>> they should know that this is the cultural history arch capital of all things virginia. city with theving historic riches. >> we are headed to churchill. >> what makes churchill distinct? the just part of the original layout. you will see the original part of the city. here on the right, st. john's church. >> what happened at that spot? >> i know many people at the textbooks out right now. pastor kenny gave his famous -- patrick henry gave his famous give me liberty or give me death speech. >> you still preserve the church. when you go through richmond, your around history with these modern restaurants and shops. how do you make sure that you keep that not to history alive while still dealing with the city. ? >> this is about tourism. what attract people to your city. not only do we have great historic features, but with a great river that runs the city as well. it's what keeps people coming back. they can also partake in restaurants in the great museums that have. they do so many people -- things. this is libby hill right here. this is the view, william burress came in with

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learned but people read the local newspaper analysts and to local radio and then to campaign down virginia city. and i never had a single person refused to shake my hand. to deny me access i was pleased with the reception i shuck everybody's and to say you did not shake this man's hand. and i would always wait to put behind and then tuesday -- to say and he said i thought you would pass me by . he said one to talk about this abortion. so i started my a jeffersonian spiel with this is no way. in a way they could have that view from southwest virginia but he did. it was such an awakening experience that don't judge people how they look obama core where they live. there are more things that connect us command divide us and we should emphasize that >> where does that disconnect come from? >> [laughter] with the professional politics with the simplicity of lincoln and it comes from overvalue being the estimation they totally missed the last election. totally. you just cannot say we did not get this right. anybody who takes a poll every day that is not the name of what america is. and then i saw some

i think that this is the cultural city arts capital of all things virginia. we are thriving, but imagine a thriving city with the backdrop of all of the historic riches we have here as well. to an: we are headed historic neighborhood. mayor stoney: we're going to churchill. ashley: what makes churchill distinct? mayor stoney: you're about to see the original part of the city. right here on the right, st. john's church. ashley: for those who do not know about st. john's church, tell me a little bit about it. mayor stoney:

i think that this is the cultural city arts capital of all things virginia. we are thriving, but imagine a thriving city with the backdrop of all of the historic riches we have here as well. to an: we are headed historic neighborhood. mayor stoney: we're going to churchill. ashley: what makes churchill distinct? mayor stoney: you're about to see the original part of the city. right here on the right, st. john's church. ashley: for those who do not know about st. john's church, tell me a little bit about it. mayor stoney: i know people have their textbooks out right now. this is where roger kennedy gave his speech "give me liberty or give me death -- this is where patrick kennedy gave his speech "give me liberty or give me death." ashley: how do you make sure that you keep history alive while still advancing the city? is aboutney: this tourism, what attracts people to your city. i think not only do we have great historic features, we also have a great river that runs through the city as well, rapids. the history is what keeps people coming back. the history bri

if somebody has never been to richmond, virginia, what should they know about the city? >> well, think they should know that this is the cultural history arts capital of all things virginia. we're sitting on the rise, we're thriving, but imagine a thriving city with the backdrop of all the historical -- historic reaches. >> going to an historic neighbor. >> churchill. >> what makes churchill disdistinct? part. >> part of the original laywood of richmond. on the right, st. john's church. >> tell me what happened here. >> i know many people who had their textbooks out right now. ever heard of a guy named patrick henry, we receive-"give me liberty or give me death." >> you preserved the church. when you go through richmond you're kind of walking among history next to these modern restaurants and modern shops. how do you make sure that you keep that nod to history alive while still advancing the city. >> this is about tourism. what attracts people to your city. i think one of the most attractive -- not only do we have great historic features and also have a great river that r

on secretary john harvey's face when i suggested that we take that challenge, not just for our virginia cities but for our entire commonwealth. but he and fantastic team got to work so find safe, affordable and permanent housing for the homeless veterans, anden veterans day 2015, i was proud to announce a that virginia was the first state in the nation to be certified us a functionally ending veteran homelessness. [applause] that accomplishment should be a source of pride for all of us, particularly when you meet the men and women who have benefited the most dennis roberts is with us from chesapeake. the served in the army airborne in several missions including operation desert storm. he failses champing lengths when he returned home after nearly 11 years without a rely home of his head, i want to you for joining us and thank you for service to our great nation. [applause] these virginians and their stories are an uplifting reminder of the impact that we can have on people's lives weapon we work together. as i've traveled virginia and met the families we serve i have taken great pride in proce

