review of virginia textbooks was requested by three israeli affinity organizations in virginia. here you see a cover letter addressed to the department of education that accompanied the proposed edits. these organizations endorsed the edits and requested they be adopted. they indicated they would forward the changes to the companies. these edits were submitted during a 30-day public comment every virginiao textbook review process every seven years. ics works with jewish relations councils across the country to introduce changes during textbook adoption processes. ics recommended changes that capitalization and punctuation to modifications in the way that judaism is presented, to alterations in the israeli-palestine conflict. they address several themes. they qualify claims of islam expressing muslim religious beliefs and that judaism represents god's covenant. they sanitize language, settlements become communities, the wall becomes a security fence. similar to what james north was talking about earlier. they emphasize arab culpability for all crisis initiation and never israeli

it is getting israeli companies together with virginia companies or virginia governments, or virginia universities. it is to create enterprises that create jobs and contribute to the tax revenue for the commonwealth. we are concerned about the fact that they are operating totally independent from the supervisory agency that has responsibility for economic development. the virginia economic development partnership is supposed to do the planning and the coordination and the evaluation of economic initiatives. however, the virginia israeli advisory board is out here doing its own thing. we think that the fact that there is no oversight and coordination would be one reason to launch the j-larc study . another reason -- >> okay, i think i know where i am. i will ask the sesame street quiz question. which one of these is not like the others? if you answer it is the state agency and the state seal on the left, you are right. that is the virginia israel advisory board and its seal. it has customized the commonwealth of virginia seal with its own purposes. on the right-hand side is the officia

but he says it does not apply to west virginia, because west virginia was part of virginia when virginia seceded. it is part of a long story. but there is one man who had been with lee, he is at appomattox, the houses parole s, he goes back to north west central virginia, and he stops, and they say you cannot come back here, he pulls out a path, , that does not mean anything to us, so people's out a gun, and they let him -- gun, andls out a they let him pass. he liked to tell that story. there are all sorts of other examples. we have other questions, but obviously we did not have the technology to confirm that this is legitimate, but number two, at the time of the civil war, when somebody gave their word or took an oth, they tended to stick by it or live by it, whereas today we might not do that, so people really -- you know, if they gave their word, they were expected to do what they said. jim: hi. my name is jim morgan. i may haver this, missed it. i am curious about macintosh and some of the other guys. units, didur list of you think the most hard-core guys would have been the south c

james from virginia, garner, james mifflin, everett radcliffe from virginia all served. the outbreak of the civil war meant the beginning of the end of the institution of slavery throughout the country and a new economic and political relationship between african-americans and the broader community. it's important to note the debut of the museum of the civil war, now that it will be revealed that these stories that talk about these individuals and how they really stood and how america stood on the precipice of change will be a discussion for generations to come. for african-americans this journey for the civil war propelled them to want nothing less than full citizenship rights for themselves and for their children. thank you. [applause] >> so now it is time for questions. we will take two and then go to lunch. i will give you more details about the lunch in a moment. questions for dr. alexander? thank you. that was great that he sure that. -- to have you sure that. howsh you would comment on fort monroe -- i'm aware of a controversy. could you comment on that situation?

it's like a pick me against a giant. -- virginias 262 feet virginia is 262 feet. out in front,e is and then there is the tourette -- turret. they have bad communications between the pilot house and turrent -- turret. when the monitor sank, what are had gotten into the tube, so it didn't work. marks tohere are white tell you the captain's order. if you are in a spinning turret, do you know where that is? if you are using black powder, are the white marks covered up? and can you see out of the turret? we have to look over the top of the 11 inch guns and you see a dark object -- guns, and you see a dark objects, you fire. one of those would be the pilot house. it is called monitor roulette. out of 41 shots, they only hit the virginia 20 times. that tells you that there is bad fire control. virginia doesn't have the proper ammunition on board. one of the ship's inventors is john mercer brooke and brooke will have invented not only the virginia with its submerged ends, but also the finest rifle canyon of the civil war -- canon of the civil war. and he invented the broo

regina is blessed -- virginia is blessed with a large and

northern maryland and eastern west virginia, and virginia, temperatges around the freez mark here, from winchester to o leesburg, martinsburg to hagerstown. be careful if you're driving along i-81 or route 50 this morning. there could be a patch or two of ice to worryabout. with the sunshine out, ve temperatures a freezing, and a nd, the pavement should be drier in the middle of the day. you will need your winter coat. windchills on your monday morning, in the 20s. your planner, plenty of sunshine. that's not the issue. he issue will be the cold and the wind. temperatures staying in the upper 30s to around 40, 42 downtown. of the suburbs today will stay in the 30s. nny, breezy and cold today. more of the same tomorrow. a colder day because we're ll b off to a colder most areas, 10 to 15 degrees colder than this morning. and highs, we'll staylo 40 degrees everywhere. about 40 today. blustery, with a clearin y. sunny tomorrow, high 38. sunny again on wednesday with a gusty wind around. windchills will be in the teens. there can be wake-up emperatures in the single numbers in shenandoah va

