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. and captured quite a few of them. he wrote a letter up the chai

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 closeters 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 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 then he led his men in

how did the battle of washington, burning of washington, set up the battle of ft. mchenry? >> the british originally didn't want to go to ft. mchenry to capture baltimore and then they changed their minds. it took almost a week for them to change their minds. had they gone immediately, many baltimoreans forecast that the city, or spoke 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 burned washington, there were 15,000 defenders who had swarmed in from surrounding counties and even from pennsylvania and virginia. old men, young men. it was raining hard. the eastern hills, which were heavily fortified, were slashed with soggy trenches, and even though the men were wet and damp, tired and hungry, they were itching for payback. that's what it did. it fired them up. >> we talk ab

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

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 becoming circumscribed. 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.d.b. wahl was asked by general otis howard, the namesake for howard university, to re

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

. >> 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 rain tonight and a little heavy at times off and on through the day tomorrow. >> starting with a developing

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

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

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

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" 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

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

, washington. june 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 tod

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

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

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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

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

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

"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

fort washington, 49. there'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

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

a few light showers in the west of washington. even 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 w

good morning washington" continues right now at 6:00. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it is monday, june 25. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. glad to be with you. john gonzalez in the second, but -- excuse me,den adam caskey first. >> let's talk about the rain. showers and storms earlier than usual. later this morning through lunchtime. and then clearing for the afternoon with an improvement. comfortable with lower humidity this afternoon. front dropping into pennsylvania. even a little shower in eastern ohio. frederick.urg, 67 in we have a chance of severe storms east of 95 around and a little after lunchtime. be on guard around lunchtime because we could have severe weather east of 95. less humid, sunny, cooler tomorrow, 80 degrees. >> newschopper 7 is looking at the baltimore-washington traffic at the beltway. out of greenbelt is moving well. to report on 495. light volume. news. >> all eyes on the nation's capital as the supreme court assure ruling on two major issues. health-care reform and immigration. >> bo

i didn't hire washington, d.c. professionals for my staff as many senators do and i wanted them to come home and some of them stayed there but most of them came back home. i wanted them to be a staffer for a relatively short period of time for a few years and come back and be better and be participating citizens they've done just that but it was the reciprocal relationship they were treated well and worked their tails off to make sure that they were right and got things right for me. >> the thought of me as the only judgment that the quality of my work and the racist. with the senator magnuson was the champion of public courts and we were unions and the like i got to know the so-called bumblebees and senator magnuson had a reputation for having high-quality staff and i thought that this the sleeveless -- the slaves and all things specific rim there's a wonderful story in here that curtis was watching on tv late one night at the cnn and square worked all night and by that morning he had a hold position paper for the

"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

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

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

they're part of washington. you only punish whistle blower who is are exposing what the government is doing. in fact, do you know that president obama has broken the record for six wrestle blow whistle blowers talking to the media. espionage act, that's the toughest charge you can charge these people. then we are going to see real turmoil. >> spain was not sufficient because it was the spanish bank? >> the problem was that money went into the the airplanes are going to get from one part of the country to the other without any air traffic controllers. i mean this is ridiculous and mitt romney ought to know better. i stand with our public employees and cops and firefighters and their teachers? >> it's go time. (vo) at the only online forum with a direct line to cenk uygur. >>if you had to vote for a republican, which one would it be? (vo) join the debate now. ♪ >> cenk: now we're back on "the young turks." the issue of gay rights has been trending in the right direction in a nationwide poll of cnn that they show

washington. he is currently attending central washington university, an honor student, 3.5 gradepoint average. an avid football and basketball plashings an active volunteer in the community -- he recently headed up a fund-raising drive for the hope children's hospital. i asked a lot of these dreamers to send me letters about their view of the united states and their hope for the future. this is what al wrote to me. "i've been in accelerated academic programs most of my educational life and hope to be a medical doctor someday, to contribute to the well-being of fellow humans. i hope to continue to walk in the shoes of my late-father who earned a ph.d. from the university of paris in france. it gives me zeal to work hard in my studies to be able to lend a hand to others in need, to realize a bright future. close quote. unfortunately, al has been placed in deportation proceedings. his aunt can't sponsor him for u.s. citizenship. now, al grew up in america, he has never committed a crime. we've alrea

