there's been a bill introduced in congress named union station. i don't know, i don't remember exactly. i think i was talking to someone about the jefferson memorial and fdr pushed that memorial and apparently, it is because jefferson was a democrat and there had been a huge memorial to lincoln, the republican, so there's a little bit when the state department was named for harry truman. the executive office building was named for eisenhower and that's a real mouthful. i try to adhere to that but it is a mouthful. you would probably have to go back an look at which party controlled congress. >> in the back. >> from time to time, the lafong plan is disrupted by some tacky office building, how does this happen? >> well, you know, i mean, it is true, but i mean, even, you know, mentioning the eisenhower memorial and i have not followed all of the ups and downs of that, but one of the latest revisions is apparently to take down this huge metal curtain that would have obstructed the clear view of the capitol from one aspect of washington. i think also

union station from 1908 compares favorably with any train station and if you have been to penn station in new york, you know what i'm talking about. and then there was also a movement of many of the wealthy from around the country seeing washington as a fashionable place. they want to come here, so they built many beautiful homes. the social season, wisely, was january and february as opposed to july and august. this was definitely before it conditioning -- air conditioning, but you can today go to dupont circle and walk down massachusetts avenue. many of these homes are still in existence. most are embassies and private clubs. the one that still remains as a home from that time that is open to the public and is free is the anderson house, which is on assachusetts avenue and is lovely visit. also after the civil war, one aspect -- several aspects, actually, of l'enfant's original plan were fulfilled. one was the mall. the mall was cleaned up. and the smithsonian institution began building along the mall. it began, and there was a washsonian at first, and it largely for scientific resea

. >> after a rally at union stations, organizers at this march hoped to shut down it busy h h street. >> i have had situations with the police when they are profiling. know people are not aware of it, but it does not seem like it is right. not many are doing much about it. >> they are demanding justice for michael brown, shot and killed by officer darren wilson. >> they should put him on trial for murder. whene so many times that police kill someone, it is seen as a procedural issue. >> hundreds of protesters marched peacefully to a makeshift memorial where brown died.

but the two and a half-mile system stretching from union station to benning road is not just about moving people. it's about spurring economic development. this condo complex is going up at h and 11th. it's one piece of the envisioned transformation of this commercial corridor. martin dicaro, wusa9. >> martin adds that each operator ddot hires must receive 30 hours of on-the-road training. a high level source tells martin barring any delays in the safety certification process, the earliest the streetcar line could open for passenger service is in november. as to how much it will cost to ride the streetcar, ddot tells us they haven't figured that out just yet. >>> howard is up next with the forecast. >> it's a hot one today, andrea. some of us going into the 90s. haven't been there in a couple of weeks. storms on the way tomorrow. let's take a look at some of the temps before we go to break. most of them in the 80s now. 86 in leesburg. 81 in crofton and 84 in alexandria. back with the seven-day j >>> the final album of chuck brown is being we leased later this month. big celebrations are p

. >> out there right now, towards union station, a very nice night. temperaturesho have been very warm. last hour at 85. right now, sitting at 82 degrees. that the current temperature across the area. we are stiting in 85 rather across our region. here is what is happening, 81 degrees in d.c. 77 in leesburg an 81 towards martinsburg a very warm night. one of the warmest nights we've seen in about a week or so. few showers across west virginia,n toward west virginia anwa maryland. this is not my shower activity coming through. this is all part after front making its way through. so what that is going to give us early tomorro morning at bus stop, great start. temperature is 63. about 72 degrees. sun advise now6:33 in ththing morning. here isha we are watching the front move down to the south. as it does, it just reinforces our very nice air. today become0 degrees. tomorrow a few degrees cooler than that as that cooler air settles on in. we are only talking 2 to 3 degrees cooler. it will be less humid, however. 86 in gaithersburg. 85 in martinsburg. out

