washington, after other engagements around long island and washington could have gone with the lex telionis. it could have been an eye for an eye. but what he did with strong urging of members of the continental congress was to declare what he called a policy of humanity. that the hessian captives would be entitled to some of their rights that the american revolution was all about. they would be entitled to the right to life. that was very different from the law of porter in 18th century warfare. they were treated decently to their surprise. and this news spread rapidly around the world. we had a man now in paris as the news reached europe, and it was benjamin franklin and he published essays on all of this and the idea of humanity began to spread. it wasn't universally observed in other parts of the american revolution, but the continental army tried to do that all the way into the campaigns of the 1780s. after the battle of calpins, when daniel morgan fought the group that was most hated in the revolution, tarleton's raiders. he wrote a letter up the chain of command and said we treated t

how did the battle of washington, burning of washington, set up the battle of fort mchenry? >> the british originally didn't want to go to fort mchenry to capture baltimore and then changed their minds. it took almost a week for them to change their minds. had they gone immediately, many baltimoreans forecast that the city -- afterwards, even in correspondence before the battle of northpoint, that baltimore would have fallen. they were unprepared. they were demoralized. what happened after washington, it galvanized americans. everybody wanted to pay back. especially those who had been in the area. so when the british descended on baltimore, three weeks later, after having been in washington, there were 15,000 defendants. they'd swarmed in from surrounding counties and eastern pennsylvania and virginia. old men, young men. it was raining hard. the eastern hills, which were heavily fortified, were slashed with sudden trenches and even though the men were wet and tired and rung gri, they were itching for payback. that's wap it did. it fired them up. >> we talk about the burning

and the worst of it happened when a large part of washington's army was surrounded at fort washington, which was at the northern tip of manhattan. the cloisters today. washington was across the hudson river in new jersey watching as that army was defeated and forced to surrender and then worse than that, after the men surrendered particularly those riflemen who had been shooting the officers of the british forces, a good many of those riflemen were beaten up and some of them were put to the sword as washington watched helplessly from the other side of the hudson. the palisades. washington irving, who wrote one of the first and i think one of the best biographies of george washington, interviewed the people that were there. they told him that washington burst into tears of helplessness and frustration. it was the lowest point of what had happened. he had been responsible for that. it was his decision to defend that indefensible fort. and he began, and others around him, to wonder if this man was up to his job. and there were grave thoughts that maybe he would have to be replaced. and t

tonight on "washington week." the jobless rate heads up again. >> you'd expect this deep recession to come back to an aggressive turnaround, and it didn't happen. >> the president ought to get out of the badminton game and get back into the rugby game in front of us. gwen: and the president is thrown on the defensive. >> we're still fighting our way back from the worst economic crisis since the depression. gwen: was the victory tactical or practical? in the wake of a massacre, the international community struggles with the continuing crisis in syria. >> we absolutely deny that the government armed forces had any responsibility in committing such massacres. >> i think, quite simply, it's another blatant lie. gwen: tough times, tough choices. we explain it all with the reporters covering the week -- jim tankersley of "national journal," dan balz of "the washington post" and helene cooper of "the new york times." >> award-winning reporting and analysis covering history as it happens. live from our nation's capitol, t

back to washington. so o.s.b. wahl comes to washington and starts a political career. he sits in the legislature. he becomes the first black justice of the peace. they call him judge from then on. then we see, we see that washington begins to take that inevitable turn toward profound, deep disenfranchisement of blacks and profound segregation. so what is happening for the wahls, which, you know, an elite family, what's happening for the wahls is that their world is circumstan circumscribed to places they cannot go, places they cannot eat. during the period of segregation, as some of us were old enough to have been born then, that the black elites entertained in their homes almost exclusively, when they traveled they stayed in the homes of other blacks because they didn't have public accommodations. tell us about the home, the parties of wahls. >> sure. the wahls had a big, beautiful house that was right next to howard university. >> they sent his children to the schools that howard ran. o.s. about wahl was asked by general otis howard, the namesake for howard universit