out of 41 shots, they only hit the virginia 20 times. that kind of tells you that there is bad fire control. virginia doesn't have the proper ammunition on board. one of the ship's inventors is john mercer brooke, and brooke will have invented not only the virginia, with its submerged ends, but also the finest rifle cannon of the civil war. and he invented the brooke bolt, which is an armor piercing shot. if you look at the turret of the monitor, you can see where the brooke bolt hit the turret. it screws in. they don't have it. during the battle, roger jones is walking down the gun deck and sees this other officer, then commander, known as john randolph. randolph is standing behind his gun, every so often, snapping his finger. he says why aren't you firing the gun? randolph turns around and says i can do as much damage that the ship by snapping my fingers than firing my guns, and powder is precious, sir. oh my gosh. well, this battle will continue for four and a half hours. i'm not here to talk about the battle. what i'm here to talk ab

she explains the term contraband often used for slaves and fort monroe to virginia in the contraband story. >> thank you so much. i wanted to share another thought with you and that is if you are starting to put it together when we began imagining a people's contest, our core exhibition for the american civil war museum one thing we understood is we had to create an experience for our visitors to share this narrative the way people lived it. there would be difficult choices made and sometimes people would change their mind. it meant that this was not just a story about the military, not just a story about political action and not just a story about social consequence, people lived it, all of these things, every single day for the years of the war. and so fortunately enough the scholars that join us today i hope you begin to see the connectiveness because our work, the museum's work is about helping people have usable history that they can work into their own world with the questions they have and find answers meaningful for making choices. next up we have doctor cassande r a alexande

civil war studies for virginia tech. in the face and the pleasing forays for the centers many public programs. and like his endowed chairs namesake, paul often writes for the popular media as well as staying active in the scholarly world. before he came to virginia tech in 2013, paul had been a lecturer at the university of edinburgh. that is in scotland. but he spent many years before that in the so-called valley of humility earning his ma and phd at the university of north carolina chapel hill lecturing not only at unc but duke university and guilford college and working for the journal of southern cultures. it was at unc that he met his wife mindy, now a mystery writer. shifting ground nationalism and the american south 1848 to 1865 which won the museum of the confederacy jefferson davis award. here is a nice seville thing you probably don't know about. for the past couple of years the museum has been partnering with central and southwestern virginia to help program and serve as a training graham and program are galle

capri is right about the divide in virginia.try. >> ed: it's mostly government workers, as he put it up. they are almost. she won by five, as you say. and barack obama won virginia twice. as a doable question i guess. this president has been told again and again that he can't do that, and he has beaten the odds again and again. >> katie: republicans are also spending money to send staffers to the ground there. >> capri: that means democrats will have to step up, too. >> katie: more "outnumbered" in a moment. ♪ i wanna keep doing what i love, that's the retirement plan. with my annuity, i know there is a guarantee. it's for my family, its for my self, its for my future. annuities can provide protected income for life. learn more at retire your risk dot org. with the most lobster dishes lobsterfesof the yearred lobster like lobster lover's dream and new ultimate lobsterfest surf and turf. so come lobsterfest today! and now for a limited time, get ten percent off red lobster to go. we're finally going on the trip i've been promisin

everyone as he advocated for blacks in virginia. he wrote articles for washington newspaper, other national newspapers. he founded three newspapers of his own. he published books too such as an ambitious history of immancipation. but the history of african- american union soldiers. the book was sold on subscription by his publisher. also published the books of mark twain. editor urban garland wrote in 1851 that sales of wilson's books surpassed that of any other works written by an african-american. hugely popular book. offered up a panorama of black men civil war civil service. he chronicled the desire of blacks to sign up for the army. the evolution of the immancipation policy. the discrimination they faced within the federal army particularly with regard to pay. and the final. he shares his personal experiences of soldiering. in his passages on the battle where he was wounded, wilson describes not only heroism and solidarity but also indelible, physical and mental trauma. the battle is a tactical defeat for the union in which the

virginia would go on to defeat purdue....80- 75....and advance to the final four.... mark few and the seed gonzaga bulldogs taking on the 3-seed texas tech red raiders.... 2nd half....texas tech leading by 3....zach norvell jr...finds

virginia's governor surfaces beex aft weeks after a blackfac scandal. we ask how he's planning to mov forward. >>> a new app helps parents schulttheir kids from point a to point b. but what aboutty sa >>> hello, everyone, i'm leonis ha we're going to start with the future of sports betting in the district. city leaders hoped to have online betting up and ready for baseball's opening day. we have learned you'll be able to place yourets closer to when football season starts. mark segraves broke the story.po >> reporter:s betting is big money and will mean millions of dollars in revenue for businesses a local governments. the district has been rac g to be first in the region to have it. while d.c. is still on track to offerefports bettinge maryland and virginia, it's still months away from reality. >> i think we need to get it going right now. tgive people an opportunity to invest and win some money. >> reporter: here's what needs to happen before the birs bet can be wagered. aft regulations have to go up for public comment. that's expected to happen in ju