. >> reporter: lax officers tracked her boarding a bus at union station wandering from terminal to terminal before she was finally stopped at the united terminal. >> she did not try to get through tsa screening at any of the terminals but was aware of how each of those terminals were laid out. >> reporter: maryland was booked into an la county jail, but not placed on a psychiatric hold. a social worker says she was not a danger to herself or others. after getting busted six times at san francisco international, she was someoned to redwood house in redwood city for a month, but she only stayed a week. in a blog that is believed to be hers, she alluded back in 2012 that she jumped flights before. >> yes. i do regret it. >> reporter: marilyn is being held on a probation violation in los angeles an is wanted on a bench warrant out of hawaii from 2010 for daughter and son trespassing near baggage claim. >> so she has this problem. she tried psychiatric care. now she is in jail. where is she going? >> reporter: that's a good question. she only lasted a week in the psychiatric facility. she claims

chris lawrence has our report on that from union station. >> you're on the bus. >> reporter: a bus loadople on their way to ferguson brought together by a single tweet. >> i asked twitter if anybody else wanted to go. the response was overwhelming. >> reporter: laurel organized the trip and said the bus could have carried more. >> several people cancelled coming because they were afraid. they said, i'm still afraid to go to ferguson. >> reporter: we haven't seen violence like this in days. the crowds dwindled and the governor pulled the national guard. with the protest dying down, do you think you're going too late? >> it's the right time. >> reporter: someone put down $8,000 to reserve the bus. the group needs to the pay him back. so far he's only raised $2500. >> i sent e-mails to every organization with the word black in its name. i received nothing. >> reporter: are you disappointed. >> if you claim to be about social justice and change and it's in your mission statement, you should be about it. >> reporter: they are taking it upon themselves, trying to raise money along the way. 40

the agency closed two repeat offenders, one at union station, making a third closure for victoria pizza cited with failing to minimize the presence of insects, rodents and other pests on the premises and now for the fourth closure suspending heritage india and its sister restaurant on p street northwest. you may remember this from what i found in the alley behind it last summer. that was after back to back closures at heritage india citing gross unsanitary conditions and rat droppings in the kitchen. after dr. garcia's visit the sign in front said closed for mechanical problems. heritage india's fourth official closure cited it and cafe mirakol with operating food which may endanger the public health. that photo of dr. garcia taken here on 17th and p, look at this ledge over here while we've been here in the half hour setting up, we've seen three rats crawl along that ledge. so they are fighting an issue in this neighborhood. as far as when they'll reopen, they've been now closed five days, which is really long for health department closure and so far no word on when they'll reopen. >>

. >> here at union station and on h. they say they won't stop until justice is done. >> plus, a pilot who took off from a wisconsin airport passes out at the controls. flies through d.c.'s restricted air space and crashes into the ocean. >> one man stays an entire family after a devastating fire on benian road. i'll have the details coming up. >> happy labor day weekend, bruce johnson has the night off. on this labor day weekend for the rest of it, you may want to keep your umbrellas handy if you have outdoor plans. erica groh has your forecast. >> we have the heat and humidity building as we head through the rest of the building and that will help trigger showers and thunderstorms as we head into tomorrow afternoon and especially tomorrow evening. 9future cast helping show you how warm it's going to get before these thunderstorms arrive. very early in the morning, it is still feeling like it's in the 70s, even upper 70s in most spots and you can see clouds starting to approach as you are waking up early on sunday mornin

officers tracked her boarding a bus at union station wandering from terminal to terminal before she was finally stopped at the united terminal. >> she did not try to get through tsa screening at any of the terminals but was very cognizant of the -- of how each of those terminals were laid out. >> reporter: hartman was booked into an l.a. county jail but not placed on psychiatric hold. a social worker said she wasn't a danger to herself or others. after getting busted six times at san francisco international airport, she was sentenced to redwood house, this residential mental health facility in redwood city for a month. but she only stayed a week. in a blog that's believed to be hers, hartman alluded back in 2012 that she had jumped flights before. >> yes, i do regret it. yes. >> that was andria borba reporting. now, hartman is currently being held in los angeles on $10,000 bail. she is due in court there on monday. this is the 8th time in recent months she has been caught boarding a plane illegally or at least attempting it. she was caught three times at san francisco airport in april a

down to right next to union station there. a building we built about 20 years ago through a public-private partnership for the supreme court designed by edward larrabee barnes, that was the thurgood marshall building. these are the offices for the senate, and of course the thomas jefferson building and the john adams and madison buildings for the library of congress, the jefferson billion widely acclaim in 1897 as the most beautiful building in america, and many people still think it is today. you saw there a capitol power plant where we make the steam and chilled water to heat and cool all of the 17 million square feet of space across capitol hill. then bartholdi park recently renovated the botanic garden, that's been part of our inventory and part of our hidden treasures on capitol hill for many, many years. of course back to the capitol. these are my 10 predecessors in office, and many people ask how can you be the 11th architect of the capitol when we've been in this wonderful capitol city for 224 years or so. it's interes