city? >> i think they should know that this is the cultural history arts capital of all things virginia. we are sitting on the rise. imagine a thriving city with a backdrop of all the historic riches we have here as well spirit we are going to a historic neighborhood right now. >> we are headed to churchill spent what makes churchill distinct? >> it's part of the original layout of the city of richmond. you are about to see the original part of the city. on the right, st. john's church. >> for those who don't know, tell me about that. >> many people have their textbooks out right now. amber heard of a guy named patrick henry? give me liberty or give me death, pre-runner to the revolutionary war. >> it happened right here. you still preserve the church. when you go to richmond you're walking among history next to these modern restaurants and shops. how do you make sure that you keep that not to history alive while still advancing the city? >> this is about tourism, what attracts people to your city. one of the most attractions -- knowledge we have great historic features can we also have a

not just for our virginia cities but for our entire commonwealth. but he and the fantastic team at the department of veterans services, social services and housing and community development, they got to work to find safe, affordable and permanent housing for our homeless veterans and on veterans day, 2015, i was proud to announce that is virginia was the first state in the nation to be certified as functionally ending veteran homelessness. [ applause ] >> na accomplishment should be a source of pride for all of us. particularly when you meet the men and women who have benefited the most. deon sa roberts is with us tonight from chesapeake. he bravely served in the army airborne in several missions including operation desert storm. like too many others, deodis faced challenges when he returned home after nearly 11 years without a reliable roof over his head, deodis finally received permanent housing thanks to the great work of our virginia public servants. deodis, i want to say thank you for joining us this evening and thank you for service to our gre

in 1867, he was in virginia city, one of the hubs of the mining regions. populationd it as a of 15,000 people of which 5000 were minors, 5000 were gamblers and prostitutes, and 5000 were and --smen, speculators, reno after moved to reno had been established. clustered around the pacific railroad. local businesses supported mining and agriculture. he set up there as a tailor. he had the reno brewery for a wild. -- for a while. east and did some tailoring. even tried store keeping for a while, but he always came back to reno. by this time, he was making tent covers, horse blankets, and agon --covers --w and and wagon covers. a woman walked into his him tong shop and asked make her a pure pants for her husband. her instructions -- he gives her a string to send back with her to measure her husband. he was working with a fabric that comes from the dutch for canvas. it is pretty sturdy stuff, kind of off-white. over on the table, he had horse blankets. he used to reinforce the scenes and stress points of the blankets with ribbons. he looks up and says, i wonder

in 1867, he was in virginia city, one of the hubs of the mining regions. he described it as a population of 15,000 people of which 5000 were miners, 5000 were gamblers and prostitutes, and 5000 were businessmen, speculators, and -- capitalists in 1860, he moved to reno after reno had been established. it was clustered around the central pacific railroad. local businesses supported mining and agriculture. he set up there as a tailor. he had the reno brewery for a while. he went to the east and did some tailoring. even tried store keeping for a while, but he always came back to reno. by this time, he was making tent covers, horse blankets, and wagon covers. in december a woman walked into his tailoring shop and asked him to make her pants for her husband. he sends her instructions -- he gives her a string to send back with her to measure her husband. he was working with a fabric that comes from the dutch for canvas. it is pretty sturdy stuff, kind of off-white. over on the table, he had horse blankets. he used to reinforce the scenes -- seams and stress poin

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city. and virginia may be same decision. they both pulled up stakes and left in a hurry. in the confusion of these evacuations, the confederate government and the virginians state government, orders were given to military authorities to set selected fires at government warehouses to destroy property and to literally burn their bridges behind them crossing the james river. unfortunately for richmond, the selected fires quickly got out of control. then you had a large portion of the waterfront going up in flames. the descriptions of the great conquered -- great conflagration are harrowing. fortunately for history, the historic capitol building and the historic governor mansion behind it were situated in this open public park, which came right up to the capitol square. when union troops him to the capital city, they were able to come marching and into the capitol square. they immediately replaced the virginia flights with united states five. the virginia state capitol became a perfect office building for military occupation. federal troops wasted no time organizing volunteer

