washington which is basically located about across from mt. vernon, george washington's home. at the beginning of the war, it was manned actually by marines, and was manned in one sort of another during the war, but it was not actually part of the civil war defenses of washington, the circle of forts, but if there would have been ships trying to come up, it would have had an effect also. if you look at the map here or actually plan, it will give you an idea of the way the fort was located on the river. you have the fort itself and then some of the buildings that were associated with it behind, but its main focus was the river itself, even though it anchored the other civil war defenses of washington. this is the way that it would have looked to someone that would have come here during the civil war. this is a national park. at times it has been quite overgrown. right now, you can see if you look around, it still needs some manicuring. it is better than i have seen it in the past. you saw at ft. ward, how well taken care of it is. it's a city park, actually. the city does a ver

the sky conditions over washington.utiful time lapse, great time lapse of the sunshine -- sunrise. a few rays from cuba's close overhead now. -- cumulus clouds. but i cannot rule out a few separated thundershowers later on today especially northwest of washington. there is the time lapse from ocean city. right by the fishing pier, the center part of your screen. the beach really filling up going to the afternoon. slowly trickling in. 82 degrees right now on the water. 84 at manassas. 82 in winchester. fredericksburg 88. that is where we could see lower 90's. quantico, 87. but look at but the cool water near the bay will do -- 70 near annapolis and temperatures on in the waterways will be cooler throughout the afternoon the next several weeks. 87 is what it feels like for winchester. the heat index values -- combination of heat and humidity. dew point combined with the temperature, feels like 89 in washington and feels like 90 already in the ninth -- manassas. we should of those deals like temperatures the mid 90's the n

in washington.his is 35 minutes. >> well, we want to introduce you here on "the washington journal" to gautham nagesh. he is the editor of technology briefing for cq role gaul. mr. nagesh has been a frequent guest on our communicators program, but this is his first time on "the washington journal." welcome, mr. nagesh. and if you would, we're going to be talking about facebook for the next 40 minutes or so. >> sure. >> what kind of political power have they developed in the last four or five years here in washington? >> well, when i think -- when you talk about facebook, their influence is really outsized to their perhaps traditional imprint as a company. and that's because so many people in town depend on facebook, either as a means of communication, or as a way to get their message out to voters and constituents. so being connected to facebook is important, not only on a policy side, but also, you know, politically. we've seen town halls with both republicans and president obama where they visit f

that is only for the washington- broadway sud. that was the only difference between washington-broadway sud 1 and 2. commissioner moore: on page 13, the way it would be, it would no longer permit permanent parking lots. why is it only two years versus what you are doing? these kinds of things are not as easily changeable. >> right now, downtown is a two- year temporary use permit as well. we are recommending that it be changed to 5. for the surface parking lots in the washington-broadly, we are not asking that they be prohibited. we are asking they be conditional use instead. the only way you could have one would be through a temporary use permit. commissioner moore: i am still questioning why it is two years. >> the staff recommendation differs from the proposal. we are recommending that rather than prohibiting, it's become a conditional use permit under staff's recommendation, there would not be a two-year having to come back to the commission. i do understand what you are saying. we have recommended elsewhere that the to your c

it is time for a change on the age washington's side. please vote yes and open the waterfront to everyone. thank you. >> i have lived on telegraph hill since 1969. i was the president of the telegraph hill dwellers for a i was the president of the telegraph hill dwellers for a

it is time for a change on the age washington's side. please vote yes and open the waterfront to everyone. thank you. >> i have lived on telegraph hill since 1969. i was the president of the telegraph hill dwellers for a few terms. i'm currently vice chair of bcdc and vice commission on the mtc. i appreciate you listening to the fears of those who play tennis. this might change their environment dramatically. i respectfully disagree. over time, they will find that this is a great project. it will bring increased revenue to the city and increased housing funds as well. i would find -- i would point out light -- point out that i support this. i hope we can find more sites for low-income housing in the neighborhood as well as money. san francisco intends to add 27,000 new housing units in this downtown center area between 2010 and 2014. -- and 2040 to accommodate downtown growth. that would be at least 900 units per year. if we cannot agree to add housing in a location as ideal as this with an excellent developer, excellent architect, we wi