out towards union station it is going to be a nice calm one for all of us.chance for shower activity towards the south. 82 degrees. winds out of the southeast at about 8 miles per hour. we did have cloud cover during the day today and clouds continue to move in from the south. 82 in martinsburg, no real hot weather to talk about. we have not seen a very hot summer. we have been on the mild side if not the cooler side of things. few showers down around fredericksburg. most of this not hitting the ground. you notice a storm around virginia beach. big-time storms in the area. severe thunderstorm watch and numerous warnings. all of the showers to the west staying to the west. would not be surprised to see this boundary making its way across the region. maybe a few showers but i think most of us on the dry shower. here we are at 6:00 tonight. about an hour i don't think that will be happening. works its way back to our region. i think these will be well down towards the south if they develop at all. tomorrow morning i think we will see a couple of showers and tha

pretty nice evening towards union station where the flags are blowing. 85 degrees the current temperaturewinds out of the southeast at 10 miles per hour. the dew point above 65. 81 in frederick. i talked about the showers being south and west of d.c. if you are thinking about getting in biking your biking forecast 83 at 6:00. 81 at 7:00. don't be surprised by an isolated shower but most will remain on the dry side and muggy side. here are the showers to the south and towards fredericksburg and petersburg. some of the showers are producing thunderstorms and some of the storms making their way in through portions of virginia over the next hour or so. that is really going to be about it. i think most of this is going to be falling apart this evening. we will see a few more showers develop, places like that. that is about it. a lot of cloudiness around our region as we continue to be in an area of low pressure. big area of low pressure to the north. this is going to slide down our way very slowly. as it does so it will increase our chances for rain a couple of times here. future weather paint

. >> anyone that comes here will be able to use this, whether they're coming in to union station andthey want to go down to one of the bars, or if they're going from their house toe a store here. it's for everybody. >> there is not an opening date for the line just yet, but they expect passengers will be able to ride before the end of the year. >>> a maryland man is facing 50 years in prison for pretending to be a cab driver and bilking passengers out of thousands. he would pick up drunk passengers from places like dupont circle, adams morgue ng and chinatown and sometimes wore a wig so people would think he was a woman. he drove the drunk passengers to atms and asked them for their credit cards and pin numbers and withdrew hundreds of dollars. he did this for four years until police caught up with him. >>> we have a new hurricane, hurricane bertha is churning in the atlantic. >>> storm team 4 -- oh, my, it's big. >> impressive. >> what is this going to do to us? >> it's huge. it is behind you. actually, not very big storm at all. this thing is not going to have an impact on us. it's

fist off outside towards union station t flag, just sitting there right now. no wind. we're looking at the very nice evening if it is not raining on you and most of us are seeing a fairly derive evening. current temperatures 85. winds southwest only about 6 miles per hour. here is storm team 4 radar showing the showers and storms. most west of the potomac and we're talking about the areas like warrenton and culpeper, madison and lo ray. and another in clark county and look at this guy up towards hagerstown. this boundary, looks like it may come right down 270. so this is one we'll watch. if it holds together. this one around clark moving into portion of loudoun county has had lightning associated with it. and then a heavier storm down towards culpeper. they were hit earlier with a storm and here you go. another one on the doorstep. warrenton seeing the rain. and other areas continuing to see heavy rain. these are not severe, not even that strong but there may be heavier down pour as we move through the evening. it is all part of a frontal boundary moving through right

chris lawrence talked with the group as they left union station. >> let me know you're on the bus. >> reporter: a bus load of people are on their way to ferguson brought together by a single tweet. >> i said does anybody else want to know and the response was overwhelming. >> reporter: she organized the trip and says the bus could have carried more. >> several people who canceled coming today because they were afraid. they said honestly, i'm sti afraid to go to ferguson. >> reporter: but we haven't seen violence like this in days. the crowds have dwindled and the governor pulled the national guard. with the protest sort of dying down now, do you think you're going too late? >> i think we're going just the right time. all that passing over is perfect. >> reporter: someone put down $8,000 to reserve the bus. the group needs to pay him back, but so far they've only raised $2500. >> i spent word to everybody with the word black in its name. i thought i was naive. i thought people meant what they said. if you claim to be about social justice and change, you should be about it. >> reporter:

