we are directly across from mount vernon. this cat away park is a national park that was signed into legislation by john f. kennedy in 1961. it came about because a , francesoman from ohio payne bolton, a member of the mount vernon ladies association, bought a farm right here where we are standing. 1950's.or sale in the she bought it to prevent it from becoming developed, and then donated the land. the foundation helped lead a partnership of organizations on this area in preserving six miles of shoreline on the potomac river. also involved with the alice foundation, the homeowners who live here in piscataway park, and individuals from the county. piscataway park is nearly 5000 acres. the foundation stewards 200 acres of the park through a corporation with the national park service. there is a section down the road called the creek site, which has a lovely boardwalk. there are some other entry points for piscataway park. we have a visitors center, five trails, a fishing. , heritage read animals, a colonial farm, and lots of op

he had met martha peter as a young girl at mount vernon. so it was a reunion for them to see each other during the 1824 visit. across the wall from the engraving is an engraving of george washington. this is one that martha washington left to martha peter in her will. she notes it previously hung in the passage at mount vernon and was a gift from the artist john trumbull. engraving is after one of his portraits of washington. i think it is interesting the peter family kept both engravings in the drawing room hanging across from each other. after martha washington's death, thomas and martha peter attended vernon andmount purchased items. one of the items was this punch bowl. it is chinese export porcelain, and what is interesting is this theme on the interior is taken from an english source of a foxhunting scene, where is the exterior depicts chinese rice cultivation. a very interesting mix of eastern and western themes. thomas and martha's daughter tells us this punch bowl was used at tudor place to serve apple toddy, a spiced apple cider w

she noted it previously hung and the passage at mount vernon and was a gift from the artist john trumbullthe engraving as one of the portraits of washington. the peter family kept both engravings in the drawing room hanging across from each other. after martha washington's death, peter and martha -- thomas and martha attended an auction. one of the items was this punch bowl. it is chinese export porcelain, and what is interesting is this seat on the interior is taken from an english press source of a foxhunting scene, where is the exterior depicts chinese rice cultivation. thomas and martha's daughter tells us this punch bowl was used at tudor place to serve apple toddy, a spiced apple andr with rome -- rum spices. a congressman came here to one of their parties and drank too much, and apparently made a spectacle of himself but she does not tell us which one. thomas and martha peter were very ardent federalists and they named their three daughters columbia, america, and britannia. as part of our tour today i have pulled some significant washington items right across in the parlor, so let'

sara bloomquist and vernon odom are on the scene. sabra let start with you. this is the same company that supplied choppers for the university of pennsylvania health system. >> reporter: jim that is right, but the pilot was the only person on board. no patients or penn medicine employees we learned the pilot was a 37-year-old man from franklinville, new jersey, the chopper went down in a drainage ditch and somehow the pilot avoided all the adjacent buildings. eyewitnesss caught cell phone video after the chopper crashed into this industrial park a mile southeast of the newcastle airport. >> it crashed here on quigley boulevard in newcastle. there was one person and one fatality. the pilot was conducting a solo training flight and travelled from atlantic city to newcastle this morning. at 11:55 the chopper when down in a drainage ditch and burst into flames. >> no other injuries as a result of the crash and minor damage to a shed because of flying debris and flames. >> it was operated by penn star that provides the services for the university of pennsylvania h

wasn't the first time i went to mount vernon, but the first time i saw it. we all know about the guy who had no teeth. can you imagine, he had one tooth when he became president -- he lost that in second term. think it was john adams left the white house with his one tooth. no first of all, the trial -- you see washington -- his agent person -- his method suck and and and swollen. washington complained that one of the portraits made him look swollen. them -- we know washington too well as an old man. the portraits don't often show him enough in his rhyme. >> he was oftentimes in pain because those dentures were so ill fitting. he complained about them chronically. i show my students sometimes, there are paintings of washington where he is bigger than horses and cannons and battlefields. fellow, butas a big if you are to extrapolate, he would be about 14 feet tall from some of the paintings. >> my favorite is the apotheosis of george washington. it was joe ellis, and your series who said, it was important that we be worshipful of our great men in nearly days