their status was low in washington. when coolidge was vice president they were stuck at the willard. she loved animals and couldn't have them. the coolidges were like the theodore roosevelts. she only had one animal who happened to be a rodent who came to eat all the food that all of the people came to -- when she had to receive as vice president and all of this -- and -- they were already talking about a new vice president

light rain in washington. areas just to the south and southwest of washington getting some moderate to heavy rain right now in charles county. the northern neck, advancing north and east. heavier rain across the potomac into stafford and spotsylvania, prince william and fairfax county. in fact the heaviest downpour now just inside the beltway. around falls church, and it's just about to move in to arlington. this had thunder and lightning with it over the last half-hour or so. don't be surprised if you hear a rumble of thunder, it's about to move into washington. it's -- into arlington now, going to be crossing the potomac and heading into downtown washington and georgetown. and -- and into northeast and toward bethesda over the next half-hour or so. and northern fairfax county, up to extreme southeastern loudoun county, they're getting some moderate showers. also a few pockets of moderate showers in montgomery county from near wheaton and spring and up south of olney. that's heading toward columbia in howard

received an award from the washington -- a washington think tank. lost and so many changed forever by the wounds they have suffered. >> he was among guests of honor at the atlantic council's 50th anniversary celebration. he and his brother prince william work with a number of charities that help retrain and reeducate veterans. >> a developing story from mississippi. authorities have identified the bodies of the missing tennessee mother and her daughter. the bodies of jo ann bain and her oldest daughter was found behind a house owned by family friend adam mayes. is accused of kidnapping the woman and her three daughters last month. police believe his other two daughters are still alive and are with him. >> 7 is on your side with a new report on america's obesity epidemic correct. the cdc reports over one-third of u.s. adults might now are obese. by 2013 it will be almost half the. severe obesity is expected to double by 203111% of adults will be nearly 100 pounds overweight or more. an unprecedented public health campaign is aimed at fighting the nat

northwest of washington, steadier rain. allow doesn't county, and west virginia and western maryland. more moderate rain later this afternoon and this evening for the drive home. 4 in washington. that martinsburg. winchester 61. 72 the high temperature. off and on areas of rains today. and tomorrow damp start to our week and we need it. >> thank you, adam. 6:01 right now. at least 16 people are dead after a plane crash in the pal overnight. at least six other survived but they're in critical condition. the jet went down while trying to land at a mountain airstrip in the northern himalayas. at this point, investigators are blaming a technical problem. >> maryland lawmakers head back to work today. >> governor martin o'malley called the session after the senate failed to make a deal. >> this is back to work for three days for maryland lawmakers after having been called back by martin o'malley. they are expected to take a new budget deal and leaders of both the house and the senate. under these deal, what would be called for i

washington's archdiocese criticizing georgetown university. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius speaking at their commencement. >> we are following the latest in the trayvon martin case. what george zimmerman's doctor said was wrong with him after the shooting. we will let you know after the break. >> i will be back to talk about the rain chances >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead, there are new developments in the trayvon martin shooting investigation. medical records show the man charged with murdering martin suffered several injuries the night of martin's death possibly raising questions in the case. good morning, washington. it's wednesday, may 16. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we start with traffic and weather every ten minutes. good morning, lisa baden >> . it only takes one bad apple. there was a collision on the beltway. the outer loop between 270 and river road. looks like it is right at the merge. right at the exit lane from the outer loop to head onto

washington can be another wonderful one. i want to thank you for hearing me and hope that you will support it. i'm so nervous. thank you so much, everyone. president chiu: thank you. >> good evening, president chiu and supervisors. my name is richard. i am on the russian neighbors board and am currently the chair of our design, zoning, and land use committee. i have lived in san francisco since 1982. all in district 3, originally on telegraph hill and subsequently on russian hill. a great city. i love being here. when russian hill neighbors looking to the proposed development, we were inclined to be against it. after looking at the existing condition and following the ever-improving evolution of this design, russian hill neighbors is in strong support with the current iteration of the proposed project. most significantly, for us, it reconnect the city with its precious waterfront while providing new swim club facilities. russian hill neighbors urges your approval of this project, which we believe will benefit the city as a w

