trains will not run between fort totten and noma galicate. gallaudette. >> passengers will be getting off and on. >> it's not going to be a washout in the metro area nor north and west. the further south and east you go, the better the chance you'll have a washout in that area. what do you say we look at what's happening out? look like a plan? we have rain all afternoon. at the bottom of the screen that's areas nort richmond. most of the rain is moving more to the northeast than the north. so it's pushing across the middle pennsylvania, the bay and the entire eastern shore. there's a stationary front and that's focusing the rain. i think as we get through the weekend the best chances of the most frequent rain will be south, southeast, and east. we'll get some around the metro area. on the other side, the farther north and west you go away probably the lesser amounts of rain you'll see. 80 the official high. 88 is the average. 76 the morning low. 79 at reagan national. 73 in winchester and gaithersburg. b.w.i., 77. 73 and the rain in lexington

over here is her husband, colonel totten. and they made that gift in '54 so it's been here being cared for and protect forward the last 60 years. >> what we're looking at here is a presentation grade colt 1911. in and of itself it's pretty fancy, but more importantly, as we can see from the card right next to it, it was given as a cress present -- a christmas present from elvis presley to general of the army omar m. bradley in 1970. the bradleys at the time were living outside hollywood and he was retired. and bradley kind of hobnobed and elbowed with other hollywood stars. so he was well-known in that circle and certainly in the army circle. he was well-known, he was the army's last serving five-star general, still today is actually. and so he had met certainly had met elvis presley before on a number of occasions. and elvis presley being a former service man certainly respected omar bradley and likened him as a friend. he decided to give bradley this 1911.45 caliber automatic pistol as a christmas present. and i would say i

here's fort totten, some historical photographs. you notice i have in every one of these, i tried to get the real person's name. the more i study this, the more i get to learn, i love the land, i love the parks, i love all of that but these were real people so i'm trying to bring the human element into this story as well. here's the cannon and real people who manned them. fort totten today, unfortunately it's not doing so well. the entrance is closed off. the gate was closed when they started having trouble. there's erosion from dirt bikers who love to come. this is a real defense, you know, the earth works there. but it's beautiful land. it's huge, too. it could be a magnificent park but it needs staffing and it needs resources and it needs programs and it needs what the park service does best, run parks. fort slocum, it's in manor park as i mentioned. as you can see around it, this is all farm land. u.s. colored infantry was there. these are white officers here. behind are the ncos that are african-american. and fort slocum today,

here is fort totten, some historical photographs. you'll notice that i have every one of these i've tried to get the real person's name. the more i study this and the more i get to learn, i love the land, love the parks, love all that. these are real people. i'm trying to bring the human element into the story as well. here are the real people who manned them. fort totten today. unfortunately it's not doing so well. the entrance is closed off. when i first started taking pictures 15 years ago, this gate was open. they closed it when they had some trouble and never opened it since. erosion from dirt bikers. this is a real defense, the earth works there. it's beautiful land, could be a beautiful park. it needs staffing and resources and programs. it needs what the park service does best, run parks. fort slocum in manner park as i mentioned before. here again, you can see around it. this is farmland. u.s. color infantry there. these are colored officers here behind them soldiers that are african-american. fort slocum, a great park. just

shuttle buses between noma cardionet and fort totten. a warning about potential .raffic problems next week a summit between the u.s. and a lotn leaders could mean of motorcades. leave yourself extra time. rebecca cooper will have a look at where the action will be starting tonight at 5:00. at where the action will be starting tonight at 5:00. the weekend is a few hours and for many, it's a struggle to keep your a1c down. so imagine, what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine, loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescrtion medicine that's used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. invokana® is a once-daily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c. here's how: the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body. invokana® reduces the amount of sugar allowed back in, and sends some sugar out through the process of urination. and while it's not for weight loss, it may help you lose

starting at midnight, they will stop at the forth totten and nomo-gallaudeu stations. >>> a privacy group is suing facebook saying facebook is violating the privacy of overseas users. they call themselves europe versus facebook. a spokesperson filed the suit in vienna, austria. they are asking for $670 because the group says it wants to call attention to people's rights. >>> virginia congressman eric cantor is leaving capitol hill early. he announced his last day is august 18th. he suffered a stunning upset in june when he lost the primary election to david brat. cantor said he would stay until january. now he's asked terry mcauliffe mediely.he winner leave they are considering that. >>> developing tonight. we have learned the first of two american aid workers infected with ebola will be arriving in the united states some time tomorrow. that cdc plane outfitted to transport patients with infectious diseases is already in liberia. it's expected to fly either dr. kent brantly or nancy writebol. they will be taken to emory university and placed in a special isolation unit. tonight, the world

wand to avoid the red line today and you may have to take a bus if you want to go behind the fort tottens. if you're operating on the non-red lines, they're at normal service all weekend long. ♪ >>> that will get you moving on this saturday morning. you probably recognize the music this man helped make. but you may not necessarily know his name. woody woodson is a native washingtonian. he has lived in the same northeast washington home for 50 years. a few years ago diabetes took one of his legs. we meet with him and learn how he get wants a second chance. >> stevie wonder, marvin gave, temptations. >> reporter: sitting in his northeast d.c. home, he recalls playing with the greats. he spent years on the road with wilson pickett, marvin gave. one of the biggest hits he collaborated on was the isley brothers hit "it's your thing." steve jordon who plays with eric clapton says it was woodson's drumming that inspired him. >> he's one of the greatest drummers of all time and biggest influence on my play. >> reporter: today woodson struggles. he's able to get hielf around his two-story home, b