vernon trail happen.too, will be part of a study. >> and you were telling me this is a big commuter trail. people use it daily to get to work. >> according to park service, this is one of the most popular commuter trails in the country. so a lot of those who are driving on the gw parkway will be happy that the exit has reopened. >>> for sure. do you know where it is at? >> i know where it is. >> okay. it is time to break swimsuits out. >> pools across the region are opening up today. >> three, two, one! >> look at that. muriel bowser participated in the mayoral plunge. you have 17 outdoor pools and 23 parks in the district which means some in montgomery county and the city of alexandria pools open up today. before you make a splash, there are a few safety tips to keep in very important. have what we call an adult water watcher, someone looking at the kids in the pool. the fencing around your pool should be four-sided and have closing latches for the gates. always learn cpr. >> we have posted a full list o

vernon trail that just got an upgrade. whether you are pedaling or strolling the mt.ernon trail, it's sporting a new look running from alexandria to roosevelt island in arlington. julie vargas calls it an upgrade compared to a few years ago. >> it used to be dangerous for jillian who bikes everywhere with her three kids. did you ever have close >> all the time. i had close calls once a week and with pedestrians who would make aurk u-turn or a fog odog leash that bolted away. >> reporter: what changes will we see? >> the main change is mt. vernon going through this parking lot. >> reporter: the national monument service has closed the parking lot trying to enhance this area. with the road barriers coming down with it and the cones, this exit ramp will be back open along the gw parkway. the folks at the national park service say this is just in time for memorial day, the unofficial start of summer. >> what better weekend to open the parking lot than theodore roosevelt island. so we were trying to get it open in time for memorial day weekend. >> reporter: you now have th

vernon, thank you. you can find expanded cover annual of this story on the 6abc app. there you can hear more from the passengers on the bus and listen to the 911 call made after the terrified crash and see rescue rescuers on the scene. >>> philadelphia police say an officer was hurt on the way to a call this afternoon. this how the looked from chopper 6 hd mayfair. an officer who had his lights and sirens on was hit by another driver after 3:00 p.m. the officer was taken to temple hospital in stable condition. the others in the car were hospitalized there's no word on their condition. the crash is under investigation. >>> we're hearing the new details about the murder investigation of slain radio host april kauffman. oral arguments were held whether her husband james kauffman should be forced to give over dna. there was the victim's blood and someone else found on the bed. the prosecutor asked the judge to order dr. kauffman to provide a cheek swab. investigators told a judge this is just another step in an on going investigation and both sides spoke outside of court

vernon williams found a list of local actors for the cast.reality star tracy braxton backyard front man big cheney from the wire. this morning they're joining us live on the couch. come on back out here to camera vernon is over there. tracy is right here. tre is right here. good morning to all three of you. what's up, man. what's going on. >> good to see you. i said that i was kidding in the intro there. just a little joke. >> tell me about this play. >> this play is about marriages much it's about, you know, how things in this -- everybody want things microwave and fast. >> they don't want to work. >> they don't want to work. i want to get out much this play shows you how you have to maintain the i do's and damage marriages. you have to work. you have to trust and you can't look somebody else's relationship is doing. look at yours. there's could be worse than yours. >> that's true. you on the outside looking in. >> that's right. >> most definitely. >> tell me bout characters you play in the play. >> you want to start first. >> okay then tray

i'm vernon odem channel 6 "action news" in camden, new jersey. >>> a large water main break has left more than 20 customers without water service in barrington camden county. clemens bridge road is shut down. >>> we're hearing details about the murder investigation of slain radio host april kauffman, the revelations came over arguments whether april's husband jim kauffman should be forced to provide dna. it was revealed that a blood sample discovered in the guest room has the victim's blood and somebody else's, the investigators don't know who that blood long as to. investigators said it's just another step in an on going investigation. dr. kauffman has never been named a suspect but both sides spoke outside the court today. >> seeking of the dna of dr. kauffman is another tool to allow us to it with the evidence we collected. >> reporter: five years is enough it is time in our view for the prosecutors to turn their attention to other directions. >> the judge will make a ruling by tuesday, that decision will be sealed. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf has signed legislation that he