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: welcome to this week's roller coaster, or maybe it's not so welcome if you are a democrat. wisconsin republicans set the stage tuesday by fending off a vigorous attempt to recall embattled governor scott walker. both president obama and governor romney remained at arms' length from that battle, but, in victory, walker saw a lesson for both men. >> i think voters coming to the presidential election will want candidates to explain what they'll do, how they'll look out for the next generation more than just getting through this next election. that was clearly said in the election results yesterday. gwen: perhaps that's what we saw today as obama and romney engaged in long-distance battles over who is right about the economy. >> the private sector's doing fine. where we're seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local vernment, oftentimes cuts initiated by, you know, governors or mayors who are not getting the kind of help that they have in the past from the feder

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

morning, washington.e 14, i am steve chenevey. . i am cynne simpson. glad you are waking up with us. we begin with traffic and weather. lisa baden. >> a fatal crash is now gone on interstate 97. accident investigation reconstructed is complete. everything is gone. northbound and southbound are open completely between washington and baltimore. no longer anything to watch. we're watching traffic on 95, red lights northbound. everything is open out of woodbrige up to the pentagon. we will march on over to the weather center with adam caskey. >> it is a comfortable start temperatures in the 50's and a few spots farther west of the metro area. let's look at the numbers on this thursday morning. you will like it outside. you can open the windows this morning. six degrees in sterling. an delma village, 61. 65 in waldorf. 59 in aldie. columbia, 64. we will have clouds around early this morning especially east of the blue ridge. we will break into some sunshine later on today. high temperatures close to 80 today.

, in and about washington. what mcclellan did not tell lincoln was that he had assigned his covering force role so to speak principally to nathaniel banks fifth score, which was then in the shennendoah valley at winchester, hardly in and about washington, d.c. next, mcclellan really expected no trouble from stonewall jackson's small army in the valley, so before he embarked for the peninsula, he ordered banks out of the valley and into this covering force blocking position near monassis junction in and about washington, d.c. so all seemed well and good until jackson attacked the only division of banks that was still in the valley on march 23rd, 1862, at the battle of kernstown. just as this division is remaining division of banks was preparing to leave and move east to washington. as we know, jackson, we all know jackson lost kernstown, a terrible tactical defeat, but it was a strategic victory, because the audacity of his attack suggested the confederates were in greater strength than mcclellan had supposed. s

"good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. glad to be with you on this monday, june 11. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. we begin with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will start with lisa baden. >> we are off to a good start. particularly around the beltway, giving you the green light. all 66 miles running in our favor. overnight construction has been put to bed. looks good in and out. of the out now let's go to the weather with adam caskey. >> it's going to get active tonight and tomorrow. very soggy conditions later tonight and through tuesday. not bad today, 70 in hagerstown 64 in gaithersburg. we reached 92 yesterday at reagan national. it will not be as high today. you will feel the humidity in the air. 88 at 3:00 p.m. with variable cloud cover. more clouds to the west of washington. that is also where we will seek undershorts develop west of the metro later this afternoon and evening. areas of

right after the revolution, they used george washington. during the contentious, early republic dolly took his place. dole used her own self to create a republican queen around whom people could rally. a figure who radiated calm goodness. her queen, dressed royally or at least how most americans imagined how royalty would dress with waving peacock feathers attached to her trademark turbans she figuratively dominated any room. her gorgeous dress and lavish entertainments and sense of ease imparted messages of legitimacy and stability and reassurance to new americans and europeans alike. while people praised dole for her ensembles and her entertainments they regarded most highly what they call herd good heart so she may have been a queen, but as one senator put it she was also a queen of hearts. dolly was famous for being an extraordinary spirit, generous and kind. she made people feel special and everyone marvelled at dolly's ability to never forget a name, a face or a family pedigree. this warmth and courteous consideration were dolly's own

"good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> glad you are with us on this tuesday morning, june 19. good morning, washington. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. rise and shine. traffic and weather every ten minutes, starting with lisa baden. >> shining on 95 in virginia with a crash on the hov lanes in lorton that was blocking the left side. stay the normal course. that should be out of the way by the time you get there. grab a slug. nothing complicated or sluggish across the american legion bridge. good along 270 between father hurley and the beltway. there's a collision on the b-w parkway at the f theornew york /kenilworth ave. and there's a crash rattled island avenue. >> you will notice the humidity today. it will be quite a bit warmer than yesterday. we only reached 71 yesterday in the district and reagan national. we will be well into the 80s today. well into the '90s tomorrow through friday. 69 and now in the district, 67 at dulles