my name is still williamson, project manager 48 washington. i am happy to present staff recommendations to adopt the required to " findings and to approve the transaction documents for the portion project. a remarkable opportunity to realize the vision for the waterfront area so well described in the waterfront land use plan. specifically, today you will be us to approve the ceqa findings, including mitigation measures and a mitigation monitoring and reporting program based on an eir that has been certified by the planning commission and upheld by the board of supervisors. you will be asked to approve the prince the transaction documents consisting of the disposition and development agreement, purchase and sale agreement, the lease, maintenance agreement, and filing of the trust exchange agreement. since 2008, staff has been working toward the development of seawall lot 351 to fulfill the port's water from land use plan for the site and for this part of san francisco. previous resolution provide important background information about the port'

so there was -- >> "washington post," wasn't if? >> it was "the washington post." it was about every washington daily that reported this. he was denounced pointedly by the major african-american paper of the day, "the washington bee" which promised honey for our friends and stings for our enemies. >> they delivered on the latter. >> yes, there were a lot of stings for steven wahl. so in a way he tried to be quietly anonymous, but then he did something. he could have stayed quiet and anonymous. but he did something that forced everybody to think about o.s.b. wahl one last time. >> and it's interesting, you know, as one -- as a person of color, one can put one's self in these scenarios, because as i said, you know, this is our story. i mean, i can tell you. when i was about 14 years old, i was -- i grew up in a town just outside of philadelphia, a factory town. i was 14 years old. i was on the bus doing an errand for my mother. a bus pulled up to the corner and a gentleman got into the bus who was a friend of family, passed whole days in my living room and he walked

as the height shouldigh ships, the warm air will move into washington. temperatures will climb into the in low 90's tomorrow. upper 90s on friday through the weekend. no clouds overhead right now. we can still see the cloud line over the ocean. that is the cold front from a couple days ago. low humidity today, 87 northwesterly wind at 10-20. breezy at times. mostly sunny again tomorrow. low 90's with humidity creeping up. friday through the weekend near 100 for the high temperature. i think we will be in the upper 90s with instability and possibly a few thundershowers friday through sunday. june through july in washington you have to hit or exceed 100 degrees and generally to break a record or tie record. the lowest record is saturday at 100. i think we will come close. back to lisa baden. >> you were talking about all that sunshine. you will need to grab your favorite sunglasses because of the sunshine delays that will start to form. leaving the mormon temple out of college park into a green belt. heading into vienna on 66. pinterest and, everybody head

already 82 in washington. 79 in leonardtown. check out our friends in martinsburg. 88degrees at 8:15 in the morning. gives you an idea how warm it will be. warm start to your day. let's talk dew point temperatures. i know what you're thinking, why are you showing me dew point temperatures? they're on the rise. as they rise, so does the humidity and you're going to notice that today. last couple of days, yesterday we were hot, but our dew point temperatures were in the low 50s, so didn't feel that humid. today will feel much more humid. thunderstorms pushing through new jersey and delaware early this morning, and kind of nipped our area there in northeast maryland. i think most of our day will be hazy, hot and humid. might be a late day storm for a couple of us. but otherwise, washington heat wave, 99 today and tomorrow. 95 by tuesday. dangerous heat in the forecast today. that's a look at the forecast. let's do traffic and julie wright has the latest. what time is the pool opening up at your house? i'm headed up. >> 10:00. >> 10

"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

out as she made the announcement first washington blade. she made the revelation so fromands of people to marrywill be able the person they love. sports fans are the yellow flag on the the teamafter move training camp to richmond. a lot of fans are calling this move eight major fumble. >> every fan who we spoke with said they were a bit concerned about the washington redskins understanding of geography. , theackdrop was baseball national toasting the mats. when a flat spot -- a football dominated' conversations are around this diamond. >> they cannot do that. they are the washington redskins. moving training camp 120 miles to the south. a city thrilled to host the nfl starting inars, 2013. >> they will be embraced by our citizens. >> what about washington? >> it might broaden the fan base. people willlot of be disappointed. they live only five minutes from ashburn and love going to training camp. >> of richmond is not their home. >> this is not unusual. the redskins have trained in a of out of town locations. >> i think it is too far to cal

once again, live from washington, moderator gwen ifill. gwen: good evening. the president took matters into his own hands today, moving to allow noncitizen students and graduates under 30 to avoid deportation. it's a version of the dream act, which stalls in congress last year but has become for now the leading immigration issue. >> the bill hasn't really changed. the need hasn't changed. it's still the right thing to do. the only thing that has changed apparently was the politics. it makes no sense to expel talented young people who for all intents and purposes are americans. gwen: mitt romney seized on the president's admissions and his was a short-term solution. >> if i'm president, we'll do our very best to have that kind of long-term solution that provides certainty and clarity for the people who come into this country, under their own coverage of the action of their parents. gwen: how far did the president's actions go today and how far didn't they, pierre? >> gwen, we're talking about roughly 800,000 people, age 16 to 30, and what this allows them to d