they know about safety what their tunneling very deep underground and marcus making sure this station with union square and the scare station and along with the chinatown station we're doing well, that the conversation has literally changed they want this done all the way to fisherman's wharf that's why leader pelosi is here today, we need to brag about the success stories those kinds of projects not only the jobs and investments we've made but you look at the 8 hundred and 50 thousand of hours construction hours that are logdz on this project so far look at it's investment in small businesses. over $1275 million has been contracted to the small business expires because of this project it's done well and right (clapping) yourselves local people that have bee conference center and continues to feed that great, great hospitality industry that is at the head

there's going to be a rally for police reforms in front of union station. that's going to be followed by a march down 8th street. the shooting death of michael brown has fueled a national conversation about race and militarization of police. >>> our traffic reporter gives us a full rundown on the rails. >> metro is not taking a break from track work this holiday weekend. there are closures you should know about. on the red line two stations are closing for the weekend. the bethesda and medical center stations. buses will operate through friendship heights and grovener. green line trains will run every 16 minutes. and blue and yellow lines will operate normally. on labor day monday metro will operate on a sunday schedule. stations open at 7:00 in the morning and will shut down at midnight. back to you. >> thanks. >>> raw sewage in rock creek park. we're going to tell you what area to avoid today. >>> and as you grab your breakfast this morning, we're go i think to take a look at the healthiest cereals for you and your family. >>> a lot of cameras out there.

metra is not running the trains this morning the line from from aurora to union station pier 1212-1226-1228- 1244. these are trains that normally arrive downtown between seven-8:20 a.m.. the inbound train hit the woman and man just before 5:00 p.m. happen that 21st on chicago's west side about 1 mi. from the western avenue station. people at the scene who identified themselves as relatives say they were in their 50s and they may have been pushing a cart on the tracks looking for scrap metal. a man who identified the woman as his wife, margaret hudson says she looked after her brother who was partially blind. >> half of my family is out here. most of the neighbors were praying and trying to give the family some hope and keeping them column. >> i heard a lot of metal and i said, god they killed somebody. i heard it something i didn't know what it was but it they made the announcement that two were dead. >> some trains did run last night but they were several hours behind schedule. metra cannot run a full schedule on the line because federal law mandates the crew has a certain amount of t

there will be a rally for police reforms in front of union station. that's going to be followed by a march down h street. >>> if you are heading downtown today, some metro stations are closed on the red line. first 4 traffic gives us the full rundown on the rails. >> metro is not taking a break from track work this holiday weekend. there are some station closures you should know about. on the red line two stations are closing for the weekend. the bethesda and medical center stations shutdown and closed through monday. orange and silver line trains will run every ten minutes. green line trains will run every 15 minutes. and blue and yellow lines will operate normally. monday metro will operate on a sunday schedule. stations open at 7:00 in the morning and then shut down at midnight. back to you. >> thanks, melissa. >>> two local areas are blasting back to the past this weekend in montgomery county. costume volunteers are commemorating the war of 1812. james madison fled to brookville as the british stormed the capital. the town will re-enact president

. >> the 2.2-mile stretch between union station and the anacostia river is part of a network that willtually run throughout the district. they say when traffic is at rush hour they will have as many as 6 to try to make each stop in ten minutes. >> the project is already a year behind schedule, a delay some say has been far too long. >> i'm not quite sure how big an impact it is going to make on the neighborhood. it might be just a traffic hindrance, but hopefully it will help the development. >> officials say it will be up and running by the end of the year, without a definitive date in stone, some residents hope the project isn't slowed down any further. in northeast, d.c., diane cho, abc~7 news. >> one final note here. we want to invite you to the national harbor this friday for the american red cross summer of hope blood drive. join abc~7 news, w.t.o.p. for the blood drive at the tangor outlets from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for those who show up to give blood, there will be a special gift we're told. stay tuned for abc~ 7 news at at 6:00 captioned by the national captioning institute

the current book describes her arrival at union station in january of 1943 as a representative from connecticut. >> why is clare boothe luce worth two large books written by you? >> i don't know that it is about worthiness. it is more about interest. she was such a multifaceted person, had so many are compliments, too many for her own good really. because of a lack of what you would call -- she never got a university degree, she was always afraid at every job that she was going to be found out that she was unqualified. that is why she changed professions so often. i am writing about a woman who had nine lives, not just one. i just got so intrigued by how she got to where she got, which was to congress. >> you were here 17 years ago. you said that you had done most of the research for the second book. why did it take 17 years? she kept every scrap from the day she was born practically. never threw anything away. all her diaries, letters, analysis of herself which she frequently wrote. i had seen them and they were to be shipped to the library of congress for me to work on them there. i didn't ha

