on queen street, the battery was under the command of thomas ferris, who we think had 46 pounder cans that have a range of almost half a mile fire down this way. he was a veteran experienced artillery man, so they partnered him up with the battery that was positioned here, new york city artillery, firing down king street. this officer was lieutenant alexander hamilton. commanding the new york city militia artillery. now in my opinion, and i have to make that clear, in my opinion, general washington knew that his troops did not have the expertise, the training or experience to defeat the german forces from these professional german regiments on a fair field of battle. there's three regiments here, about 1500 men, washington is approaching with 2500 men. he has more troops, but his troops do not have the level of training and ability of the german troops do. and i think washington believed that and that washington's strategy here is to deprive the enemy of a fair field of battle. we are now in millville park in the city of trenton, where about half a mile, five blocks away from the batt

ferris wheel out there national harbor. little breeze. there flag blowing, gorge is day on tap michael thomas. >> you got. it you just have to watch for that breeze. it will be noticeable especially first half of the day today. first half, georgous, sunshine and lower humidity. if that humidity is driving you nuts it's driving me nuts you have to pump the ac to get out the moisture. this is dew points. measure of how much moisture is in the atmosphere. anything mid 630s and above is feeling sticky, 64 washington and 65 baltimore and 66 annapolis. you can see where the front is and where the green kind of goes to the brown and the brown is drier air there. hagerstown 51. 53 martinsburg and cumberland 46. drier dew points moving in by the time we get to latter portion of the morning again dew points explained later today and through tomorrow and most of this w week. dew points at or below the 50 degree mark which means comfortable air moving back in at least. temperatures outside not bad in wash tochbl cooler north and west and cold front moved through. 68 frederick and hagerstown 64 and cumberland, marylan

thomas, bbc news, manchester. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this hour. data has been recovered from at least two phones found on board the sewol ferry south korea, giving insights into the victims‘ last moments. "don't die, stay alive," was among the frantic messages received before the vessel went down. 30a people died in the disaster. most of them were teenagers on a school trip. anti—government protestors in venezuela have been met with tear gas and water cannon in the latest demonstrations across the country. protestors were trying to reach military points in several cities, hoping to appeal to the armed forces who support the government of president nicholas maduro. chile's president, michelle bachelet, has marked the start of construction for a billion—dollar astronomical observatory high in the atacama desert. when complete in 2024, the aptly named extremely large telescope will be five times bigger than the largest current observatory. astronomers say it has the potential to transform our understanding of the universe. egypt's airforce has carried out airstrikes in libya, targeting jihadists in the east of the country. egypt