of course before -- this is before yorktown but yorktown of course is the concluding battle of the revolutionary war. so this is a members of the j y jurier addition to our collection and wonderful to have it hanging here to yet another image of washington. we've looked briefly at these patientings but they require much more time really to understand what the artist had in mind and what tools he has used to create that image and all of the details that he has included. you noticed some paintings that it's very little, very simple, some of the stewart paintings have very little black and white paint and yet he has been able to create an image that's very believable. then you have seen others by charles wilson peel, the for tralt of john boringly that has so many al gore cal references and so many information if you take the time to look and understand it. it just requires bringing a fresh eye and trying to understand what the artist has been -- has tried to do. >> this was the second of a two-part look at marn portraits at the national gallery of art. you can view this and all other american hist

of course before -- this is before yorktown but yorktown of course is the concluding battle of the revolutionary war. so this is a members of the j y jurier addition to our collection and wonderful to have it hanging here to yet another image of washington. we've looked briefly at these patientings but they require much more time really to understand what the artist had in mind and what tools he has used to create that image and all of the details that he has included. you noticed some paintings that it's very little, very simple, some of the stewart paintings have very little black and white paint and yet he has been able to create an image that's very belile

this is yorktown, of course, before yorktown, but of course that was the concluding battle of the revolutionary war. this is a major addition to our collection and it is wonderful , to addit hanging here another image of washington. we have looked briefly at these paintings, but they require much more time to understand what the artist had in mind, and what tools he has used to create that image and all of the details that he has included. you notice some paintings there is very little, very simple. there is very little black and white paint, but he has been able to create an image that is very believable. and hissing others by charles wilson peel, a portrait, that has so many allegorical references, and so much information and it if you only take the time to look and understand it. it just requires bringing a fresh eye and trying to understand what the artist tried to do. >> this was the second of a two-part look of american portraits at the national gallery of art. you can you be of this and all other american history tv programs at our website www.c-span.org/history. ♪ returns y ♪ >> first l

he lives here in yorktown heights. this school serves several hundred students, all of them 4th and 5th graders. but according to investigators it's computer, it's what he sent from his home computer that prompted authorities to take him in to custody. >> reporter: allison fastiggi can't wrap her mind around it. >> it's really sad. it's unfortunate. he's a really nice guy and i feel bad for his kids and his family. >> reporter: she's talking about her 5th grade son's band teacher, jeffrey whalen. yesterday investigators with the westchester county da's office arrested the 45-year-old on charges he possessed and distributed child pornography. >> mr. whalen, it's joe torres from channel 7 eyewitness news. >> reporter: the accused teacher was at his yorktown heights home this morning but only said "no comment" from behind his front door. in a statement, the district superintendent told us mr. whalen was not working in the district tuesday and will be on administrative leave pending the disposition of further proceedings.

, anchored off yorktown. dunmoreinth of june, was a governor without a colony. he was forced to wage a campaign to reassert his authority. the hms otter. the line drawings are the original drawings from the national maritime museum in greenwich, or they have the ships drawings. she was commanded by matthew squire. she becomes a major player in the battle of the chesapeake naval forcethe only in the chesapeake. george colyer became the commander of british forces in america on the fourth of april, 1779. he recognizes the wisdom of the dunmore and jeremy black plan. he was not the only one. the british government had concluded that war in america should be reduced to a maritime, concentrating the resources on the rebel support, resulting in a conflict which weariness might then draw both sides towards a compromise. commodoreolyer -- colyer immediately advocated in attack, he met with general clinton and they planned an attack. colyer and brigadier general an attackunched against rebels in the massachusetts the