a record 100 degrees at washington dulles. still 10 or higher 104 in washington 102 in frederick. the excessive heat warning indicates the moisture, making it feel warmer. this is what it feels like, 114 in frederick, the nation's capital feels like 110. the next several hours the temperatures only drop into the 90's. late tonight, we will finally have been and of the excessive heat warning at 9:00. after 9:00, we are watching this. it is a fast moving, very long, bowed line of severe thunderstorms, moving at 60, 65 miles per hour, featuring wind gusts of 91 miles per hour, knocking out power over a large portion of indiana and ohio. that is the system we are expecting beginning at 10:00 to the west. 11:00 in the metro area, midnight along the bay severe thunderstorms a possibility. a lot more to report and how many more days of the scorching heat in just a few minutes. >> this record he is dangerous for anybody outside children, the elderly. even people who normally work outside and who may be in good shape physically. natasha barrett continues our coverage live from northwest wa

washington is broken. texas is a good example of what a good government should look like, and i'm proud as a lifelong businessman to have come to austin, to help create the texas miracle, and i want to take that miracle, the strongest economy in the entire country, i want to take it to washington and get our country back to work. >> mr. cruz? >> of course we shouldn't have. we've got a problem in washington. we've got career politicians in both parties that spend the taxpayer money. it's how we've gotten a $16 trillion debt that is bankrupting our country. i don't support bailouts, period. i don't support the bailout of the auto companies. i don't support the bailout of the banks. government shouldn't be in the business of spending taxpayer money to help private corporations. the role of government is to protect our rights, to protect our national security, to ensure rule of law and to stay out of the way and let entrepreneurs create jobs, and that's the problem with washington, is career politicians spend

"good morning washington" continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington" -- on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> rise and shine. 80 6:00 a.m. on wednesday june 20 at the. steve chenevey >> i steve. we start with traffic and weather. first off, we have lisa baden. >> nothing too steamy. we jump right up to newschopper 7 with a live picture of traffic over 66-50 in fair oaks. eastbound traffic -- more action as far as our neighbors. the fantastic run. no major delays between manassas and nully street. now, adam caskey. >> -sticky. we are in the belfort furniture weather center at 6:00 a.m. today will be hot and tomorrow will be hotter. by the weekend temperatures low level -- will level off. 73 in northwest d.c.. vienna, 70. germantown, 73. stafford, 70. we have some areas of fog there in parts of northern virginia. heat advisory through tomorrow afternoon because the heat and humidity will combine to make it feel like it is about 100 to 105. we will be in the 90's from lunchtime all the way to dinner time. we will

a few light showers in the west of washington.en tomorrow we cannot rule out an isolated thundershowers. by sunshine by the weekend with the return of heat and humidity by saturday and sunday, near 90 degrees for the high temperature on sunday. >> everything looks very smooth on 70, 95, heading into baltimore, south into richmond. 270 is hung up between 8109, typical. normal travel times along the interstates and that includes 95. we will take you to loudoun county, where the greenway and the toll road connect together if. that looks good. the underpass is 28 out of sterling to get to centreville, also looking good. metro rail, marc rail, vre on normal service. back to the news desk. we're going to >> the mother of the late whitney houston is now writing a memoir. >> of cissy houston will chronicle her daughter's life, career, and sudden death in a new book. it is being released and she hopes to give the fans something they can treasure. the book is currently entitled and is due out early next year. we have good news to share with

also spots like it for washington. closing over the river. we have tapped into the weatherbug network. but that the wind gusts 71, dulles airport. after being 100 degrees the temperature has dropped 30 degrees. in rockville, 70 degrees now. the rainfall is not that significant, it is the wind. 70 miles per hour downtown washington. again, the wide area view of this ferocious storm that is coming through. here is the live doppler. calvert county, spots like dunkirk, there are some many people who have lost power that i would say if you are in front of this storm, seen the lightning and the wind coming through with it widespread damage, expect to lose power. i know that you do not want to hear that after hearing the temperature of 104 degrees and the searing heat, but the small positive is the temperature has dropped dramatically. we get the rain. unfortunately, this could happen again tomorrow with another line of strong storms. although i don't think anything like this will be happening tomorrow. once again because of the heat and that the hu

then i would be thinking about madison and washington. there was some great human beings there that did a lot. >> luther martin? >> there is a great quote i found and used when some guy said you should hear about luther martin but you shouldn't see him. he drank a lot. apparently had really bad table manners. his clothes were usually spotted with food. i am not positive i need to see luther. >> edwards gary stuttered? >> that's pretty unanimous that he stuttered. >> anybody else have not very good speech? >> well, it was oratorical era so if you weren't good at it they noticed it. there was a fellow frlansing fr new york and there were several delegates who were put down as not speaking well and didn't speak that often. gary was unique in that he didn't speak well and he spoke a lot. >> is there another book for you out of some way or something you learned in this process? >> not directly at the moment. i am interested in my next project on the impeachment trial of andrew johnson. one of the things that i came away from this book feeling