sort of unrelated to the case in virginia.ea that conversations were had or pardons were dangled in an effort to perhaps persuade people not to cooperate or not be truthful is of considerable concern to the judiciary committee and is something i know we will investigate as part of our overall investigation. i think the other thing that's really ironic is on the very week we're about to pass this enormous democracy referral cracking down on corruption, raising ethical standards, getting money out of our political system, there are these serious convictions that continue in this administration for corruption that undermine the rule of law in our country and it's kind of an interesting contrast. >> yeah. to have the president's campaign chair sentenced to years in prison for various kinds of fraud and next week he'll face sentencing on his unregistered lobbying stuff, to have that happen while the house tomorrow is likely to pass this huge democratic reform anti-corruption bill. it's as if it is -- well, it sort of seems scripted

he has also served in the leadership or advisory positions of virginia,ry virginia historical societythe museum of history and locale, and other institutions. and he recently served as president of the prestigious organization of american historians. yeah. several books, which are listed in the program, have been nominated for and received many including the bancroft prize, lincoln prize and the avery craven award. even his scholarly articles have important contributions to the field of civil war history. his essay, "worrying about the war," published in the book, "what caused the civil launchingredited with the, quote, new civil war end quote, and was the subject of a special session warhe 2018 society of civil historians conference. ed is so active and in such unable to bee was present in person for that session, because he was in japan. a videotapecorded response. we're happy to have him in person here today. to share final thoughts about a people's contest, a symposium and an exhibition. dr. eden and ladies, ayers. [applause] >> thanks, everybody. know, we get along well, but anno

>> anthony: so very much west virginia tradition.r is a mount view alum. her husband sly is a coach. her sons elijah and eliki are on the team. her daughter alicyia is a cheerleader. so it's personal for her. >> monica: born and raised here, went to school here, wouldn't have it any other way. >> coach: come on, man. >> announcer a 78 yard run. >> monica: come on. [ cheers ] >> monica: oh my. come on boys get your head in the game. >> anthony: garnet edwards jr. is a former mount view player who went on to play college ball. >> garnet: in this state of west virginia, we got two things going on for us. that's church and sports. now if we lose the game, it's like losing our best friend. >> monica: come on, boys. right here, stop him. stop him. >> garnet: shucks. >> announcer: pass is complete, for the score. >> announcer: so we come to the end of the first half, the bobcats 20, the golden knights nothing. ♪ >> coach larry: fellas. i just want you to play hard. i just want you to play hard and make smart decisions. ♪ ♪ daddy worked like

virginia beat n.c. state to make it to the finals. the cavaliers tipoff at 7:00 tonight. >>> boo, the terps lost. they lost in the first round. we're out of the big tournament, after losing to nebraska. we thought this would be the turnaround here. hopefully we'll get a spot in the big tournament. >> keep in mind, too. the basketball is only the beginning. the real madness starts next. we get your brackets ready for that. >> it's a random way t pick things. >> your bracket. see what happens. >> i have never won anything. >>> no matter which team you root for, don't forget to pull out your green to wear this weekend. chic fo is gearing up celebrations. chicago river will be dyed green. and parades wille nationwide. d.c.'s parade won't be held because of the high cost of security. >>> it's 4:39. coming up, was it the luck of the irish or pure chance? new details on the largest winneratf the jack p ever. >>> and new fallout from the cheating admission scandal. the lsuit lawoc >>> you're watching news 4 today. >> welcome back. the first l

t virginia school districts are closed and virginia and maryland schools are delayed. in can find that information the nbc washington app. >>> heads-up for drivers in the district. residential street sweeping resumes today. that means you need to be on the lockout for th're signs. theye posted along street sweeping routes. violations can cost you $45 orda even the heache of getting your car towed. you don't want that to happen. the program runs through october. last year, the street sweepers removed 4,300 tons of litter from d.c. streets. residents can download the my dpw mobile app oalerts. on tuesday, this side of the streets wednesday, tde of the street. you have to be on the look out. >> who knows? >>> this morning, a virginia bakery isra celng a big win. >> pure pasty just won the british baking competition for the second year in a row. we introduced you to the livelya rs a few weeks ago. they were preparing for the competition. they defended their title as the meat piemakers in the world. their chicken pasty. pure pasty, bringing the title back home to virginia.