in yorktown the monthly school report for 1867 shows a school opened in november of 1866 thanks to the assistance of the friends freedmen association. it was one white teacher, 40 male students. at 12 of the age of 16 and 15 of them could spell and read easy lessons. there is a clandestine network of people who are instructing. 45 of the students were listed as advance readers. 65 students were being instructed in writing. none of these students were free before the civil war. the same yorktown school, the population of students had exploded. 261 male students and 321 female students. on september 30 1866, the assistant superintendent of that district stated there were school supported by northern benevolent organization's, at a private school, top by an educated and intelligent colored man. the only thing to be insured that blacks were being treated fairly. some contracts were very detailed, like the one between nelson walker and samuel usher. that is what it was called in the 1860's. walker was to be paid 120 dollars one year for working at the institution. the payments would be give

it was the town of yorktown. cbs 2's dick brennan has this story new at 5:30. >> ply sons are in the school here. i -- my sons are in the school here. i get all the town alerts. >> reporter: a pitch for a candidate for office. she wondered how she got the name. >> it's good i got the information but not happy they gave out my name. >> reporter: how did the name of people who signed up for yorktown's email list wound up being given to a political campaign? it's easy. the town gave it to them. >> parents give their emergency phone contact numbers to the school district to contact them for official communication from the school district as far as the children are concerned. they don't give that phone number to the school district to pass it out to people to communicate to them to solicit anything. >> reporter: republicans say democrats got the list from an improper use of a freedom of information request from the town but democrats say everything was legitimate. >> the email addresses were obtained legally. they wer

one month later, the same yorktown school, the population of students had exploded. 261 male students and 321 female students. on september 30, 1866, the assistant superintendent of that district stated there were school supported by northern benevolent organizations, at a private school, taught by an educated and intelligent colored man. the only thing to be insured that blacks were being treated fairly. some contracts were very detailed, like the one between nelson walker and samuel usher. that is what it was called in the 1860's. walker was to be paid 120 dollars one year for working at the institution. the payments would be given $10 in a month. they would provide proper and suitable corners, medicine free of charge. except in case of midwifery. $10 was to be withheld until the end of the year when inductions were to be made for any lost time. the contracts, not so detailed. the white employer agreed to give him half of the tobacco and half of the corn. to find him a family and also to close his children. the conflict was bound to occur, such as in buckingham county, where the fre

the same yorktown school, the population of students had exploded. for white teachers -- four white teachers, 261 male students and 321 female students. on september 30 1866, the assistant superintendent of that district stated there were school supported by northern benevolent organization's, at a private school, top by an -- taught by an educated and intelligent colored man. the bureau also mediated labor and said that labor contracts were the only thing to be insured that blacks were being treated fairly. some contracts were very detailed, like the one between nelson walker and samuel usher. that is what it was called in the 1860's. walker was to be paid 120 dollars one year for working at the institution. the payments would be given $10 in a month. they would provide proper and suitable corners, medicine free , providend quarters ,edicine free of charge , or when thewifery sickness is contracted beyond three weeks continuous. $10 was to be withheld until the end of the year when inductions were to be made for any lost time. whoever violated the c

. >>> sunday's high-flooding in virginia brought the york river rushing into yorktown's mainstreams. worst flooding since hurricane isabel, but as matt gregory reports, one couple did not let that bad weather get in their way. >> reporter: sunday afternoon's high tide in yorktown looked to be the main event and dozens of people came out to see the flooding of the york river, but what they didn't know is that they were there to witness something else, a life-changing event for two people. in front of yorktown's beach deli, the restaurant's cooks built a small wall of sandbags. >> it's important to me. i want to make sure i have somewhere to come to work tomorrow. >> reporter: they promised to bring the highest watermarks since the hurricane and patrick the cook said he's watched the tidal flow he can stand. >> we've seen a lot of the flooding and a lot of the streets overflowing from the suers that lead out from the bay. nothing too bad and nothing too good either, to be honest. >> across water street emergency preparations took place of another kind. guests swept sand and built an al