claudia uceda/oficinas del fbi, washington, d.c. asi es, un reporte del fbi preocupa mucho porque indica que maryland es uno de los estados en todo el pais con mas reportes de estafas en el internet.... nat!! mail a todos, nos llega todos los dias correos electronicos que no conocemos.... prometen dinero, el trabajo de sus suenos o hasta el amor verdadero... pepero de acuerdo con un reporte de crimen en el internet del fbi , cada vez hay mas estafas en el internet.. laestafas para trabajar en casa.... sandra coronado/analista del fbi "si uno recibe correo electronic tu pr solicitar." pero las estafas "amorosas" como los llaman en el fbi son las que mas genera dinero a los ladrones... el ano pasado seeportatotal de masde 5 miljas el fbi no n los 50 millones mandamos correosclaudia uceda/ol fbi, washington, d.c. y si usted se convierte en una victima, las autoridades recomiendan primero reportarlo a la policia, segundo visitar la pagina web del fbi ic3.gov y por ultimo alertar a su banco, en washington claudiaresist rlican bipartidist

that's called sequestration in washington lingo. in the "washington times," there's a lead story today talking about the defense industry. a lot of it headquartered in the washington suburbs area here, looking ahead to the possibility of sequestration. let me read to you what they say. sequestration could cost the pentagon $600 billion, headline defense contractors cuts to jobs and plants. john waterman writes defense contractors already are preparing for the layoffs and plant closures that will occur if congress fails to reach a deal on the federal deficit this year triggering $600 billion in automatic pentagon spending cuts. we are running toward a liv, all telling each other like lemmings this somehow isn't going to happen, said marian blakey, president and ceo of the aerospace industries association, but the cliff is coming up. next call is from los angeles, and this is newton. good morning. republican. >> caller: good morning. thanks for c-span. you know, once again, like an out-of-control spinning one direction merry-go-round,

as we know, washington made apple and peach brandy here at mt. vernon. we're doing that these next three days and the apples would have been grown in orchards on his property. and you can see some of them here. the type we're using are the newton, the pippen, and the russette and one other variety. the first step would they'd have to be pressed or crushed in an apple press which includes a device to crank and crush up the apples into chunks, and then that would be put into a large press, which in the 18th century would've had a big rectangular press with a wooden jack screw that was basically hand cranked down to squeeze all of the apple chunks. the pulp is basically what you're squishing and from that excretes the juice. and that would be fed down and collected in buckets. and then from that point on, you're going to ferment that juice. and in this case, what we're doing is fermenting this large barrel here called a hog's head. so this is about 5% to 6% alcohol content when you're done. so the fermentation process for apples takes longer than it would f

what about washington ? how many would vote for washington ? "collins: 11. nichols: 9%. others: 6%." - which one are you, jess ? - i'm "other." - "other" ? - there must be some mistake. - no mistake. as far as the voters in this town are concerned, i'm a nobody. well, that's going to change. how do you figure ? because you are going to talk to them every day here at crossroads cafe. that's a great idea. come on. let's start now. what are you doing, victor ? you are going to give a speech. but i'm not prepared. i don't know the first thing about-- ladies and gentlemen. if you will forgive this brief interruption, i would like to introduce you to the next city councilman from the fourth district... and our best customer, jess washington ! - thanks, victor. - shh. shh. hi. i'm jess washington. i guess you know that, since victor just introduced me. is that club sandwich ready yet ? well, anyway i just want to say that if i'm elected, i promise to be the best councilman this city ever had. i can also promise that this city will work for you, instead of against you. thank you