"good morning washington" with cynne simpson and steve chenevey. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> ticking our top stories testimony resumes today in the child sex abuse trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. one of his alleged victims testified history about how he molested him tried to and ensure his silence, and send him creepy letters. another alleged victim is expected to take the stand today. the polls will soon open in virginia, 45 minutes from now where voters will choose candidates for local and congressional races. the biggest contests, the u.s. senate race, expected to pit tim kaine against former republican senator george allen. u.s. commerce secretary john bryson says he will take a medical leave of absence after he was allegedly involved in a series of hit and run accident in california on the weekend. he was found unconscious in his car after the crash as. the white house said that he had a seizure. we're not sure what the cat owner is using for let

"good morning washington "continues now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> rise and shine, washington at 6:00 a.m. on this thursday jan 28. >> we start with traffic and weather every 10 minutes. talk about bringing the heat, here is adam caskey. >> this is marking the beginning of a new heat wave today, back in the mid 90's today and 100 over the next few days. spend as much time as possible in the air conditioning. those of you who work outdoors, i have somebody for you. tomorrow will be worse. there is a nice look at the sun rise over fairfax. 53 degrees in fairfax and 59 in aldie, virginia. mostly sunny today, mid 90's, it will be hot but not too humid tomorrow we will have heat and humidity and there is an excessive heat watch for tomorrow because it will feel like 110 degrees for the heat index. we'll talk about that in detail coming up. >> 95, 66 and quiet on the beltway in good on 395 leaving the belt way to get to the 14th street bridge, nothing complicated at the roosevelt bridge and good for maryland commuters. >> an investigation is under

good morning, washington. it's thursday, june 21. i am natasha barrett, in for cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. glad to be with you. we start on this thursday with traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden in a moment. first, adam caskey. this is your day, anddam. >> what do you mean? i am a snow lovers. -- lover. if it were not for the heat and humidity, i would not appreciate the snow as much. there is a hazy sun rise over laurel this morning, already 78 degrees at the high school. 77 in august washington. 71 in germantowvienna. 69 degrees in newington. hazy, hot, humid, summertime in washington. it will feel like 102 to 108 with an air temperature near 100. slight chance of an thundershowers west of washington. now to lisa baden. >> i was thinking about you when i was watering the plants on the deck yesterday adam. loving life. 95 in maryland, in virginia, giving you the green light across the wilson bridge, the american legion bridge, no extra travel time needed on the greenway, 66 270, and on 50 in maryland. now to

can you see what "the washington post" is doing next. we're doing thing tez convention and other things like cyber security and medical innovation. but very importantly, the bar is open. and i urge you to go to the sixth floor break in rooms and you can see portraits there. thank you, ben. [ applause ] >> benjamin la troeb worked closely with president james madison to refine the look and function of the early white house. mr. latrobe position is subject of a talk by leslie jones, collection manager at the white house historical association which is headquartered in lafayette square. this program is 45 minutes. >> good evening, folks. if i could urge you to find some seats. we may get more chairs if we need. to i think there are some empty seats around f you'll all try to get a seat, that will be great and we can start. we are excited to celebrate the bicentennial or war of 1812. this is the first program in that long celebration. this evening's talk, oh, the terrible velvet curtains and the madisons decorate the president's house is bei

of course, that is what we have at 8 washington. secondly, right after that plan and came into being, then came the waterfront design. and this kind of elaborated this plan. and this is the importance of one day reuniting the waterfront as a whole, and so with those two documents, both of which come from the 1990's but are still important today, i think you have got every good reason to vote in favor of this plan. thank you. chair mar: thank you, ms. levine. next speaker. >> i participated in the northeast steading and the embarcadero steady, and out of that process, i started this organization to try to bring non financially interested parties together, whether that the people who were not homeowners or those who are not connected with the community. i think it is important to have more voices at the table. as part of the study, ultimately, it was decided that a bunch of 84-foot-tall buildings were not the best for the site. there is a presentation of how to ste down plan is important. it is inappropriate because it respects the si