vernon odom is live at police headquarters with their story. >> reporter: good evening. that 2-year-old that had such a close brush with death friday night is out of of the hop and in his mother's arms tonight and doctors repaired the damage that the multiple gunshot wounds did to his tiny body and police ask for the public's help to catch the criminals responsibility. >> i am thankful he is here. i am thankful every moment of the day. every second. >> donna johnson calls him her miracle child. because her 2-year-old son price's four gunshot wounds are healing so fast after surgery at saint christopher's hospital. friday night the toddler was shot in the wrist and lower rear hip by two gunmen that remain at large. the child was sitting on his fathers lap when the gunshots occurred. the father is in the hospital with a shattered knee and artery damage. >> he said that the guys rolled down the street saying this is their neighborhood. and started to shoot while they were sitting on the porch. >> police released the video of the two suspects on bicycles near the crime scene

i'm vernon odom, channel 6 action news in west chester. >> police have arrested a man from perkasie, bucks county for allegedly possessing child pornography. the fbi and several police departments raided the home of 57-year-old douglas maddox. police are still processing the evidence but say so far they have found hundreds of downloads. maddox is out on $75,000 bail. he is employed as a septa bus driver. septa says he has been reassigned pending the outcome of the investigation. >>> a husband mat experience in newark delaware. the accident happened just before 6:00. the collision caused the truck to veer off the road and crash into an office building. the truck struck a tank loaded with chemical benzene. both drivers were hurt they were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. >>> the bill cosby sexual assault trial will be held in norristown but the jurors are coming from pittsburgh and jury selection began there today. bob, what was the story there today? >> reporter: jim, this is a story of trying to find an impartial jury for one of the most famous people of his

i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you vernon. >>> and this just into "action news" the mother of a murdered philadelphia teenager spoke to "action news" as police search for the gunman that pulled the trigger. the shooting happened last night in the 2100 block of port richmond. 14-year-old frazer was shot multiple times at 9:30 and pronounced dead a short time later at the hospital and a 16-year-old was hit by gun fire and survived and is now out of the hospital. in the past 30 minutes "action news" spoke with the heart broken mother. >> am living a mom's worst nightmare. no mom should have to live this nightmare. >> the motive for the shooting is unclear and we are told that dozens of people were outside when the shooting happened. they hope that someone will come forward with more information. >> philadelphia city leaders banded together to deliver a message of safety. philadelphia's top fire check asked residents to prepare themselvesed and their loved ones if they find themselves in a similar situation. bob brooks is live now where the most recent fire broke out. >>

live in center city i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> down at the shore officials reminded all the residents along the coast and inland today to be prepared for hurricane season that begins tomorrow. officials with the cape may county office with emergency management and atlantic city electric and others spoke today and important things to think about is have a plan for your family in the event of a hurricane like a go kit with critical survival supplies and during a storm reporting outages and downed wires to the electric companies and atlantic city electric encourages everybody to download their company app to be connected to updates during a storm. >>> still ahead we'll check the traffic story and see how things are rolling now. matt pellman is in the traffic center wednesday night. >> driver want to prepare for sun delays. this afternoon it's bright out there and prepare for delays if you head for the walt whitman bridge on all approaches, this is the scene along 95. just off the girard point double decker bridge, it's jammed up to the walt whitman bridge and j

park in maryland since directly across the potomac river from george washington's mount vernon estate. the park was saved from development. we spoke with lisa hayes about the history of the park, the native american piscataway bible