i should have thought before i made that pledge because there is 134 cities and counties in virginia. it took me four and a half years to travel to every one of our cities and counties to try to understand public education in my commonwealth. i'm not aware of anybody who has ever made that pledge, and after i did it, i can understand why nobody would ever make that pledge again. but i wanted to make sure that i understand not just the schools that my own kids went to, but the schools that other kids went to all around our commonwealth. northern virginia and its high-tech suburbs, wise county where my wife's family is from, the coalfields of appalachia, tobacco growing regions to south side virginia, manufacturing regions south of richmond, oysterman and water men and tourism on the eastern shores of virginia. i wanted to see the schools in every part of my commonwealth. i wanted to see them because i was writing budgets. the biggest line item in the state budget was education. biggest line item in the city was for education. i department want to know our schools just from a budget or

tour of c-span's cities richmond, virginia. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> "washington journal" continues. from joining us now columbus, ohio is mark ogden, project manager with the association of state dam safety officials. thank you for joining us. the "usao start with today" headline. the oroville crisis in california shines the light on spotty inspections. what is your reaction? there are risky dams and spotty inspections. guest: there are. dams are less visible than other infrastructure. people do not see the dams, but there are many. there are over 90,000 dams in the national inventory of dams. throughout the country, there are many dams being used for a variety of purposes. there is definitely a need for strong inspection to make sure in good shape.re unfortunately, the american society of civil engineers has has anams a grade of "d" infrastructure category. that illustrates the fact that there are a lot of dams in need of remediation, especially where failure of a dam would r

virginia right here in richmond in the spring of 1865. the confederate government decided on the second of april to evacuate the city and the virginia state government made the same decision. they both pulled up stakes and left in a hurry. in the confusion of these immaculate and's of the confederate government and virginia state government, orders were given to military authorities to set selective fires at government warehouses to destroy military and naval property and literally burn their bridges behind them crossing the river. unfortunately for richmond the selected fires set by confederate soldiers retreating quickly got out of control and within hours you had a large portion of the financial and commercial, and industrial waterfront of richmond going up in flames. of the greatons conflagration of 1865 are harrowing. fortunately for history, the historic capitol building and historic governor mansion right behind it were situated in this open, capitol square public park that served as a firebreak and protected the buildings from the raging fires that came up to the south border of the capitol square. when union troops came into the

hollywood cemetery was beyondshed in 1847, just the city limits of richmond, virginia. the founders of hollywood hired , a philadelphia landscape architect, to design and layout they grounds. not rename the grounds, but the -- you name the grounds for the extensive growth of hollywood trees, and he transformed this wooded area into one of the most picturesque rural cemeteries in the united states. by the middle of the 19th century, american cities and towns had grown due to immigration and industrialization. the city churchyards and bearing grounds had become overcrowded. the rural cemetery was created to provide safe, sanitary burial outside the city limits, and also provide park space for the citizens of the city. john notman came to hollywood and found this area to be very damp, and so he built an english landscape. to those trees he adds cyprus, cedars, maples, magnolias, dogwoods, as alias, and creates a picturesque english landscape, both the work of man and the work of nature. the rural cemetery is a place for the living. it is a park. it is a garden. it is an ou

tour of c-span's cities richmond, virginia. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> "washington journal" continues. from joining us now columbus, ohio is mark ogden, project manager with the association of state dam safety officials. thank you for joining us. we

staying in northern virginia 95 northbound dale city to beltway also delay free not looking at any problems once you get inside the beltway 95 northbound approaching 14 street bridge looking good. 295 southbound from route 50 to 11 street bridge you are smooth. looking good now. we'll have another check of traffic and weather coming up 4:55. maureen. >> caitlin, thank you, arlington police are work around the clock on following multiple leads to find the person that shot and killed michael gray. >> gray's family is sharing new details with us about what they believe led to this tragedy. lindsay watts has more. >> we're suffering, we're suffering because it was so senseless. >> reporter: devastated family struggling to find the right words. >> i want to say the right thing about my baby because he was such a g you knew all the friends he had. >> reporter: 23-year-old michael gray was surrounded by friends that night in arlington. this photo was taken not long before he walked out the door of the party and was shot. friends say gray did not know the gunman but had gotten in earlier altercatio