virginia, mr. beyer. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. beyer: madam chair i am a businessman, i'm also the father of three daughters. i have managed people and compensation plans for more than 40 years and i know we cannot manage what we do not measure. i agree with the congress woman from new york, the republican congresswoman from new york, that men and women should be paid equally for equal work. if we do not cap of the data how will we ever know if there is paycheck fairness? my middle daughter is a computer , she wasr, well-paid dismayed to learn around christmas time that her male counterparts doing the exact same work were making more money. it's a fiction that this will be a burden on employers with more than 100 employees. none of these employers have digitized these paycheck processes decades ago. all the data, already gathered. men and women together are outraged when they see actual divergences in pay unfairness. where incomes are most fair, most

he had 47 months from the sentence on virginia. the judge effectively added 43 months on top of that and i'm doing math here, doing my best, 90 months total. in the federal system there's no parole where prisoners can get 15% off for good time, good conduct in prison. if you take that away, that will put him at 77 months and manafort has been in jail for nine months. he gets credit for that so that brings us down to 68 months and again, if i'm doing the math and the calendar correct that means he would get out in november of 2024. >> november of 2024. michael zeldin is that what you would have expected? you have two different cases and two judges handling similar set of facts, but additional charges. is that the way you would have predicted it to come out? >> yes, in this way, john, what we saw in count 1 of this indictment. there were two counts here that he pleaded guilty to. count one had a substantial overlap with some of the facts in the virginia case. the failure to file foreign registration and the tax fraud and count two pr

>> judge napolitano: yes, and virginia. which the banks are located that he allegedly defrauded. >> harris: okay. we are starting to see some of that happened with new york city being the first to report the news. it will be interesting to see if his attorney response to this, as well. the news as it happens. this fox news alert, and ethiopian airlines spokesman is saying that black boxes from a doomed boeing jet will be sent overseas for analysis. pressure is growing on the united states airlines and regulators to ground the 737 mao deadly crashes in just five months. some countries have barred the model from even operating in their space, now the dallas morning news is saying that it has found five instances in which u.s. pilots voiced safety concern about the jet's autopilot features months before sunday's deadly crash. 157 people died in that. but the faa, for now, says that all evidence is suggesting that the jet is airworthy. a former investigator is switching back, asking in an op-ed, "has the aviation world gone mad

it's the view of the judge in virginia but it's irrelevant.t caught up in federal prosecutions for all kinds of reasons. the fact is he committed the crimes. he's pled guilty and now faces the music. >> barbara, let me go to you. apologies if i interrupt you. i have my phone in my hand to get the updates inside the courtroom watching as we speak paul manafort speak. what do you make of his apology? >> i think it's significant and something she'd be looking for. so often you hear white collar defendants talk about i've already been punished enough already. i feel shame and humiliation. it's about loss of status in their community. we don't see indigent defendants getting breaks for that. i think it's significant. i don't know that means he gets a lower sentence, but it probably helps him from not getting a higher sentence than she might have given if he'd failed to express that kind of remorse. one of the things i think that bothered a lot of people about the sentence in the eastern district of virginia was to see the way white collar defendant

virginia as well as d.c. your takeaway after her very tough comments as well addressing the larger political debate that has taken place in the country because of the president's comments and the comments from paul manafort's attorney in the alexandria case. >> absolutely right. this was a much different courtroom atmosphere than last week in virginia and judge amy berman jackson appeared to take on directly some of the things that paul manafort's defense tried to raise, particularly the idea there was no collusion. she said that coarseed through their defense. she did take in the apology from today, not last week. then she went on to say she didn't really believe it in the sense she was wondering why she didn't get a letter from him expressing remorse. she was wondering why today he was saying he was sorry. essentially implying he was sorry he got caught. after that tongue lashing, excoriating manafort for five or ten minutes, she ended up giving him a sentence that was less than many thoughts, not the guide

to richmond for more live coverage of the american civil war museum's symposium at the library of virginian richmond. we will hear about the importance of military history from catherine shively, a history professor. and author of "nature's civil war, common soldiers and the environment in 1862." if you want to learn more about the civil war, american history tv features programming about the war and reconstruction every saturday night, at 6 p.m. eastern. >> welcome back, everyone. welcome back to the annual symposium. we are glad to have you with us. for those of us joining us on c-span, glad to have you with us as well. now we will continue today's journey. this afternoon out for speaker .p is dr. katie shively as the resident professor at richmond's largest institution of higher learning, virginia commonwealth university, dr. shively is a familiar face to many of you. she has spoken and published widely on the subject of her 2013 book, "nature's civil war: and the soldier environment in 1862 virginia." on the subject of her book in progress, the always entertaining general jubal early i