in mount vernon square in downtown d.c. the library opened in 1903 and closed in 1972. it now mainly serves as an office space for the city's historical society. apple officials say they want to restore the building to its original grandeur, while infusing it with 21st century vitality. apple is scheduled to present its proposal to the advisory neighborhood commission on monday evening. coming up-- we are learnin inside a boston penthouse. what police are now saying about the connection between the two victims, and the man charged with their deaths. introducing the fios gigabit connection with download speeds up to 940 megs that are 20x faster and more powerful than most people have. incredibly, it's $79.99 a month for one year. comcast charges you $89.99 for a triple play that only offers 200 mgs speeds. get fios gigabit connection for $79.99 a month and we'll give you tv, hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for 2 years all with a 2 year agreement. so act fast. go to fiosgigabit.com - chilly morning; nice afternoon - tomorrow - warmest day of the week - showers

piscataway park in maryland sits directly across the potomac river from george washington's mount vernonstate. the park was saved from development. we spoke with lisa hayes about the history of the park and the native american piscataway tribal lands. ms. hayes: we are on the banks of the potomac, as c

vernon odom talks with an expert about the so-called soft targets. >> good afternoon monica, i am at 6th and market now at the heart of the historic district of philadelphia. and in itself considered a soft target. and there is intense security here and this morning i am told that park rangers are going through trash receptacles to see if some explosives were planted there sometime overnight after dark but there are so many soft targets in this area. so so many. >> at 30th street station bomb sniffing dogs and amtrak police with assault rifles are part of the normal scene. train stations are long since classified as soft targets that is where i got reaction from the massacre yesterday in manchester from one of the national security experts. >> soft target anywhere this people congait an entertainment event or a mall. right now we are in 30th street station in philadelphia. this actually has more security than most place. >> from concert places like theman to the ppv pavilion to tourist destinations here with bring crowds in the spring time and to celebrations like made in america and

we've had heavier activity just down toward mount vernon, dale city you're going to be getting on this. this

amazing works of art mining mount vernon avenue for the so-called labella strada. all of these pieces were made with sidewalk chalk. port in the event, raising money for the school. all i can do is draw rainbows. benne on the italian there! kimberly: no rain to wash it away, right? molly: certainly not. check out your extended outlook. 75 degrees tomorrow. and then it is up, up, up from there. low 90's wednesday and thursday. humidity in place, so it is going to feel steamy. you're going to be wishing the polls are open early. -- the pools are open early. that is going to be premature it. looks like a nice forecast. kimberly: really good looking forecast. we will see you here at 11:00. have a good night, and happy mother's day. it's been absolutely incredible to be a part of "once upon a time" for six years. goodwin: this show, to me, has been incredibly refreshing in its originality. parrilla: it's not just in storytelling, but it's in the impact that we've had. o'donoghue: it just means a huge amount to have been a part of something so -- so big. you know, i feel

similar graffiti was later found on the mount vernon trail. this week, u.s. park police put out these photos of a man they are looking for in the incident. among other things, the graffiti said "jackie shot jfk," just like in fairfax county. when did you notice this? >> not too long after. the graffiti appeared on the selectric box on gallows road within a week of what happened in d.c. presidents' day weekend. there were similar writing on stickers on a nearby but they look similar. tom: we called fairfax county police about the graffiti. they say they will look into it and get back to us. a spokesperson for the national park service says he is passing these images to the u.s. park police, who could be very interested. live in fairfax county, tom roussey, abc 7 news. alison: tom, thank you. a texas police officer charged with murder. officer roy oliver was fired from his job after shooting a 15-year-old to death over the weekend. oliver fired a gun into a car full of teenagers outside of a house party saturday night. jordan edwards, a straight a student and a

we saw some pretty good rain toward mount vernon. headed down 95, still some slow going and some pretty good rain south of waldorf into three and one and route five. we will zoom back out and talk about some storm reports. even to the north of us in montgomery county, we will zoom in on a couple of these. we actually have a down tree. trees are down around beach mill and walker road and around the area we have some hail, an inch in diameter. we actually have video of the hail that prompted the morning. pretty serious stuff. that prompted the severe thunderstorm warning. thanks to everyone sending us pictures. the hail not quite as strong. ominous picture looking over the cathedral. also looking at the possibility of a couple more showers early tonight, but i think the severe storms are over now in the next hour. we will keep them in early tonight. by morning, the bus stop is great. 58 to 75. just a gorgeous thursday and friday. saturday looks much better than sunday. storms roll back in on sunday. plan everything for saturday or earl