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with this dramatic change in his circumstances, washington would see less of sam. although he was a frequent visitor, host and guest in the cast, the king of the lobby was abdicating his crown, pulling up stakes 20 years after he first blew into town. knew in the chips, sam had his stationary with the compass pointing to sw, in boston gold rather than the thres expensive royal purple you see here in this 1872 letter. with money to spend, sam's gift giving took on staggering dimensions. he had always sent kasks of olive oil, bottles of sauce, baskets of peaches to family and friend and strangers he met on the street. but now for his sister, he paid off the mortgage for the ranch she loved, for julia there was a house as well. in 1880, sam bought her a hand some townhouse in boston. there were bookcases for one niece, a pearl neck lace for another, a salve ier pen dant for another, boxes of cigars, wheels of cheese, bottle of wine for every one. sam wrote julia explicit instructions for for handling the wine he was sending her in 1881. in the summer of 1880, the lett

closer to washington, those areas are in green, generally in the upper 60s in washington and the nearby suburbs, southeast of washington and around the chesapeake bay. the dark green areas are still in the 50s, a cool start there. in fact we're going to have a chilly start tomorrow morning, i'll talk about it coming up. for the rest of the afternoon, enjoy. mostly sunny, mild, just a few of those light breezes out of the northeast around 10 to 20 miles per hour. temperatures climbing into the low to mid 70s. by mid afternoon. look at the chilly weather for tonight. we'll look at changes for the weekend and into next week in just a couple of minutes. >>> we're going to check on the midday traffic now with danella sealock who joins us with the latest. any problems, danella? >> if you're taking the beltway, the outer loop as you make your way past van dorn, we have road work set up and blocking the right lane, and it's a mess at van dorn street. these cars barely moving on the outer loop of the beltway. i can give you a travel speed if you're heading to the wilgsen bridge in this area from

the 8 washington street represents the wrong kind of change. it destroys a vibrant, existing community. there was no initiation fee when i joined the gateway. my husband and i love the fact that be regularly meet new friends at the gateway. gateway is unlike any other kennedy center were i have spent time. -- unlike any other community center where i have spent time. it is a place where i can spend time your children and elderly alike. it is a gem in the crown of san francisco. the washington street project is not a community center. not a space for family tennis. not an adequate space for a recreational meeting place. i urge you to reject the 8 washington street project. thank you. >> good evening. i am an attorney and business owner in san francisco. i am a member of golden gate club. i wanted to vote no on the project. we love this beautiful community. what are you doing? building 100 units and ruining a wonderful community of over 3000 people? building a home to ruin a community does not make any sense. one thing that really upsets me, i se

and in hd, this is "good morning washington" on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the morning to you washington. it is thursday, may 10. after another damp start out there. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. glad to be with you. we will have a check on your traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we would check with adam caskey. birth, lisa baden. >> we are rocking on the highway this morning. in virginia across the wilson bridge two racks on the beltway. problems with metro rail with a track problem outside the silver spring station. red line customers have been additional weight. the foggy bottom entrance escalator is out of service. here we are moving nicely on the beltway at connecticut ave. >> lisa, i am always rocking the red in the weather center. supporting the caps with my party. we are witnessing the sunrise this morning. one minute and 11 seconds ago. a cloud still shrouding out that early morning sun. it will be a bright and sunny day. cordis outside. 60 degrees. morningside mar

it's washington-centric. it's new york-centric. and you know, that's not what's on people's minds so much. and we need to find a way to start reflecting the reality of the country. but back to your question about political bias, i don't think that's ever been a huge problem in the press. you know, newspapers, historically, have been owned by republican families, but the coverage has never reflected it. you know, we've got more channels, more television channels, more media than ever before. and certainly the internet has opened up all kinds of new opportunities. and yet, on the other hand, the idiot culture you've written about, the sensationalism, gives us a different-- a new level of shallowness, i suppose, in some ways. are americans better informed today than they were, let's say, during the height of watergate? no. but by choice. the ability to be better informed is there. anybody in this country, because of the web, can be informed in a way they never could have been at the time of watergate. if you want to find out-- today t