virginia's is e lowest at $7.25 an hour. west virginia is $8.75 an hour. d.c.3.25ur but will raise to $15 an hour next year. >>> new overnight, sorry to sayh you did not wipowerball jackpot last night. the good news, neither did anybody else. the pot keeps growing. it's up to $625 million after one matched all of the numbers. in case you won a smaller prize, the numbers on your screen, 10, 14, 50, 53, 63. and the porball was 21. the next drawing is saturday night. >>> today, march madness tips off. if you finished yourracket, t ready for it to be busted. it always happens. you have a few more hours toet it done before the games begin. maryland will be ang the first on the court. the terps practiced in jacksonvil for the first face-off against 11th seed belmont. we are hoping to see the first postseason win since 2016. tipoff at 3:10. today, old dominion tips off against purd. four other schools have their first match-ups tomorrow. there you go. don't be surprised when you see upsets today. always upsets. >> some say it makes in. more interesting. >> when the wh

in west virginia, marie, what was going on in your world? maybe i should back up to say, was your family raised as part of jehovah's witness? what was the entry point into the faith? >> my parents started studying when i was a baby. and my dad, his whole family came into the truth at the same time, about 1833-34. >> so you grew up in that environment. and what was going on -- you went to a public school, slip hill grade school as i recall. >> yes. >> so when you walked into schools at that time, was there a mandatory flag salute in west virginia? >> in west virginia, that really didn't become a problem until after the war started in '41 and after that, then they began to require that there be a flag salute in the schools. and when we went to school, it was in the spring because probably february or march, and one day they were doing the flag salute and my sister and i stood up, but we didn't do the flag salute and the teacher leaving the room, she went and got the principal and so he asked us to come out of the room and we had to explain to

beyer of virginia. the chair: pursuant to house the gentleman from virginia, mr. beyer, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. beyer: thank you, mr. chair. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. chairman, as a small business owner and employer, i understand the value of data because you can't improve what you don't measure. so my amendment, which i offer ilhan omar, tative requires those with more than 100 to report workforce data. they already do so across 10 different categories in their eeo-1. collecting this data ensures equal pay for equal work. if employers value the standard this is an easy start. i'm very grateful that chairman scott and the leadership on amendments to strengthen pay data collection and to congresswoman rosa delauro for her years and years of effort on this. persistent pay gaps exist in the u.s. workforce that correlate with sex, race, andest nissity. economists have found 64.6% of e wage gap can be found by experience, occupation. federal law specifically pro

. >>> plus, a brutal murder case that spans across maryland and virginia. a teen's family says he could not escape a violent gang. this morning, these five alleged ms-13 gang members are charged with killing him. >>> welcome in on this saturday morning, the 16thrc of 2019. good morning to you. i'm david culver. as you saw there, we are following several developing stories from overnight. we'll get you up to speed on all of those in a moment. first, we are inor a big cooldown today after we saw what was a taste of some warmth, summer preview, if you will, yesterday. storm tm 4's lauryn ricketts is back with us this weekend. that was really nice for those of us looking forward to the warmer temps. have to bringut the jackets today? >> all good things come to an end, temperatures topping out a good 20 degrees from where we were y. yester yesterday at 2:18, we hit a high degrees. it was so nice yesterday. plenty of sunshine. we'll have the sunshinetoday, but now we've got the wind. you trade the warm temperature for these blustery northwest winds, and we get mu

the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to yield two minutes to the congresswoman from the district of columbia, ms. holmes norton. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized for two minutes. ms. norton: i thank my friend for yielding. i left the chair to speak on my bill which is included in h.r. 7. my bill is the pay equity for all, which keeps an employer from asking about a person's .ast pay schedule mr. chair, i want to thank all of you who have led this bill to where we are today. also am very much for the bill for which my bill is included, h.r. 7, which includes class actions, for example, the clarification which has been most needed. this bill -- expanding this bill is personal for me. i was the first woman to chair the equal employment opportunity commission and enforced the equal pay act, expanded it during my term at the commission. i am, therefore, very grateful to my good friend, rosa delauro, great champion of equal pay, for including my pay quity for all act in the b

. >>> plus, a brutal murder case that spans across maryland and virginia. a teen's family says he could not escape a violent gang. this morning, fiveed all ms-13 gang members are charged with killing him. >>> good morning to you. welcome in to "news 4 today" on is saturday, the 1th of march, 2019. i'm david culver. we are following, as you seee, theveral developing stories this morning. ftrst, we are in for a big cooldown today we had what was a nice taste of summer, lauryn ricketts, yesterday. g folk to shed some layers. today, put them back on. it'll feel more like normal. >> feelingore like normal today, david. average temperature for ts time of year is in the mid 50s. that's where we're going to top out. the only caveat, the b story, is the winds. yesterday, 78 degrees. just about 20 minutes after 2:00 that was here in d.c. again, it was so nice yesterday afternoon and beautiful. now, it is beautul out there today, but you're going to walk outside and feel that wind. you're going to feel the muc cooler temperatures out there. it is a good looking day ou