then he went back to mount vernon for a while.hen we have the constitutional call, the adoption, and the ratification for two years. he came back and presided over that. he have a first term as president, a second term as president, and i hope i don't see too many hands on this one because i've never heard of the thing before. how many people have heard of the quasi-war? 1800uasi-war of 1790 to and because of the jay treaty, we started becoming better trading partners with britain. that really upset the french. the french started taking our ships, our sailors, our goods. we were pretty impotent because we don't have any ships or anything, so we were pretty susceptible. the nation was determined. we are going to war against france. president adams at the time asked general washington to please come back and serve his country again. these are all the responsibilities for 25 years that george washington served our nation once he became commander. than what i did is said, ok, we are going to try to figure out who is really important a

vernon, derrick ward, news 4. >> nbc 4 is committed to providing education and hope for people dealing with mental health challenges. we have resources on the topic on our nbc washington app. >> starting tomorrow, you could get a big fat ticket. $250 for parking where you shouldn't in the district. from now on, red disabilities and anybody who parks at one of these spots must show their disabled placard on the vehicle. one other change, people with disabilities must feed the meter. before they were allowed to park for free. we've got everything you need to know in the nbc washington app. just search meters. >>> speaking of changes, we're going to have changes weatherwise. the bottom is going to drop out tonight. >> yeah, we're talking about lows in the 30s, 40s. yeah, it's been on the cool side. fwhut is going to be one of the cooler nights out of the next ten days. definitely we'll have the heat on in the car tomorrow morning. and then a similar start for your tuesday morning. today it was pleasantly cool out there. i'm tracking showers right now. our official high, 65 degrees. tomorr

closer, dale city looking at the storms ending, mount vernon, quite a light display.hs tomorrow of 80 degrees, thunderstorms in the afternoon. jonathan: jimmy kimmel is next. alison: have a good night. republican leaders are to affordable health care. i'm tom perriello and in congress i voted for obamacare because it was wrong that a million virginians weren't covered while insurance companies held all the power. now i'm running for governor because it's wrong that most virginia incomes haven't gone up in 20 years. raise wages and build an economy that works for everyone. and we'll make sure this never happens in virginia. ♪ ♪ the flag waved again ♪ give us our daily bread ♪ la la la of the free ♪ the brave >>> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- keri russell, from "animal kingdom," scott speedman, and comedian casey crawford.

wendy calling from vernon, washington, on the democratic line. hi, wendy. caller: hi. disagree with everything that saying.t caller was important to partnership, 's a through a partnership, and i he just h everything said. host: that makes it easy to to.ond guest: thank you. host: what should we expect the takeaways to be today as the president wraps up his first trip abroad from the g7 and just the overall impression of the president and his trip abroad? guest: i think we are seeing a bit of a mixed bag, in the sense middle east and israel went actually went quite well. and i think the arab nations to see new, ed active american leadership in he region, especially as pertains to iran. the first third of the trip went quite well. a bit more een turbulent, but again, i remain optimist we can actually move andard to get on the things on g7, we will have to wait and there are some stumbling blocks in terms of rade and climate change, but terrorism is one area where europeans and americans may not same approach, but there is agreement, this is a central issue that is high

and fairfax county and loudoun and moderate rain mount vernon moving from triangle. sometimes will hear rain pounding on roof overnight. we seed that middleburg to cable town winchester and hancock with martinsburg getting some of that heavier rain. wow it's a big system too and will take a while to spin its way out of here. big upper level low pressure system we've got this round overnight the worst towards the end of the morning commute and as we look towards afternoon tomorrow we'll get sunshine. we'll warm up. and we could possibly pop a few more showers and storms. by the time we gets to this time tomorrow night we may collect one half to maybe as many as two and a half inches of rain in spots. quite a soaking. we change pattern up a bill for the weekend and we'll talk about that in moments. shawn. >> prince george county community is heartbroken tonight after unexpected death of popular high school football player and norman white was students glen park high school and lost control of his car last nights temple hill road and crashed into a true. maryland ina is