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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

i will tell you in washington they were surprised by this appointment. i'm not sure because of his age at 33 or bought i was irish. but nevertheless, they were taken aback by the fact we're going to give this to philip sheridan. he is the kind of man grant wanted there. talk about it, phil sheridan is aggressive. grant wanted aggressiveness, wanted somebody to take command of an army and he wanted to make war in that army. phil sheridan wanted to make war on his enemies, he was willing to do that, and he is like many of these men we forget about, we think of lincoln, but sheridan was small, too. dr. robertson, 5'6", 5'7", weighed about 115. what is odd about sheridan's shape, he had a big torso, short legs. sort of like taking an oak stump, put it on a foot stool, you get an idea what sheridan sort of looked like, okay? and he liked to ride a big horse. very quickly in the army he will take command of, the joke was he had to shimmy up his sword to get to his horse. by the way, his head was oddly shaped. i know when he was writing about that, how do you d

a rank only the sainted george washington had held. on tuesday afternoon, march 8, grant in washington from his nashville headquarters accompanying him his 13-year-old son, fred, and two staff officers. through some mix-up, nobody met grant's train he had to make his way to willard's hotel unescorted. the national capital with its crowds of ambitious, greedy men were instantly repulsive to grant. however he himself hardly qualified as imposing. the modern, popular view of grant is that of the quintessential american, the hero of the republic, the simple son of a tanner who entered west point reluctantly. he fought personal problems after being driven from the army but found himself in a magnificent way, and led the union forces to victory and the civil war. in late winter 1864, however, grant hardly looked the part of a supreme army commander. 5'7", weighing 135 pounds, grant struck one observer as, quote, an ordinary scrubby little man with a slightly seedy look as if he was out of office on half-pay. he had no gait, no station, no ma

we are right next to washington, d.c. we're not the best place in the country to establish business. our proximity to washington still makes us popular. our geography overcomes some of our deficiencies in regulations and taxes. >> what do you see as some of the deficiencies? virginia says they have lower taxes. >> that is true. look at their taxes and regulations. that is why many businesses leave maryland and go t to virginia. since we are so close to washington, in spite of our deficiciencies, we do quite well business-wise because there is so much federal contracting here. >> the governor says it's a administration is helping to create jobs. do you think they are an impediment by not reducing taxes more in line with virginia? >> when i first ran for congress 20 years ago money magazine had an article saying maryland was the least attractive state in the union for retirees and businesses. we have improved a little. i think we are now no. 47. we have made progress. we have a long way to go. our big problem is we have two

what's holding us back is a stalemate in washington. good morning and welcome to the "washington journal." today is sunday, june 17th. and for the first 45 minutes of the program, we're going to be talking about who has the power to solve problems in washington. the president or congress? the numbers, if you want to get involved in the conversation is at the bottom of your screen -- host: you can also reach out to us via social media on twitter, facebook, and you can also send us e-mails -- as we get into our conversation regarding who has the power to solve problems, the president or congress? went to take a look at how it was reported in "politico." the president's weekly address talks a little bit about this issue and byron tao writes -- >> let's go to the phones in new york. our first call comes from dave on our line for democrats. good morning. caller: thank you. host: dave, who has the power to solve problems here? caller: i believe the president has the power to solve all problems, because i believe that the president holds the k

hastings of washington. the chair: the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: mr. chairman, this amendment makes some technical clarifying and conforming changes to the underlying bill. it amends title 4, subsection 4, to delete a portion of the land that the national park service does not want to acquire for the san antonio mission and which would expose it to liability for cleanup costs. it conforms the text of title 6, subsection 6, to match what the house passed in the 111th congress in h.r. 2806, and it conforms title 8 with the leadership protocols regarding the length and amount of authorizations. and finally it clarifies what funds states may use to increase access to target ranges under title 12. with that i urge adoption and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. grijalva: th