this was before, after it was clear the british, after yorktown, after a split the british were going to give up but before they formally, treaty was signed so the bridge was to occupy in new york, charleston and savannah, otherwise a pullback and washington's main army was of the new berg in new york waiting to go. because the british had effectively stop the war, states stop in congress any money so there was no money to pay the troops and they were getting rebellious and ready to overthrow. that was one of the earlier stories i tell in this but because sandwiching debris from yorktown to him becoming president. into washington puts down the revolt by making an appearance at a meeting of the officers where they are plotting a revolt, and one of his great motions he makes his speech and it was very convincing because washington we know it's not a very good public speaker because he didn't have teeth and yet these false teeth and he sort of mumbled. but he was a very effective actor. he had worked in one bit of acting in the middle. he finished the speech and essentially pulled out a

right now up near the canadian border and new england. 54 tonight in white plains. city to newark to yorktown. north and west is where you will see 40s. tomorrow more of the same, sunshine and 70s from scarsdale to smithtown. 72 norwalk. tomorrow. here's the seven day. lovely with the 70s tomorrow. thursday upper 60s. that's the air mass behind the still mild. 7 on on friday. here's the showers. we could use them. they will come to an end on saturday. the rest of the holiday weekend looks great. columbus day back to the 70s. great day for a parade. >>> could have been a parade tonight for the bronx but i don't think so. bruce is live at a gloomy yankees stadium tonight. bruce? >> reporter: the yankees made the postseason but the question tonight, could they stay there? take on the houston astros in a do-or-die wild card game. we have highlights and low lights at post game reaction just ahead on news 4 new york live from the bronx. >>> here's what jimmy fallon has coming up tonight. >>. >> thank you, chuck and sibila and everyone in new york. lady gaga is my guest tonight. it's not about huggi

the vortex satellite and radar showing you the heavy shell has moved into yorktown, and the hail around tarry town, dropping down around to oyster bay, south of that to the rockaways, and that cell right there, it's pounding the area with the heavy rain. it's a relatively small cell. you will deal with the heavy rain for 10 minutes, and it will mind down. the rain, dealing with it into the morning tomorrow, and by the afternoon, it's better. game 3 on friday at citi field. 8:07 first pitch. 51, not a problem. for halloween, the high temperature 57 or 58 degrees. by the time the kids go out, lower 50s or so. the extended forecast, we will show you right there. sunday morning, and i want to remind you on saturday night, when you go to bed, turn the clock back, and a slight chance of a shower. 25% chance of a shower sunday morning. >> balmy tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> sports is next. we will be back. >> no, we won't. >>> despite evidence of potential fires and explosions, rechargeable batteries will not be banned from passenger airlines. 540 recalls or complaints involving all types of por

yorktown mid-70s. make sure you take an umbrella tomorrow because that's what we're expecting late in the day if you're not coming home until late. that's what we'll see. scattered showers and thunderstorms, 76 tomorrow for the city. then to the 60s for the weekend. back up to the 70s on columbus day. guys, back to you. >> we're following some breaking news in morningside heights. a bus has crashed into some scaffolding. >> reporter: this is within columbia university looking down here at broadway and west 120th street. you can see this bus, this tour bus making a turn off of broadway on to west 120th street when it traveled a little bit too close to that scaffolding, brushed up against the side of it and causing just a little bit of damage. luckily no injuries reported here with this accident. fdy up on top of the scaffolding making sure everything is stable. no injuries reported. you can see the bus still here underneath the scaffolding. as we widen out broadway one southbound direction of west 120th

low-lying areas in coastal virginia, like norfolk and yorktown have seen up to a foot of floodwater today swamping a lot of cars. check out charleston, south carolina, the water there, thigh deep tonight. the flooding has am track suspending some service farther to our south that includes the autotrain that travels between wharton and sanford, florida. >>> the home coming parade is a school tradition for howard but the school was forced to cancel it. what it means and why and what it means for the rest of home coming weekend. >>> first, that small town in oregon is still processing what happened after a gunman opened fire at a community college and killed nine people there. as investigators try to figure out why he did it, president obama keeps pressing congress to make gun control a priority. wendy wolf reports from roseburg. >> lucas from roseburg, 18 years old. >> they are not just faces. each has their own story. >> he was an umpqua college scholarship recipient. >> jason was supposed to turn 34 next week. >> he's gone and i won't ever see him again. >> reporter: nine others were inju

