we have people like maria lambert, george baptiste, william webb, -- you can go on and on in terms of these pioneering abolitionists. they were joined some extent to fight abolitionist man of them being quakers because we and lambert had been schooled and educated and lived among the quakers when we left trenton new jersey and arrived in detroit. he for me is a phenomenal individual because he was like one of the main conductors of the underground railroad. i know in my classes in new york city when i talked about the underground railroad the first thing in their mind is the a train. or the d train. you know as terms of the metaphorical way this is the byway in which these here fugitive slaves, to get away from bondage, to get away from so-called particular institution and end up in detroit. so this year and dwight's sculpture symbolizes the people and certainly after 850, we had the fugitive slave law when the actors passed it meant that although and we have the blackburn case, the blackburn affair. these runaway fugitives who arrived from louisville kentucky they thought they'd foun

when you have people like william lambert, george debaptiste, william webb, hadson lightfoot -- madison lightfoot, i mean, you can go on and on in terms of these pioneering abolitionists. they were joined at some extent by the white abolitionists, many of them being quakers because we in lambert had been schooled and educated and lived among the quakers when he left trenton, new jersey, and arrived in detroit. he, for me, is just a phenomenal be individual because he was like one of the main conductors of the underground railroad. i know in my classes in new york city when i talk about the underground railroad, the first thing it brings to their mind is a train, you know, the d train. [laughter] you know, coulson whitehead has done his thing in terms of the metaphorical treatment of the underground railroad. but this was a process, the biway in which, you know, these here fiewblgtive slaves -- fugitive slaves could get away from bondage, get away from the so-called peculiar institution and end up in detroit. so this here, ed dwight's sculpture, it symbolizes the people. and certainly af

lambert. >> reporter: police in prince william's county say a 13-year-old boy attacked a 36-year-old woman over in fairfax county, we're talking to a self-defense expert and he'll tell us how we can stay safe. >>> president trump unveiled his new military strategy in afghanistan. the president delivered his prime time address before service members at fort myer in virginia. he didn't specifically say if he would boost troop levels but said america will can't to have a presence in the country. the president also admonished pakistan saying the u.s. will no longer be silent if pakistan >>> let's take a look at the weather, it was active and scary earlier with the warnings and the watches. sue palka has it calmed down out there >> it sure has, and isn't it amazing all that popped up right after the partial phases of the eclipse finished? can't get over it. what am i going to talk about for the rest of the week by the way now that the eclipse was over. if you were watching and spent any time outside, you know, how hot these numbers felt. we got up to 90 at reagan, but felt so much warmer, dulles, 89

live in northwest, evan lambert, fox 5 local news. >>> prince william's county were investigating a possibleime that target add church in dumb frees. say they found these signs on the entrance on sunday. the signs show the cover of a german magazine depicting president trump as a member of the kkk with the words now that's white power. day of the rope is coming inward. the community and the church members aren't just outraged, they're horrified. >> very disturbing. disturbing for not just for the other churches, there's a lot in this area but for people of color that we have to go through this, like taking us back to the 50's and 60's. >> members were disappointed that it took police hours to respond. >> more transgender troops are fighting president trump's plan to ban them from service. the aclu is now suing the trump administration over the military ban. one federal lawsuit was filed in baltimore on behalf of six transgender members of the armed forces. another was filed in seattle by a gay rights group in washington state. lawsuits allege the ban violates equal and free speech. president

lambert, fox5 local news. >> a nurse in prince william county is behind bars tonight for allegedly sexually assault ing one of his patients. sixteen year old frederick abeau oh has been a registered nurse for 16 years. he worked in and august 24 you you you beau a inappropriately touched a 39 year old female patient more than once. at this point it's unclear if there are more victims. there may be someone out there who may have more info talk to if they have that. but at this point we don't believe there are any additional victims at this hospital. any time you're in a situation like that where you're involved with a doctor's office, a medical procedure or anything and you feel that something inappropriate has occurred we encourage you to ul contact us right away. we've reached out to the hospital but we have not heard back. you be a is now facing sexuallyual assault charges and is now being held without bond. a man accused of taking pictures up a woman's skirt. see the guy wearing a black shirt and jeans and sunglasses. the woman says she was standing in a checkout line when a man held his phone under her de

church leaders who were affiliated with abolitionist movement but nothing more profound than william lambert his story that would make a fascinating femme to see the kind of stuff he went through the mystery system that he put together. they have a coating of -- kind of a secret code secret language you know they had trained all of these individuals on the underground railroad incase you encountered bounty hunters out there so instructive and later on his involvement with st. matthews church and his involvement in the educational process, working with people like fanny richtds who was pioneering black woman in terms of the first african-american to teach so-called public school system here. so we have this conjunction you know, and it's going to be a collaborative situation from one generation to another spurred on by the other. did you know taken kind of being influence and enthusiasm for the break will yous occurring in the previous generation. we're going to see that happening time and time again and this whole odyssey of black detroit. you can watch this and other programs online at book