us for a look at business and financece here in the washington region. let'ss do it the twist. ben bernanke comtting billions of dollars to operation twist. moody's took a whack at the credit rating of 15 major banks which could make it more expensive for you to rrow money. and turning sour over the worry about spain. in d.c., council members decided who would take over key positions followining the downfall of kwame brown. we wilill have those topics and more for a roundtable. first, we will focus o on the company that has become the ast of the beverage industry. arealking about total wine & more th largest independent retatailer of a fine wine. david and robe tro opened two win retailers and then opened several ofheir own. we are glad to have with u david and robert tronene. welcome to "washington business report." david, t oldldest, robert is the youngest. whose idea was it? >> a joint idea of. >> at what age? >> we stard in 1991 as a beer business in pennsylvania. then we got into wine a spirits. we were probably 28, 30 years old? >> you bototh were

a gesture towards china is that in a way then a snub towards washington. well it's not would use not because they're not really getting you know as you as your previous. segment showing they are getting mediated not only that but they where they are they're not getting. this so going to is not getting respected by the united states . number is is absolutely amazing and sort of tells it all seventy five percent of pakistani obsolete that nine eleven was an inside job but there's a value is well and that is quickly showing of what's going on in pakistan so the population in pakistan is completely against the u.s. so they are again you know many of those people in pakistan are benefiting from all that aid that the u.s. is providing pakistan so the authorities there is not about finding cells that fade difficult position don't they i mean they have to rely on that aid as well as obviously being harsh against washington foreign policy well absolutely but the help in question is mainly growing and it's been growing for decades to the military it's not going to t

good morning, washington continues now. >> >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning washington, it is wednesday, june 27. >> it is a beautiful looking morning and we will begin with your traffic and weather every 10 minutes. we'll check in with lisa baden but first, here is adam caskey. >> it is another great morning. it is the last really comfortable day with load humidity and high temperatures will be warmer than yesterday but denies refreshing breeze of the northwest. it will be able gusty to day like yesterday. temperatures will be about 5 degrees warmer. 57 degrees in manassas. mostly sunny again today warm, in the mid to upper 80's and breezy at times but low humidity. all that is changing starting tomorrow. i will be back with your extended forecast. >> everything is changing and the volume is starting to grow. traffic patterns change this time of year with vacation time. everything is running in our favor right now around the beltway and interstate travel look good. look at the quiet traffic on the belt way through bethesda and tyson's a

what we have too much of in washington is spending. there are a lot of things that the federal government is doing for misspending standpoint that just needs to stop. the american people know this. we borrow 40 cents on every $1 spent. you cannot continue that. families cannot do that. businesses cannot do that. governments cannot do that. >> yet, when your party had control of the house and the white house, passing a medicare plan the two wars that the president talked about last week saying there was no way to pay for i iraq, afghanistan, and medicare part d, is that a mistake? >> i was not here when the decisions were made. >> was a mistake of the party? >> what i can tell leavis prior to the democrats taking a toll of the house and senate in the 2006 time frame and prior to this president coming into office, the deficits were about $150 billion, not $1.50 trillion. the fact of the matter is the economy was growing and it was expanding. the revenue the federal government had been the path to getting on a balanced budget was clear. t

the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i yield as much time as he may consume to the author of this legislation, the gentleman from oregon, mr. walden. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon. mr. walden: thank you, chairman hastings, for your support and, ranking member grijalva, thank you for your comments on this legislation. it's commonsense, central oregon jobs and water security act. the bill we have before us today will create jobs in central oregon, remove government red tape, it will protect family farmers and improve both water flows and improvement of water quality for food and wildlife, all without costing taxpayers one cent. we made it completely cost neutral. now, the city of prineville is the county seat of crook county. it's located in the heart of oregon and along the crooked river. it was the hardest hit of the economic downturn where unemployment even today, even today is at over 14%, one of the highest rates, if not the highest in the state of or

fort washington, 49.s a chill in the air normal forth what is of year in early june. 54 in bristow, 53 in arlington. high temperature of 75 this afternoon. the windows open to let in fresh air, low humidity. sprinkles here and there day, especially west of the metro. lisa. northly in the morning, on 95 is great. is good all the way to fredericksburg. 95, virginia, hottest ticket in town, no problems up to the marine base. minor crash on the inner loop of the beltway in virginia near braddock