union station, old glory flapping in a breeze out there right now. the weather impact on your sunday will be a low impact for sure. not much if anything in the way of a rain threat. current temperatures if the 60s north and west of town where the clouds are noticeably thicker. breaks of sunshine has much of the d.c. metro up into the low 70s. taking the bike out for a ride around town, biking temperatures mid to upper 70s. don't forget to put your helmet on. back-to-school weather coming up in a few minutes. >>> new this morning police are looking for the person who shot and killed a man in oxon hills. the deadly shooting happened just before midnight at the town homes on glass manner drive not far from the d.c. line. police checked out a call for a shooting and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. he was pronounced dead on the scene. >>> a man was shot in temple hills, maryland, overnight. it happened on good hope avenue and the man then ran to the metro station. you can see metro transit police and county police went there. nooeltser has rel

philip randolph, you walk over here to union station, a block from here, and there's a statue of him right in the concourse. >> guest: yes. c-span: and you said earlier that he was the one that organized the 1963 march? >> guest: yes, that fact sometimes gets overlooked. c-span: who was he? >> guest: a. philip randolph was the person who really organized the -- what was called the brotherhood of sleeping car porters, and he became a great leader in the labor movement. a. philip randolph was an eloquent speaker, and even at the march on washington, and i tried to write it but in no way that i wrote it would have come out that way he introduced martin luther king, and he said, "martin luther king j.r.," and that always struck me, because that was sort of characteristic of his eloquence. but he was one who stressed organization. he always said, "at the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. you get what you can take. and you keep what you can hold, but you can't hold anything without power, and power comes from organization." i will never forget those words of his. c-span

union station, old glory flapping in a breeze out there right now.ch if anything in the way of a rain threat.

alison krause and union station among them.nd banjo master bela fleck and his wife abigail washburn. they provide separate ensembles but are now teamed up for the first time. like other rocky grass veterans, they were determined to return after the flood. >> there's little doubt the festival was going to happen at all. it was a real important year to come back and do something. >> to be a part of this incredible community that has, against all odds, found a way to reclaim this land and turn it into the festival site it once was. >> brown: it all looked and anded great. ♪ but there was also this. the so-called homeless band. the pickup group of musicians and children who lost their homes in the flood and all these months later are living in temporary housing, uncertain what happens next. barry mccrumb was playing banjo and singing. he showed us where his house once stood. >> the front door was here. >> brown: he had flood insurance but that covered just half his losses. >> they only pay for the part that touched the water which

they know about safety what their tunneling very deep underground and marcus making sure this station with union square and the scare station and along with the chinatown station we're doing well, that the conversation has literally changed they want this done all the way to

they know about safety what their tunneling very deep underground and marcus making sure this station with union square and the scare station and along with the chinatown station

the congressional party extends down to union station there. built about 20 years ago through a ublic-private partnership for the supreme court designed by edward lair booe barnes, that a thurgood marshall judicial building. senate for if senate, the office. and then the roman temple design kass gilbert of the united states supreme xourt. and then of course the thomas building and the john adams and the madison building the e library of commerce, jefferson building widely acclaimed in 1987 has the most america building in and many people still think it is today. power there a capitol plant where we make the steam and chilled water to heat and all of the 17 million square feet of space across capitol hill. and then bartholy park recently the united states botanic garden that has been part f our inventory and of our hidden treasures on capitol hill for many, many years. of course, back to the capitol. 10 predecessors. many ask how can you be the 11th rchitect of the capitol when we've been here for 224 years or so. it's interesting. someone asked

they porters needed a place to stay and it was convenient to union station. so for years and years it was a place where they could not only sleep but get food and licensed alcohol, play cards. a great convince for them. the owner was bill weekly, and during the war years, during world war ii, he married a beautiful young william who had come to utah from new orleans, named anna bell shaw. anna bell weekly is the name that became inseparably if the porters and waiters. anna bell creteed a club in the basement which featured live jazz. there's a saxophonist, an excellent saxophonist, named joe mcqueen, who is still living in ogden. he got here in 194 5. he and anna bell weekly teamed up to create the jazz club that game a sensation. -- became a sensation. it had the beneficial effect of integrating ogden. >> 25th street flourished for a century. when railroad passengers started to decline after world war ii, especially in the 1950s, as they were building the interstate highway system so people could travel more easily by cars or go by airline, which was faster