host: that's ed in ken wick, washington. -- keno wick, washington. there's another article in the "washington times" -- back to the phones. pam is on our line for democrats. good morning, pam. caller: yes, good morning. this is a very complicated issue. about 10 years ago, i worked at a convenience store in upstate new york. there was no supermarket for 15 miles in either direction. kids and parents would come in with food stamps to buy food. and what they bought was candy and soda and all the junk food that everybody's talking about because we didn't sell broccoli, for example. so it's a complicated situation when poor people who don't have a car can't get to a supermarket. they have food stamps and they need to feed themselves. they're going to buy boxed macaroni and cheese, for example, which is a terrible thing to eat as the previous call said. it's a poison. so it's a really complicated situation. i don't know the answer except i myself would color code food stamps. i would make green for vegetables and so forth and the food stamps, you could on

reporting live in northwest washington, tahman bradley, abc 7 news. >> thanks so much. the man who hit and killed a scooter driver last september will be sentenced today. 22-year-old michael dalton pleaded guilty to slamming into this quarter on rockville pike and dragging it up to a mile before police stopped him. 30-year-old roberto nassar was killed. dalton smelled strongly of alcohol and did not pass a field sobriety test. jurors returned a guilty verdict against a maryland woman for the hit and run death of a senate candidate? in prince george's county in 2010. mutassim pettigrew was riding her bicycle and christy littleford hit her and kept driving home with the bag wedged under the suv. littleford said that she thought she had hit a deer, but jurors did not. not it's >> this was a beautiful young woman who lost her life and was left on the side of the road in a very inhumane act. >> prosecutors say that littleford could receive 10 years in prison. pettigrew's mother is filing a civil suit. sentencing is on august 3. >> the family of chuck brown and the office of

side. >> good morning, washington. it is wednesday, may 9. 6:00 a.m., overnight rain to make a soggy start to the day. i am cynne simpson. i am steve chenevey. . we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey has the forecast in a second. let's start with lisa baden and the wet roads. >> three separate direct on the beltway in montgomery county is what we started with. everything was moved. we have delays because of a track problem at franconia station. this is a picture of 270. southbound travel, more of it. the pavement is wet. it's not raining. >> 6:01 right now in the belfort furniture weather center. there's a little rain to in southern maryland, spotsylvania. low clouds over the district, a dreary start to the debt. there is the kennedy center on the lower left side of the screen. there's light rain shown in the green color on the doppler the staff. for a, fredericksburg, king george, a few sprinkles on southbound 95 and. the eastern shore, a few sprinkles. more widespread showers and storms lat

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chairman, for your continued focus on this, washington and alaska, i would say washington, alaska, oregon and california, hawaii, are all very united in our concern over the economic impacts that tsunami debris can have to our region. our state, washington state's coastal economy produces $10.8 billion in economic activity and it supports over 165,000 jobs. so anything that threatens that coastal economy is something we're going to pay a lot of attention to. so, we're here today to talk about how we're going to get a response from noaa on what is this threat, the measurement of the threat and what the response splan to that threat. a few short weeks ago we marked the one-year anniversary of the devastating tsunami in japan and the people of washington state, because of our connection with japan, have a great sense of loss and we remember those people who have lost their lives. seeing that devastation, when the waters rolled back and we saw what happened, shocked many people, not just in america but around the world. and so it has become clear to us what unbelievable economic damage can ha

"good morning washington" continues right now at 6:00. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> we want to wish you a very good morning. a beautiful start to this monday morning. it's memorial day may 28. if already seen the sun rise. i'm steve chenevey. >> i'm autria godfrey. a beautiful way to start the day. we will get started with traffic and weather. we will check in with steve hershorn in a moment but adam caskey, first. >> the deadline will be the heat and humidity. it will be near 90 degrees and monday as well with high humidity. it will feel like the mid 90's. -- muggy as well. there's another picture of the sunrise. high temperature of 90 degrees at 4:00 or 5:00 p.m., but it will feel like the mid 90's when you factor in the humidity. there's a heat advisory for the counties shaded in orange and a 30% chance of a late-day thundershower. they should be few and far between. don't cancel your outdoor plants. just keep an eye to the sky later on today. i will have more on extended forecast in a few minutes. now back to steve for traffic. >> still looking