building in washington, d.c. this portion is about 45 minutes. >> good evening, everyone and welcome. i'm mary jordan the editor of washington post live, which is a division of the newspaper cho organizes forums and debates. a very special thanks tonight to washington post chairman don graham and the publisher our hosts. a big thank you to the owner of this historic building that turned over the top floor to us tonight despite their renovations. this evening is a rare gathering of key players in the quarter great scandals. along those on stage, there's a lot of people in audience who loomed large in watergate. i see a couple of them there, alexander butterfield, the man who revealed that there was a taping system in the oval office came all the way from california for tonight. [ applause ] and earl silver. former u.s. attorney for the district of columbia who prosecuted quite a few of the president's men. for the first time there's a discussion of watergate with those deeply involved in it in the watergate. it wa

the best test is about 10:30 11:00, the washington mr. roh -- the washington metro area. if you are away from the tv, wjla.com is a way to keep up. tonight, the wind and torrential downpours. these are fast-moving storms. they will come and go, but that could leave issues. the next seven days, about 100 degrees tomorrow, 100 as the record high. we could tie or a close to breaking it. chance of storms in the afternoon or evening. sunday, upper 90's, near 100 another chance of late afternoon, evening storms. with this air mass, any storm could be heavy or severe. we back into the upper 90's on monday. then we slowly back to the low 90's tuesday wednesday partly cloudy skies for the fourth. >> it is sad when 94 looks nice and cool. big news coming from hollywood. tom cruise and katie holmes are calling it quits. people magazine report after five years of marriage, they're getting divorced. tom cruise married her back in 2006 and they have a 6-year-old daughter together. they say this is a private matter and their primary concern remains their daughter. no word on why they ar

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"good morning washington" continues now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it is 6:00 on this wednesday june 13. thanks for joining us, i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. a great shot of the jefferson memorial. traffic and weather every ten minutes. lisa baden. >> starting with newschopper 7, flying over 66. first, where everybody merges off 50. looks like they're merging with other neighbors. slowdown on 50 at 28 centreville and now merging at 50 fair oaks. open at the dunn loring metro. looks good across the roosevelt bridge. we will have more from newschopper 7, but now to adam caskey in the weather center. >> expect a lot of sunshine today, temperatures a little below average today through the weekend. we only made it to the upper 70's yesterday around the beltway. i love the sun rise in washington. a beautiful city with a beautiful sunrise. high, thin clouds. clouds moving out of town. anticipated good amount of sunshine on this wednesday. 67 in arlington 61 in inwood. 50 degrees or so tomorrow in spots. high

the weather service from washington will go up there. they will make their priority list of what they will investigate. they will look at the damage, all of the data that they have and they will make a determination. what size tornado, what strength of wind cause the damage. that is how they do it for every tornado. >> what would you suggest about travel in our area this evening? >> we have seen the flooding in the city. that is the biggest problem. they have more torrential downpours coming across the area. i would say do not travel unless you have to. this is going to happen over and over. the whole area is under a flash flood watch and the entire metro area is under a flash flood warning. lightning, that was a big concern. even if it was not raining there was so much lightning that it would be a danger just to the exposed area like the ballpark. >> in my opinion, don't do it. you know your neighborhood better than we do. if there are any flood-prone areas, expected to be flooding. there is an example of the lightning. >> what directio

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"good morning washington continues -- "good morning washington" continues right now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington" -- on your side. >> rise and shine. it is 6:00 a.m. on thursday,i june 7,am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. we start things off with traffic and weather. let us get things started with lisa baden. >> there was a crash between 8109 p. we have the growing volume on 95 northbound. here is the picture. no worries to report right now beyond on 395. if you take metrorail or the virginia real way, things are running in your favor. always in your favor, adam caskey. >> the weather is in our favor. a bright sunshine. crisp, comfortable morning temperatures. at least relative to early june standards. 50's. a beautiful picture early this morning in fairfax. currently in the 50's everywhere. 51 in leesburg. 53 in clarksburg. 58 in frederick. 50 degrees in west virginia. frostburg, upper 40's. 49. near 80 this afternoon. if you degrees below average for this time of year. low humidity. just a few thundershowers any time between 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. just