then you see heavier downpours over northern westchester right now from yorktown to bedford and armark. there are still a couple other bands. there's the actual cold front that will come through let's say in about four, five hours. that will shut down the heaviest rain and also knock down the winds a little bit. then we'll start the drying process. if you look at the futurecast, we still have what could almost be a squall line here through 3:00 in the morning. then that will move through. off the east end by around daybreak. even breaks in the cloud west. look how mild the start of the day is. allowing us to get in to the low 70s. might be a spot shower especially north and west but it's windy and warmer tomorrow case where if you leave early you actually run in to rougher conditions tomorrow morning. then it improves dramatically through the tail end of the morning commute. about 73 degrees should do it. that cold front goes through and friday is a more typical october day. brisk and bright. 60 degrees. here's your actual -- accuweather forecast. breaks in the clouds over western new

and areas like poughkeepsie and monticello, yorktown, sussex, maybe even around danville, you'll see some frost. these areas north and west. a cool start at the jersey shore. no frost for you. 45. a few more clouds start to build throughout the day. and the temperatures are in the 50s to near 60. but north and west around freezing in the morning. some patchy frost. long island coastal connecticut, around 40 at 8:00 a.m. 56 around noon. and a nice quiet end to the day with the clouds continuing to perk up around the area and increase. and it's a dry commute tomorrow either way in the morning or in the afternoon. but not on wednesday. that's when the rain comes in, which will be heavy at times. and like i said, anywhere from an inch to 2 1/2 expected up to 65. going into the weekend, a lot is going on. halloween on saturday. weather looks great. well turn the clocks back one hour saturday night. and a new york city marathon is on sunday. and that weather is looking pretty good too. guy, back to you. >> it does look good. thank you, janice. >>> she just said a new record with her new mu

yesterday when investigators with the westchester county district attorney's office arrested 45- yorktown heights. he was a band teacher here at the elementary school in this northern westchester county district, a school that serves 4th and 5th graders. possessing and distributing child pornography. according to investigators the video was on and sent out from his home computer, mr. whalen's home computer in late august, so we went to mr. whalen's house today. he was there, the only comment that he had for us was no commenting however was the district superintendent not on camera but through a statement that he sent to us and to parents as well that says in part mr. whalen was not working in the district on tuesday and will be on administrative leave pending the deposition of further proceedings. we want to emphasize, and this is important that the authorities have said at this point they are not aware of any involvement of district students. mr. whalen was arraigned. he was released. he was home today. he is scheduled for another court appearance later this month. we've already talked t

. >> already busy here in yorktown. just past route 13 had 4, a lane blocked. and program us, two lanes are blocked for lingering construction on route 17 at century road. it's scheduled to wrap at 6:00 but sometimes it lasts a little longer. stick with the garden state parkway. and a live look at one of the hundreds of cameras, a look many bronx where a car hit a guardrail from the southbound side of the the major deegan. and delays through the area. and back up to the exit ramp. we will let you know if they get farther than that. alternate side of the street parking rules are in effect city-wide. and remember, be safe, don't text and drive. chris and mary, back to you. >> thank you. >>> now to honoring police officer randolph holder killed in the line of duty last week. >> family, friends and thousands of law enforcement are expected at the wake this morn for you third generation officer. janelle burrell has more now live from queens. >> reporter: and chris, we are outside of the greater allen ame church here in jamaica. already have a truck here outside of t