just west of washington.ependent upon this boundary moving to the northeast later on today as expected. sometimes these boundaries do not follow the forecast exactly. they get hung up for a little bit or do not move as far as expected. if that happens, temperatures will be a little bit cooler than expected. right now, we are expecting a low to mid 80's. warmer tomorrow. close to the upper 80's. a better chance for showers and storms tomorrow afternoon. some could be strong or severe. a daily storm chance in the afternoon through saturday. by sunday and monday, cooling down back into the mid 50's. 70's par highs in -- on sunday and monday. busted to lisa. >> happy to say we are in good shape as far as beltway travel. eastbound on 66, everything is good. 95 northbound has a minor collision before the hov entrance in dumfries, but is moved onto the shoulder. the beltway has started off with a couple of racks and overnight construction but everything is gone. also good on the virginia side. >> 5:53 and 64 degrees

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and i have to say something nice about martha washington. i liked martha. >> she's a very nice lady. >> mary washington, not so much. >> i think she wouldn't disagree if we sort of mention that she didn't have a taste for the role, right? so, she said she at some point felt like a prisoner. >> state prisoner. >> state prisoner. but she acknowledged right away, though, that there was something going on, that she understood that the american experiment was more than just politics. or politics in a different way. so, she began right away even though she didn't care for it, would rather be at home at mt. vernon, she began wondering about protocol. and in her own way began toprot. because the founders understood it's not enough to have a constitution and a set of laws, we needed to remake life, life in an american way. and the ladies of that class talked about forming what they called an american manner. and by manner, they didn't mean teacups and what fork to use, but a way ofbeing and treating each other. and as you pointed out, abby gal adams

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here's a look at a sunrise over washington. consider the clouds in the distance and we will have a mixture of sun and clouds and total sunshine tomorrow and it will feel like summer today but more like spring tomorrow. this is a great time lapse. look at the moment rising -- moon rising over annapolis. here's a live look at arlington 62 degrees bright sunshine overhead and there is the skyline of the quarter's record house. it is clear locally. the visibility is down. cumberland is reporting 0 visibility. 65 degrees in washington and cooler off to the west. here's a wider view and there is an area of low pressure that is pushing our way from the midwest to the great lakes. behind this will be some noticeably less humid drier and more comfortable air setting the stage for a perfect spring-like weather for the next couple of days but until then, warm and muggy today, a slight chance of a late day shower and 85 degrees. it is looking good into the weekend. >> that is not bad. 6:22 and 62 degrees outside coming up, why you want to

martha washington knew that. when she arrived in new york, as much as she loved her satins and silks, she arrived wearing homespu homespun. >> she also had lovely white gowns to signal the roman republic. she combined lavished outfits. pink satins and things that look suspiciously like a crown. tiara. some of them. but she had this down home quality sweetness. there wasn't a word for that in the early republic. these are people who thought one party should rule. unfortunately two groups of people fight this. they didn't have a sense of working together. it was going to be the hallmark of democracy with two parties. dolly madison knew it would be to bring people together, make them behave and let them begin to see each other as people of good heart. not caricatures of evil. at the time washington didn't really exist. so we're in the boardinghouses with people who thought exactly like them. and so they didn't have the discussions with other people who might not be exactly like minded, except in social settings. >>

current temperature, 79 in washington.egrees there. 81 in leesburg. 82 in huntingtown. camp springs the rain on your door step right now, your temperature right now at 81 degrees. here is the rain in a rather strong thunderstorm, not severe. i'm not too worried about this but we are looking at some lightning out of this around waldorf right now on top of waldorf, numerous lightning strikes here right around 301 and we'll zoom in a little farther here or a little closer. you can see mount vernon also seeing some of that rain. fort belvoir still raining on you. middle town road around berry, along 228 and 301 so right where 228 and 301 meet is where some of the heaviest rain is. also some showers around smallwood drive. these are going to continue to make their way off toward the east. you'll hit 5, route 5 coming up here in about the next 15 to 20 minutes. overnight lows 67 in washington. 60 in leesburg. 61 in manassas. there will be a few showers and thunderstorms throughout the evening into the overnight hours. tomorrow n