totten and largo town center. >> and the pavement is drying out, but watch out for lingering debris. radar showing rain exiting the region. some areas still under flood warnings. creeks and streams that feed into the because text aunt river. but everything rapidly receding. temperatures near 70 ith suburbs.but everything rapidly . temperaturene 7he surb later today, it will be an short sleeve day. your ath headlines, getting breezy and turning less humid by later this afternoon. a look at the temperature and humidity changes hour by hour on the way, coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:11. >>> right now flooding in prince george's county coun is creating a big headache for water customers. we just got off the phone with wssc and they tell us they're trying to fix a water main break. in the meantime, customers in the ft. washington, clinton and brandywine areas do not have water service or water pressure is low. wssc expects to give an update in the next hour. >>> all that water means this morning a lot of streets still look more like ponds. dozen of drivers found themsel

totten, 20. bunker hill and saratoga, 20. lincoln, 20. migs, dupont and davis, 20.me request would ultimately not go filled because the other authorities were reluctant to give up their contrabands to work on forts north of the potomac. there was much. greater use of contraband later made on the outside of the potomac. these men, these self-emancipated black folk who would decide they wouldn't necessarily wait for a federal executive decree and proclamation, but they took it upon themselves to risk life and limb in order to answer the clarion call that beats in the hearts of all of us. the desire to be free. to be self-determining, to be independent. and in fact, when these laborers came to many of the forts surround i surrounding the district, many of the soldiers were happy to see them. a member of the 50th regimen reported that a detail was sent in every morning to work on the forti fortificatio fortifications, but from north carolina was sent to take our places in the ditches and we willingly turned over our picks and shovels. one soldier who had done duty in fo

free shuttle busses between fort totten and forest glaen.he blue, orange and yellow nes. tomorrow metro plans to stay open an extra hour for the redskins game at fedex field. make sure you enter the morgan boulevard or largo town center stations. no later than 12:10 a.m. and that's when the last blue and silver line trains will leave. station entrances at other metro stations will close at their normal times. >> crews still busy trying to finish the silver springs transit center. "the washingt reports there's no opening date set for the center. the hub for busses and trains is more than two years behind schedule and millions over budget. crews trying to fix cracks and design flaws. once construction is completed metro has to view the site before it begins operating there. check your spice rack because your oregano could have salmonella. maryland d.c. and virginia were among the places that received these jars of mccormick oregano after routine testing, the company discovered salmonella in some jars. no one has reported getting sick so far. i

free shuttle buss are running between fort totten and fort glen.n the blue, orange and yellow lines. a check on your forecast next. stay with us. >>> all right. what are our rain chances on this last day of summer vacation for some students. chuck bell our storm team 4 meteorologist has all the answers. >> hey, good morning to you, good morning, everybody. temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s under a mostly cloudy sky. and even though there's not a lot of rain on storm team 4 radar just yet at least a 30% chance you will get hit with a passing shower during the course of the day. higher rain chances across northern maryland to the mountains of west virginia. your forecast for today we're off to a cloudy start. temperatures in the 70s this morning. we'll be up in the mid to upper 80s this afternoon and your rain chances today and tomorrow at about 30%. much better rain chances come back into the picture for both tuesday and for wednesday. molette, back to you. >> thank you so much. we have 90 minutes of news and weather coming up in a faf hour.

colored troops in places like slocum and totten and lincoln and baker and we fd stanton and carroll,ing defenders of the w national capital in times ofil . crisis. thank you. [ applause ] >>> thank you, mr. gibbs. please welcome dc council member for word 4, muriel bouser. [ applause ] >> well, good morning, everybody.g,erybo and welcome to ward 4.o i'm certainly delighted to be here with you to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the battle of ft. stevense. there's really so much great oe history here in our capital city, and i often, and am very y proud to celebrate the part than ward 4 played in the history of our city and certainly in the history of our nation. we're very proud of it. we know that the only civil war battle to take place in the district of columbia took place here at ft. stevens. the only time a sitting president in the united states, in the history of our country, has come under hostile fire from an enemy combatant was here at ft. stevens.esmy and we know that the battle -- at the battle of ft. stevens thn nation's capitol was saved from imminent attack. you may a

totten, 20. bunker hill and saratoga, 20. lincoln, 20. migs, dupont and davis, 20.me request would ultimately not go filled because the other authorities were reluctant to give up their contrabands to work on forts north of the potomac. there was much. greater use of contraband later made on the outside of the potomac. these men, these self-emancipated black folk who would decide they wouldn't necessarily wait for a federal executive decree and proclamation, but they took it upon themselves to risk life and limb in order to answer the clarion call that beats in the hearts of all of us. the desire to be free. to be self-determining, to be independent. and in fact, when these laborers came to many of the forts surround i surrounding the district, many of the soldiers were happy to see them. a member of the 50th regimen reported that a detail was sent in every morning to work on the forti fortificatio fortifications, but from north carolina was sent to take our places in the ditches and we willingly turned over our picks and shovels. one soldier who had done duty in fo