live at eddie stone police headquarters vernon odom. >> reporter: they are much bigger than double a's and 9 volt batteries. he is moving slowly as he carries the batteries to his get away vehicle. it's thefts of large batteries in the city of chester and surrounding townships in delaware county. the 291 corridor. police here in chester estimate he may have stolen at least $10,000 worth of batteries in recent weeks. the profit margin for each battery is not that high when taken no junk yards so he has to do a lot of stealing to make it worth it. >> $4 or $5, so he has to steal a lot of. >> why so little. a small dollar amount but he has stolen so many that the dollar amount is high for him. making it worth it for him to steal so many batteries. >> in the last week police say it was the same suspect that stole 20 batteries in eddie stone. causing down time for drivers as they wait for replacements. police say it was the biggest hit so far. we have surveillance video of at tom corbe actor. mid-90s to early 2000s and hitted 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. in the morning. >> reporter: jim, one cont

we've had heavier activity just down toward mount vernon, dale city you're going to be getting on this. this moves through fairfax county and prips william county. also seeing not just the first round but likely another couple of rounds still heading in your direction as this seems to be swinging more to the southeast now and straggling behind we have one loan storm to the southwest of warrington north of remmington. that has left over showers through prince george's county have been into northern portions of anne arrundel north of annapolis. very busy for this late at night especially with the lightening showing up. \rain\reign\ should be gone by the time you begin your morning commute. i've got to tell you we start out once more on a dreary gray note with clouds and fog, but i believe tomorrow it breaks up a lot faster maybe by the noon hour and that sets up for the possibility of another round of gusty thunderstorms for tomorrow afternoon as another front approaches. i'll have more details coming up in a bit. >> developing in northern virginia, the cleanup is now underway in winches

we lost bill, so let's go to james in mount vernon, indiana. caller: here is my question. 1992 and isabled in get social security. i wanted to know if the affordable care act is going to affect the people who received social security and ssi. ofause i have been hearing people who receive disability. steve: and you are currently uninsured? medicare.receive steve: we will get a response. mr. isasi: so right now, i think the most important impact for folks who are disabled is the changes to the medicaid program. many disabled americans are eligible for both medicare and medicaid. medicaid is their lifeline and provides coverage for the services that medicare does not cover. things like nursing home care, personal attendants. when you take a trillion dollars out of medicaid, the proposal that has come from the house, it may have really serious impact on those who are disabled. steve: does the majority of our health care cost occurred during the last few years of life? is that the case with other countries? mr. isasi: it is the case in other countri

that is just south of mount vernon here. all of this active is moving. i'm sorry, this is the beltway up here. that is well south of national harbor. they are just there. south of there. it has been a wet month, you know that, how wet has it been? we have a lot of rainy days. eight of the last ten. nine of the last ten have seen at least a trace. a trace of the lighter umbrellas but 19 of 30 days. we have had rain. 14 of those measurable. temperatures in the 60s now. they will not drop that much more tonight. the humidity is high. on the hour, nashville is reporting a thunderstorm. humidity 97%. we will have areas of fog developing tonight and tomorrow morning. showers around for a few hours. tomorrow morning, spotty showers, some drizzle. fog in the 60s . midday though, look at that. 80 by 1:00. isolated showers and storms coming through in the afternoon. and again, in the evening before it all clears out of here. mark your calendar. thursday looks great actually. it is sunshi temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80. low humidity. yeah. tanned then, it