ofwatch the city tour richmond, virginia, on booktv, and sunday afternoon on american history tv on c-span3. workg with cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> "washingtonournal" continues. host: tom mcclintock is back at the desk. i want to start with your view on the opening weeks of the trump administration. in the past several days we have the a federal crt block vetting order, the resignation of a national security adviser, yesterday the withdrawal of andrew puzder for labor nominee. you have been involved in federal politics, state politics for a long time. wh would your recommendation be to the trump administration righnow to try to stabilize things after the week they've had? guest: don't forget you have had a number of groundbreaking executive orders and legislation that the president is calling on , now proceeding to the congress. a lot of very good things have been going on, too. these are turbulent times. there's an administration taking office with unprecedented hostility from the opposition party. you have an intelligence structure that has become a governm

hollywood cemetery was beyondshed in 1847, just the city limits of richmond, virginia. the founders of hollywood hired , a philadelphia landscape architect, to design and layout they grounds. not rename the grounds, but the -- you name the grounds for the extensive growth of hollywood trees

virginia, we have reports of an accident between lorton city, nogton at dale service on the blue lineirginia. stick with the yellow line and yellow plus line trains. out of maryland, stick with the silver line. for right

look at some other cities. 74 in charleston, west virginia, right now. 72 in raleigh and charlotte. a little cooler to the north. in the 60's in new york city and boston right now. real change coming. colder air behind it. places like minneapolis, northern sections of iowa come all the way to omaha, those areas under winter storm watches now. this storm center heads to the northeast. we are in the warm sector of it and we will be breezy and sunny and warm today. a few spots in the upper 70's. very warm tonight in the mid-50's. tomorrow is the front gets closer, we will deal with showers and thunderstorms. outdoor plans -- if you want dry weather, do it early in the morning because clouds will and late morning and by 2:00 in the afternoon, the radar may look like this. temperatures in the upper 60's and close to 70. when the front goes through, thunderstorms, we will see temperatures start to fall off of it, even more so by the time we hit sunday morning. look at the potential of these storms in the storm threat index. the biggest thing to worry about will be strong, damaging winds. n

city. virginia gets more interest than any other state. before you say, "gee, we must be great," remember it is called america." s i'm working on a third book about how we remember america called "surprise across the land: unexpected places that get istory right." i've met folks in richmond who do not even know some of the places you've got. i keep track of richmond. it's amazing how the city has changed and mostly for the better. lincoln's walkze . you know what i'm talking about? see the ones who nodded? ask them. you have this lincoln statue spoke.hich christy i know how that came to be and it is kind of a capitalist invention, but it's accurate. you have the slave walk. all kinds of things done by this group hope in the cities. .ou have this guy ralph white he was working for the park department and put up abouttitiously markers accurate history along the riverside and many of them have more official. you have this one. i was talking to people yesterday and they did not know about it. reconciliation, which is about the triangle trade.

would like to achieve, when people think about the city of richmond, think of the city of richmond, the capital of virginia, the former capital of the confederacy. i want to change that narrative. culture and part of history, not necessarily being the capital of the confederacy. we are more welcoming. mindedmower open than our history may say. >> but the james is virginia's largest river. it forms in the appellation mountains and flows through the chesapeake bay. the river serves as a trade route for colonists. it is sometimes referred to as founding river. next, we will go to tredegar iron works. tredegar iron was's possible for producing a large majority of the canons produced during the confederacy. they at structures that no longer exist from battlefield hospitals to the battlefields himself. the ironworks is one of the few remaining structures that war,ed before the civil and existed for decades afterward. it's history goes back to southeastern wales in the united kingdom. when richmond businessman wanted to begin in ironworks era in richmond, they contacted engineers and millwrights to come over and

. >> m coming up on "fox" news morning one half of the virginia state house approved a bill for sanctuary cities in the commonwealth. >> strangers in vehicles following children around. >> a live look across the d.c. region. 5:27 is the time. 50 on this tuesday. "fox5 news morning" back after ♪ weeks not days that's how long student members and family employ as at savoy is forced to use a temporary building and saying good-bye forever less than two weeks to see one of the zoo's most favorite attractions before she joins a plane to china. good morning to you thank you for joining us i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm holly morris. >> today is tuesday, february 7. >> all right. michael thomas is here to talk about weather and airport erin talking about traffic in a breaking news from overnight in washington d.c. >> police are investigating a deadly sooting in northeast a man was found dead before 2:00 this morning along the 1500 block of irving street and right now there's no word on a suspect or motive. >> and update on the pedestrian involved accidents in norm west. "fox5" just learned the victim has eye

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