the chief example of this was robert e lee and his army of northern virginia. together they became the locus of nationalism for a country to basically only existed in more time. 's gallagher argues the slaveowners of lee's army proved most nationalistic of most confederates using battlefield victories and reenlistment to quotes propel loyalty among citizens and soldiers throughout the confederacy. based on scholar joseph t careful portrait of lee's army when in northern virginia in 1861. when you count those who lived with his family members, soldiers of the army of northern virginia were 42% more likely than the average confederate to live in a household with enslaved people. more than half of lee's officers owned slaves. in other words, just as george washington's army represented the ideals of the revolution, so to did lee's army have those hopes for a republic. confederate nationalism proved tremendously robust as citizens accommodated an increasingly status federal government that instituted construction of martial law impose an income tax, and impress sla

a prayer service at the ada center mosque in sterling, virginia. paying tribute tothe at least 49 people killed in a terrorist attack at two mosques in new zealan >> it hit very close to home. we're at a mosque right now. >> reporter: this woma and her daughter are thankful. >> this kind of response, it will give us comfort. >> reporter: are offering support to their heartbroken community. >> there are people from all over behind us, from different places of worshipere to ng port us, so we're fee very supported. >> reporter: the worshippers in new zealand were attending friday prayers when the gunman opened fire. >> my heart ached when i heard out this very horrific tragedy, and, you know, so it was just obviously concern about, you know, copycats. it angers me, but it also concerns me. >> reporter: loudoun county chair at large, phyllis randall says hate-filled rhetoric is responsible for the seemingly endless terror attacks. >> when you think about what happened at charlottesville, you think about mother emanuel hurch in south carolina. you think

where are the ieheal places to live in our area, in virginia it's loudon county. in maryland it's montgomery county ranking number one,ed follut howard and frederick counties. prince george's county came in at number 11. >>> a council member from montgomery county is pushing to make children's water safer. chris gordon told you about the effort yesterday. todayouncil member tom houck introduced his bill on lead in school drinking water it would tighten the l limit ofead allowed in public schools and it would be significantly lower than the state mandate. >>> a local chef was cooking up success butor years he also hid a personalstruggle. ahead at five he opens up about theddiction that nearly cost him everything. >>> and the game changing treatment for women with post paratum depression. >>> tracking two systems. they're gng tooi people aren't talking about how much money they saved buying giant-brand chicken. they're not talking, because they're eating. oh, hello. at giant, it's the little thingsti that make me easy, so you have more time with the people you love.

first time virginia tech made the tournament three straight years. the virginia cavaliers. no strangers for the third time in four seasons cavaliers get a number one ed. ey're in the south region. they'll play the 16th seed coming up on friday. 3:10 in columbia, south carolina. have you got it? there will be a quiz later. actually, later in sports we'll break down the locals in your bracket. it may not be your jam. >> you're never going to let me live that one down, thank you, sir. so we willyo help well, dave will help you keep track of your bracket and update the schedule for information on the nca ncaa tourney and thearch f the final four, open our app and search march madness. >>> historic hi water in the heartland. more rain is on the way. >>> tonight a local man is fighti for his baby daughter's health. she's struggling with a rare disee. how you can help this fily in need. take a look at them botf your screen. an atv drivery >>> t have record snow fall in february and then temperatures reached 50s causing all of that snow to melt. kathie park was in the flood zo>> to

there are rain drops in virginia and southwestern virginia. this i part of cold front, that will bring us colder weather for the weekend and a rain chance for the middle and later parts of your friday afternoon. dry weather here, maybe a random drop or two acrossouthern maryland. that's it. otherwise, plan on a nice start to the day. it'slready 65 in manassas. remember two mornings ago, it was in mid-20s. thiss quite the change, indeed. don't plan on the mild air sticking past today. a lot of clouds around. there will be the 60% chance of showers. maybe a rumble or two on the way. ke thembrella because it will be showery later on. more on the blustery weath the chill with your ten-day forecast. where is chopper 4? t aaron wan know. >> over the beltway at 50 ain maryland. right now, everything is lookiny prood through that area. eastbound 66, not so hot. near 29 in centreville, we have quite a jam because of that crash blocking thene left la. dickerson, southbound 270, after in109. we're sthat delay. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. ni

we'll see that on nbc 4. >> that will be big. >> also, virginia draws the late game. they'll tip off against purdue a little toward 9:00. the national backs in action, akadoug's buffet. that's what we like to call his -- >> absolutely. >> he can >>> an alexandria man is millions of dollars richer aftei playing weekend's powerball. he was hoping to win that $750 million jackpot,oiut he's to have to settle for $5 million. in acratch-off ticket that he got the other night purchased in addition to the poweretll ti he says he couldn't believe his he says he couldn't believe his ♪ not all water is created equal. there are over 326 million trillion gallons of water on earth. but only one billionth of one per cent is filtered naturally beneath the earth, with a distinct balance of minerals, and emerges crisp and refreshing enough to be called deer park®. deer park® 100% natural spring water. born better®. not everybody cano know sometbe a winner like aldi. their products have won over 400 awards for quality. kind of like cooper's solar system. but hey we did great too. not al