and she did it despite her very strong desire to stay home and tend to her duties in mount vernon.orge washington kept the army together, but he needed martha to do that. he understood that she and her cadre of officers' wives were absolutely essential to troop morale. they came and cooked for the soldiers and prayed with the soldiers and nursed with the soldiers and put on big entertainments for them to keep them going through the long winters. i must say it was a good thing that martha was around, george could be a little indiscreet. for instance, the time he danced with three hours straight with the pretty katie green. it was good that martha was on hand. [laughter] keeping up morale is particularly hard in the year 1780. the british were winning on the battlefield, taking american cities. the french have not yet shown up. something had to be done for the soldiers. and one woman here in philadelphia, perhaps, on washington decided that she was the one to do it. ester reed understood that even as a woman in the 18th century, a woman with no political power and no legal power, mar

the company, private ambulance, was awarded the contract to take people to and from mount vernon hospitalh a friendly face, that someone is going to pick you up, talk to you, treat you like a person, walk you through the garden gate or to your door, rather than just throw you out of a car. private ambulance service says it took on the contract at short notice, but has apologised and says it is working to improve its service. the artistic director of the southbank centre has won a major new award. jude kelly has been given the inaugural social purpose award at the businesswoman of the year awards. she said one of her main aims in her role at the southbank centre was to bring arts and culture into the lives of as many people as possible. young londoners will be given free access to houses of parliament, to encourage them to vote. 18— to 2a—year—olds will be offered free tours of the house of commons, house of lords, and westminster hall between now and the general election. nearly 400,000 voters under the age of 25 have registered to vote since the election was called. let's have a look at

there is vernon heading to earth.s a skydiving virgin until he was 100. let's take a look at the weather prospects for skydivers and the rest of us. staying firmly with our feet on the ground. here is helen willetts. rain is clearing the east coast after giving many of the garden is a good watering overnight. then sunshine and showers. showers will congregate in the north and west, northern ireland, where they will be heaviest with a land blunder. much brighter for eastern scotland. just a scattering of showers elsewhere and some strong sunshine. temperature should be elevated to between 16 and 20 celsius in that strong sunshine as you can see. there will be a scattering of showers across england and wales, they'll tend to fade out quickly over the evening and into the night. a chilly evening and chilly start of the night particularly in eastern areas. further west is all change. strong winds and wet weather rolling off the atlantic for a miserable start to our monday morning. heavy rain across northern ireland, movin

involved in any way in mayruction of justice, but 1973, the public finally heard from the director vernon walters, who had been called to the white house a few days after , directedate break-in by the president's chief of staff, to go to the fbi until the fbi director we want you to hold off on this because to go angle, you will reveal cia activities. walters complied but then went, checked to find out whether that was true or not and discovered there were no cia activities that would be compromised by the fbi investigation. funds that became public, once it became clear that the white house at the second-highest wasl was nixon's right arm involved in the cover-up, then the public began talking about obstruction of justice and impeachment was on the table because obstruction of justice is a high crime. host: this is ken hughes, a research and his story the miller center, presidential recordings program. .emocrats, (202)-748-8000 republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, (202)-748-8002. douglas is on the republican line from phoenix. caller: good morning. i wanted to find out under the pr

the 18 mile mount vernon trail got a major upgrade. the path is wider and smoother. look at more changes to come. >>> county. they're goingo push the start time of school forward by 15 minutes. >> the new schedules will take place this fall. the change allows bus drivers to make additional runs reducing pressure from a bus driver short taj. you're always rushed. >> run out of time. there's a pair of best friends who have a new keep sake as they graduate from high school. >> students at stafford high school were pleasantly surprised to see a classmate's service doing in the picture. andr andrew has a dog. they gave him his own student i.d. >> little bandana going. >> and of course a spot next to andrew. that is too cute. >> did you ever picture, really? >> i hope he gets some dog treats for all of the most popular students in the school there. >> i love it. >> no surprise on the point. new this morning, a joker look alike. arrested. ahead at 6:00, the crime that he's accused of that is no laughing matter. naur naur. >>> plus, it's the audio clip that's trending nation

