a ton of stop-and-go traffic in the usual spots down by 610 anddown then again through dale city dac as you make your way towards newington. a look at our maps from this thi crash we're tracking on the outer loop. looks like we lost our systemure there at 7:07 but there's a a crash 95 south after 32.fter 32. delays back to 175.o75 baltimore trying to get to the beltway, bw parkway southbound may be a better bet. b. we do have that typical typic congestion right there. t we'll certainly keep yourtai updated.up metro still on time. tim back to you. to you. >> in hav

crash blocking shoulder approaching beltway past springfield ipt change and jammed from stafford all the way through and 395 northbound continues to be very delayed to 14 street bridge. and normal service resumed on blue line to metro and delays on bravrpch huntington to yes, ma'am owe. we'll keep you posted. that's traffic. back to you. . >> all right. airport thank you very much. victory for transgender teenage frer virginia as federal appeals court sided with the team he identifies as a male. >> grim was band from using boys bathroom at his virginia school and federalal peels court over turned the school policy saying it is discriminatory. will have in very and with morethon story, bob. . >> hey, guys, good morning the question is do bathroom restrictions equal sex discrimination and is that a violation of federal law? i'll tell new fairfax koumentsy kids are allowed to use bathrooms they identify with and the case that went to federal court here inner virginia comes out of gloucester countyer vir high school junior gave ingreen schooled local school board that said he had to use

you're slow from there s springfield interchange through annandale.ugh aan 270 southbound from frederickrekown to the spur ton of stop-and-go traffic.ffic wet roads. it's a headache for this h monday morning.eamo i'd say just leave early and and try to have that patience withae you. that's your traffic.r affi back to you allison. allison. >> erin thank you.>> >>> now to the latest on the tht road to the white house. house it is a winding road indeed. i we're eight days away from the new york primary and a new a poll out this morning from gfk finds that americans trustri democratic presidentialatic frontrunner hillary clinton more than anyone else inhi thehe race including donald trump toru handle a wide range of issues.. trump is name calling again. a this morning he is calling boston globe "stupid andnd worthless" after the newspaperhp published a page yesterday with trump as the butt of the joke.he j >>> meanwhile secretary s hillary clinton and senatoren bernie sanders hit the streets s of new york yesterday.ework clinton and her husband visited several african-american churchs inhurc ha

dejected, he returns to his home town of springfield.the blue, a telegram arrives for abraham lincoln. >> it's an invitation to come and speak in new york city before the elite republican leadership on the east coast. >> republicans are buzzing about how this rank outsider demolished stephen a. douglas with nothing but oratory. >> people wanted to see him. they wanted to hear him. and he realized that his star had really not diminished. as a matter of fact, it had risen. >> and i think it stoked the idea, in his mind and the minds of many others, that he was a potential president. >> lincoln knows new york can give him his break, but he's saying nothing about reaching for the top job. >> he played this game and danced this coquettish dance about whether or not he could see himself as president for months and months and months pretending he had no interest in it. >> lincoln understood that the later he emerged as a candidate and the less time his opponents had to attack him, the better off he'd be. >> lincoln arrives in new york. he has s

this is springfield, oregon, just outside eugene.ll move on for the moment, but keep an eye on this. if indeed there is something different, something that will catch our attention, we'll go back to it. >>> up next, a new ad attacking trump. zero spending in upcoming primary states and no events on her calendar today. we're talking about hillary clinton shifting her focus maybe completely to the general election? stay with us. hey! this is lloyd. to prove to you that the better choice for him is aleve. he's agreed to give it up. ok, but i have 30 acres to cover by sundown. we'll be with him all day as he goes back to taking tylenol. yeah, i was ok, but after lunch my knee started hurting again so... more pills. yep... another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? for my pain... i want my aleve. get all day minor arthritis pain relief with an easy open cap. your hair is still thinning. you may have inactive follicles. re-activate them with women's rogaine® foam the only once a day product, proven to regrow new hairs up to 48% thicke

earlier northbound crash by the franconia-springfield parkway blocking the shoulder.h.jammed on theam northbound side from stafford.mf a lot of heavy stop-and-go stopo traffic through newington asroug you try to get to the bottom tht of the beltway.of bel 270 south the slow zone from f 85 to the truck scales.ca stand still traffic because of congestion. you jam again closer to thesetoe spur after gaithersburg. aft back to you. >> still ahead this morninghiorg protecting yourself againstou the sun. >> a new study on sunscreen,unre will it protect you fromouro getting melanoma? the th scientistsway in.tswa in. details ahead. the nra and its campaign cash are what stands between us and gun reform. "searing tragedy struck in a place parents felt their children were safe" chris van hollen met with nra lobbyists to craft a loophole that would let the nra skirt a new campaign finance law and block gun control. but democrat donna edwards said "no" to the nra loophole and stood up to the gun lobby. and she would ban assault weapons. democrat donna edwards, maryland's next senato

what do you see today at event in springfield?the line a mile long, 8,400 yesterday in indiana. these are people who know that bernie sanders is not going to win the nomination, but when you talk to them, as i just did, they will say to you, we believe in what he stands for. and today, for the first time, we heard him in a different way, chris, clearly focus and clearly articulate what he wants out of this democratic platform. he laid out a completely progressive vision of what this country should be called for a 50-state strategy and the crowd, frankly, went wild. here's part of what he had to say. >> the democratic party, up till now, has not been clear about which side they are on on the major issues facing this country. the poorest states in this country, many in the south, where people are suffering without health insurance, without jobs, in many of those states they are controlled by right wing republicans, and the truth is that the democratic party has turned its back on many of those states. we need a 50-state strategy. >>

on passing mount vernon, one of the newspaper reporters on the boat remarked that one day, springfield would carry special meaning for america. the president answered, how happy i shall be in four years hence to return there in peace and tranquility. he returns to washington. he sees a band and calls for the dead to play a song and i think you will know this. he said, strike of dixie. that is one of my favorite songs. was dixie his favorite song? i don't know. but in calling for dixie to be played, certainly, he was signaling something important. a conciliatory gesture. the speech then goes on for pages after page to talk about reconstruction and specifically, the problem of louisiana. what i want to argue this morning is that reconstruction does not begin in 1855. i want to go back even further. reconstruction begins when the war begins. indeed, the word because section -- reconstruction is used at the beginning of the work, but it is used differently. it is used not only to mean remaking the nation, restoring the nation, redefine the nation, the state in succession begin to use the w

basically us a peak your way pea from dale city all the way to te the springfield interchange youe aren. south at that point in staffordr same story there. there. the inner loop we're getting get reports of a crash out bys of ca pennsylvania. so watch for that one.at for also, on pennsylvania avenue ate minnesota in the districtesin another accident. let's see if we can forward ourr maps.ma i'll show show you what elsehow you're up against this morning.. metro earlier malfunction at a potomac residual delays to delay wheelly reston on the silver sil line. no alerts for the rest of yourer morning commute. red line residual delays fromm earlier malfunction by shady bys grove things back to normalin there. we'll forward our maps shown yoh the east side. 295 inbound very jammed up tome the 11th street brid kenilworth and new york avenue a out by bladensburg really slowlo roll there.rollhere a live look outside at our rainy commute. we'll just show you some of the congestion you are dealing withu around the district right now.tt this is route 1 on theten t southbound side north of the tod s