and there is light snow across west virginia and virginia at this point. here toward fauquier county and warren county. a little conversational snow this morning. there's a winter weather advisory. around the metro area, lht snow, after rehalf-inch. our computer forecast. about a half ih. and the be chances for seeing that on the west side of the corridor. cold, cloudy and wet with the light snow through the afternoon hours. >>> thank you, check. we're looking forward to that. bethesda, outer loop after rer road. the right lane is blocked by the debris. etsounds like sng in the roadway on the right smee. hopefully dy will head out there and get that out of the way before it causes someob lems. 66 into town, out of town, no worries. 95, virginia, looking good. prince george's county, in and out of town. nice and green. and a live look, 270 at montrose road, nice and clear. >> thank you. >>> we're following a developing story out of fairfax count a man has barricaded himself inside a as a precaution, anyone who lives near the 6100 block stay inside their hom

. >>> a virginia politician in the spotlight. a student is accusing former governor doug wilder of sexually harassing her. sidney black told "the washington post," that wilder took her out to dinner to celebrate her 20th birthday. after dinner, wilder invited her back to his condo i richmond, kissed helcohol and without her consent. he offered to pay for law school and suggestedld she c live at his house. black reported the incident in december. she worked as an office assistant at the vcu office. wilder has not commented on the allegation. vcu tells us the school doesn't comment on investigations for privacy reasons. >>> your toll-free ride on parts of 395 are soo coming to an end. hov lanes are being changed to hov toll lanes from edsell roan. to the penta >>> okay. baseball is back.as the season started. fans are excited to be out at nats park. >> opening day didn't go it as we wanted it to go. while there's plenty of action, d.c. was scoreless the entire game. the natshe fell to mets, 2-0. was a great starting day for max sch

he's arguing at the virginia judge. with the d.c. judge, arguing everything he possibly can about kilimnik. manafort's lawyers have been fighting specifically in the d.c. case to get stuff about constantine kilimnik unredacted from transcripts in the manafort case and unredacted from court filings in that case. and, again, remember, that case is done. it's over. why are they fighting to unredact all this stuff in the d.c. case? the d.c. case is over. whether or not this stuff is redacted is not going to make a difference to the judge in the d.c. case. nothing is redacted to her. she has seen everything that's behind every black box. why do they care whether or not this stuff is unredacted to the public? and made available to the public? well, they may be trying to have an influence on the other judge in virginia, who is going to rule on manafort's sentencing there first. they may also be trying to influence public opinion about paul manafort and his links to russia, more specifically his links to russian intelligence. and they may sp

last yea a federal court ruled that 11 virginia districtstr conce black voters. the coat approved new district lines that would make it ep difficult forlicans to retain their current power in the virginia general assemblyhu reds lined up this morning to get in to hear the argument.a republicans trying to convince justices that the rulingl gerrymandering should be thrown out. >> the argument about whether it's racialr political gerrymandering, personally i think it's time to get the politicians out of it and do a neutral, morema matcally based, gis based kind of plning. >> all 100 virginia house seats and 40 senate seats will be on the ballot thi year in november. >>> it's not the first time we've heard about this kind of thing but school officls are treating it as if it was a case of bullying. we have a case of boys being disciplined for distributing a list rating theiremale classmates on physical darcy spencer is live with reaction from students at the school. from yourtept w aomen at that s are not puttin rg upor with thi. >> reporter: you're exactly right, wen

you can sign up for updates to virginia's 529 plan. we have a link for you right now in our nbc washington app. search college saving back to u. >> if you'd like to learn more about saving for your child's college tuition, virginia's 529 has two i publicormation sessions coming up later this month in woodbridge. alexandria. in you can find that information in the link that susan mentioned on our nbc washington app. >>> also on the app, we're constantly updating the forecast. >> we are. >> folks are going to be to keep a close eye on it. it is going up, finally. >> yeah, we do have a lid on the temperatures this morning because of the moisture we had last night. quick weather story is when you have a lot of moisture into the systemav then when you the inversion on top, i'm getting too deep, but anyway -- >> wait, what? >> don't use big words with us. >> it takes a while before the cakerises, as in the warm temperatures and sunshine. i think they're telling me to go forward. 39 degrees outside right now is theerurrent teure. winds are li

day two kicks off with virginia day two kicks off with virginia oking to day two kicks off with virginia oking to (music throughout) >> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >>> here we go.uv a lot of cavs fans out there brthing a sigh of relief. made it past the first round. >> i should havent p it out earlier, all that wind, that was virginia fans exhaling. who knew it created that storm. this history you know if you don't learn from it you're doomed to repeat it. virginia fans were thinking about that when virginia trailed at halftime by 16 points a year ago they became elimin e eliminated by a 16 seed when they lost. virginia oning the tournament against gardner web, feeling like the bermuda triangle early in the game they hadlashbacks from last year. gardner web up by 10. uva makes a second half push de-ondrej hunter gets the foul. and ty jerome showing off his range. deflating any chances of gardner web making a comeback. virginia cavaliers make it outst of the found a 71-56 win facing oklahoma next i sunday the round of 32. >>> maryland and the terps are movi on in their 79-