6:40, apple wants to open a store in the historic carnegie library in mount vernon square in downtown.c., the library opened in 1933 enclosed in 1972 and mainly serves as an office space apple is scheduled to present its proposal to the neighborhood commission on monday evening. all right, what's going on with the weather, vj? veronica: phones may be capping their -- people may be tapping their phones this morning, yes, indeed, we are starting out in the upper 30's in many spots. falls church, 39. 36 degrees in beltsville. a morning chill is what we have. is shininge sun brightly this morning and it will throughout the day. i'm going out to lunch, we should already be in the low to mid 60's threat the area. only a few clouds and wind, like yesterday. in the lunchtime hour you might need a light jacket and sunglasses and for the end of the week, rain is back in the area. , the systemng rush already back here, rain already spreading our way. saturday at midday that system so the weekend is going to be spare. it won't be a washout on saturday. a50-50 day on saturday after an inch of rain

when i was in mount vernon i invited dr.heney to come as the second lady to talk to 350 students on constitution day. weyou know it is a day celebrate the adoption of the american constitution and her talk captivated the students. the entiren invited , asd to come to the mansion you note that resides on the naval observatory grounds. she deeply appreciated the talk, she gave us a twour./ i said what is something we may not know. every day i do that daily merriam-webster vocabulary quiz. i did not know they exist great every sense -- ever since i have done it too. people in their 60's and 70's score higher than people in the 30's. as our second lady of the united states dr. cheney lived at the highest level of national life what she grewned up to be in wyoming. scholar., hard-working down to earth and great fun, a beautiful and brilliant woman. they say she is the really indispensable cheney. ladies and gentlemen please welcome dr. cheney. [applause] >> you are taller than i am. thank you for that nice welcome. for thatank ga

host: betty has been made in -- waiting for mount vernon, new york. caller: hi, how you doing? i would like to add to the train coming down from russia. he shook hands with gluten -- with putin. , don't like what comey did hillary, but he did it. i hope this man robert mueller gets to the bottom of it. i mean all the way to the bottom. p is a big liar. thanks for taking my call. guest: i think it is part of what we've seen in washington over the last year, sort of thertisan unhappiness with weight of the fbi and the justice department and the white house handled these two separate investigations. the very public confrontation over hillary clinton's female, the very -- hillary clinton's the very quiet behind-the-scenes investigation into the trunk campaign and russia's meddling in the election. i think that part of this challenge is understanding the mindset of both of these parties as they look to these investigations last year. and really coming to understand challenge forhe the white house and the justice department's looking at the russian investigation last summer as it unf

this is 101-year-old vernon hayes about to become the world's oldest sky diver.generations of his family joined him for the flight. he only needed to jump from 10,000 for the record but went for 15. >> how you feeling? >> over the moon. oh, yes. hopefully i'll be doing london tour three. >> he beat the previous record holder by 35 days. >> i slept very well indeed and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world. >> reporter: hayes is a war veteran who was there on "d" day in normandy in 1944. clear lee jumping out of planes makes him feel forever young. >> isn't that fantastic? good for him. >> one last check on our weather. >>> we're still tracking those winds out there. they remain very active and they will the next 24 hours. we have patchy cloud cover that will fill in overnight tonight. but right now all about those breezes. out of the west, 44 mile-per-hour gusts. we're at 21, the current gusts in hayward. and 21 in fair field and the winds will stay active over the next 24 hours. the clouds will thicken after midnight. tuesday itself is not going t

when i was the regent at mount vernon i invited lynne cheney to come is the second lady to talk to 350 students on constitution day. it is the day that celebrates the adoption of the american constitution. her talk captivated the students. she, in turn, invited the entire board to come to the vice assident's mansion in and, you know, it resides in the u.s. navy will observe a toy grounds, and the ladies were deeply appreciative of the talk she gave, detour she gave, and all we learned from her. when i spoke with her a week ago i said, that is something you do we might not know? she said, well, every day i do the daily merriam-webster vocabulary quiz on my ipad. i did not even know they existed but ever since i have done it every morning. people in their 60's and 70 plus score higher than those in their 40's.nd as our second lady of the united states, dr. cheney lived at the highest level of national life but she remained what she grew up to be in wyoming. a curious, hard-working scholar. down to earth. great fun. brilliant woman. a columnist called her -- the really indispensable chene