yorktown's supervisor wants a resolution banning the practice of handing over the name. dick brennan, cbs-2 news. >>> coming up the amazing images from the edges of our solar system. >>> a queens woman says the home next door is making her sick. what she says is growing inside. >>> another check of your coming up next. -are you happy with your bathroom? i wasn't. until i learned about bath fitter. bath fitter puts a new bathtub right over your old one. isn't that amazing? bath fitter will measure, custom-make and install right over your existing tub. and only bath fitter has seamless walls, which guarantees a watertight fit. plus, they do it all in just one day. i pinky promised my little girl a fabulous garden party for her birthday. so i mowed the lawn, put up all the decorations. i thought i got everything. almost everything! you know, 1 in 10 houses could get hit by a septic disaster, and a bill of up to $13,000. but for only $7 a month, rid-x is scientifically proven to break down waste, helping you avoid a septic disaster. rid-x. the #1 brand used by septic >>> it

i grew up in yorktown heights, new york. >> this is great. liz: jeff greene, charlie gasparino, jeff is from worcester, massachusetts. >> that's right, from wootser, 01602. no television series. liz: 41602. closing bell in 39 minutes. three years later and the devastation from superstorm sandy is very evident. we're going to take you live to the jersey shore and show you how life there has been changed forever. >>> plus, fighting mother nature is one thing but what about fighting the biggest cyberthreat facing the nation. former national security agency director general keith alexander has the threat analysis here. is it too costly to take on for american government and companies? do they need uncle sam's help? the general with the straight talk next. . liz: the transports are up 60 points but the s&p is down just under 1 point. the dow has clipped some of its losses, coming back up, now down about 24 point. >>> it has been three years, unbelievable, since superstorm sandy hammered the east coast leaving many homes completely devastated. dest

or commute in putnam county not bad, looking good bye yorktown heights. let's take a look at your commute this morning. the new york state thruway, the tappan zee bridge, moving fine, no problems towards the tappan zee bridge south bound, northbound looks good, george washington bridge driving into the city from new jersey, 45 at a lower, lincoln tunnels 60 minutes and holland tunnel has a 25 to 25 minute delay. rosanna: let's talk sports. nice to have you here. the quest begins today, the mets are preparing for the world series as they try to win the first world series title in 30 years. the team will hold a voluntary one hour workout today at city field and fans gave the mets a hero's welcome when they arrived home yesterday, hundreds of fans were in a partying mood after watching their mets sweep the cubs, national league championship series but that is not necessarily a good thing. according to the sports bureau, the previous seven teams that swept the best of 7, only one, the 1995 braves went on to win the world sees. but you know their fans, you see

that's where the nation was founded, jamestown, yorktown where the british surrendered, appomattox, wheremericans, rather than southerners. we are americans, rather than racists. and to the extent that we can show this, we are going to do this. >> at the beginning of your campaign, nobody could have believed that you could have actually ended up where you ended up. >> there were any numbers of people who thought i was losing my mind when i ran for lieutenant governor. they said, you know, you've got to be crazy. >> yeah. >> and i said, you're right, i am. >> yeah, and i'm going to win. >> yeah. >> i love this picture. how old are you here? >> i was about 5 or 6. >> oh. >> and my mother -- >> where are you? >> right in front of my house. and my mother's -- you see her peeping over the rail at the top. she hated taking pictures. >> aww. >> so, i said, well, i'm going to be there. and she said, you stay there and take it. that's why you don't see me smiling as such. >> and you say, "i was precocious at an early age." >> well, she made me think i was the greatest little guy in the world. >> a

it's as you head just farther away from the city, places like islip, yorktown, even montauk down to 31 tonight. 20s in the distant suburbs. we'll look at the warmup coming up in the seven-day forecast in just a few. >>> well, cool night at citi field, but no one is complaining. many fans celebrating into the early hours of the morning after the mets took game one in the national league championship series. >> and tonight they got a chance to do it again. every day one step closer. sheldon dutes joins us from citi field with the highlights from last night. hey, sheldon. >> reporter: hey, pat and gus. good morning to both of you. i've talked to some baseball fans who don't normally cheer for the mets, and even though their respective teams did not make it this far, they are just as excited as the mets fans about the championship series. die-hard mets fans, over the years they've felt like the underdogs. right now they are riding a wave of pride. the mets beat the cubs in the first game of the nlcs at citi field last night. it has been nine years since the team has made it this far in the