>> it is very different between virginia and washington.n virginia ellis was incredibly hostile to the mueller team. i mean it was a very contentious relationship. i anticipate, you know, they will not be terribly receptive. most judges follow the sentencing guidelines. they are not mandatory although they once were. so i think that's one factor. there was just a guilty plea in front of jackson in washington. there was certainly no contention between the prosecutors there and the judge. when you look at the two cases it's just he is looking at an enormous sentence. this is a man that's about to turn 70. it is hard for me to imagine between the lawyers and the judges that he gets anything under a total of at least ten years. >> we'll see if the judge agrees with you on that. everyone standby. we have much more ahead with you. i want to ask about another breaking story. a fight between democrats and the white house over top secret security clearance. gauge the greatness of an suv? is it to carry cargo... or to carry on a legacy? its show of s

in virginia, warren county public schools. >> in west virginia, hampshire, grant, jefferson and berkeley county schools. >>>id rts in northern california are trying to clean up after major flooding this week. >> look at the video here. homes and businesses have been d ruinn some roads in wine country were covered in muddy water. sonoma county officials say ne homes and busies were flooded by water up to eight feet deep. roads will be accessible some time today. >>> before we move to chuck, we want t you know, that culpepper county schools are on a two-hour delay. these changes are continuing to come in. stay with us. t'll update yououghout the morning. >>> i would imagine that the conditions are changing. >> i think they wanted to cancel. that was the plan. and they thought, it's not that bad out. it's just snow y enough where yu can have slippery spots. most treated surfaces will be primarily wet. culpepper county, one of the transition counties, no doubt about that. always can see the complete list there of closings across the bottom of you screen and can use your nbc washington app. w

virginia state police say hepe stepon the brakes, causing his trucko overturn, as you see there. it blocked all northbound traffic. crews reopened lanes about 13 hours later. quite a mess. >>> this beltway closure also caused a traffic nightmare for a lot of those wf you we driving around our region. on, folks calling for ac demanding for another way to get across the potomac river. thursday's crash is reopening the debate about a new bridge between maryland and virginia. some sayl this w help many drivers get around the gridlock, but others argue anoth bridge is too pricey and probably will not happen. they think more public transportation options are a better route to take. >> it's fragile and vulnerable. we need more redundancy. that doesn't mean bigger roads. we need more transit options. >> there are a hundred incidents like this a month that can morph into something of this magnitude. we have no plan b. >> local leaders agree that

virginia's governor bac in northern virginia for the first time since the black face scandal that almost brought down his administration. >>> i'm susan hogan tapping into the power of social media and how you can create posts that will score you free stuff. >> announcer: news4 at 5:00 starts now. >>> and hi, everybody. first at 50 tonight a shocking reversal in the jussie smollett case. prosecutors in chicago dropping all charges against the "empire" actor. >> that announcement stunned the city's police department today. the commander called it, quote, a punch in the gut. >> the mayor tostunned, as you saw there. leon harri o begin coverage at the live desk. >> just an unbelievable turn of events for jussie smollett and the police and the state's attorney's office in chicago. the actor claimed he was attacked by two men inn apparent hate crime. but after an investigation police say imowasett who staged that incident. a grand jury agreed, indicting the actor on 16 felony counts just weeks ago. in a statement today the state's attorney office said this, quote, after reviewing all the facts

even thern panhandle of west virginia.the most part, it'll be light and most of us will be dry. is mild. so nice. i walked outside this morning. what a shock. 50s and 40s. 52 in the if you're headed to the nat's akgame, they'reg on the mets, we'll have more clouds and sunshine. it'll start becoming a little breezy after lunchtime. winds are going to be gusting up to 30 miles an hour throughout the afternoon. temperatures in the mid70s. that wind is coming in it from the good kite flying wind. it is not going to be very windy but, again, windski p up after noon/1:00 down on the mall. again, we will see the winds being breezy by this afternoon. the earlier you get out o the kitefestival, maybe better. i don't fly kites, so i'm not sure how stron the wind needs to be. as far as peak bloom, today is the best day to see the cherry blossoms. we have the rain in the morning, then cold and sunny by wemonday. o have breezy conditions not only today but also the next two days.y, windy to gusts up to 30 miles an hour. tomorrow, they