this is the lesson of west virginia, this is why virginia should be a matter of grave concern to us all. because what has happened to these people can happen in every state of the country. west virginia needs help and i think it ought to be on the desk of the next president of the united states. >> thank you, senator kennedy. well, gentlemen, we have concluded the formal section of the program, the formal debate with opening statements and rebuttals. and we've come to the portion which will be devoted to questions and answers. i'll remind you again that the questions have all been sent to the charleston gazette by its readers and they're been screened by the editorial board of the gazette to avoid repetition and to make a representative selection of the hundreds that were received. the ground rules for answering questions are as follows. the questions will be asked of you alternately and you have two minutes in which to give your answer. at the end of the two minutes, the buzzer with which you've now become familiar, will sound, as it has before, and you will stop. and i must ask your c

this is the lesson of west virginia. this is why west virginia should be a matter of greatest concern to us all because what has happened to these people can happen in every state of the country. west virginia needs help and i think it ought to be on the desk of the next president of the united states. >> thank you, senator kennedy. now, gentlemen, we have concluded the formal portion of the program, the formal debate with opening statements and then rebuttals, and we come to the portion which will be devoted to questions and answers. i'll remind you again that the questions have all been sent to the "charleston gazette" by its readings and they've been screened by the editorial board of "the gazette" to avoid represent tition and to make a representative selection of the hundreds that were received. the ground rules regarding the answering of questions are as follows -- the questions will be asked of you alternately, and you have two minutes in which to give your answer. now, at the end of the two minutes, the familiar

every school in virginia has it. people keep stealing it great the commission is just constantly replacing dvd's. i hope that answers your question. it was two different atmospheres. today is hard for americans to concentrate much on anything. >> this is a what if. healthhad been in better and survived another 10 years, in terms of the reconciliation process you described, what you think his affect would have been on, for instance specifically the enforcement of the 14th and 15th amendments and the former seceded states? think he wouldo have continued to go -- everything was going for him. the moment in washington -- enrollment in college had tripled. the educational thing was going strong. people agree with him. lee would not do his memoirs because they thought it was discourteous to these men who had fought and died for him to capitalize on that. he just completely divorced himself from the war. would have nothing to do with these activities, which in a sense is a blessing because all these battlefields would have

the gentleman from virginia virginia tech. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield two -- from virginia is recognized. mr. scott: mr. speaker, i yield two minutes to the gentleman from california, mr. becerra. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for two minutes. mr. becerra: i thank the gentleman for yielding. just as we expect our doctor to act in our best interest, so should the financial advisor who we pay to help us make those very important investment decisions for retirement. there is nothing strange about this rule. it's trying to bring us up to speed with the times. this rule says that the savers' best interest comes first before the financial advisors' commission can be taken into consideration or before that financial advisor can make decisions based on his or her association to a particular type of investment. 30 years ago maybe this wasn't a big issue because 30 years ago folks like my parents used to get their retirement savings through their pension. you paid into it through your work. and you knew how

hurt of virginia, and ms. sinema of arizona, the latter two who serve with me on the financial services committee. i want to thank all my colleagues on the financial services committee for voting overwhelmingly in favor of this bill, almost 80% of the membership of the committee voted to advance it to the floor. so i'm proud that our committee has a strong record of bipartisanship. since the begin offering the 114th congress, mr. speaker, the house has passed 56 of our measures, 30 have been signed into law and each one of these measures receive bipartisan support in an era of divided government. that's not a bad record. i believe that most americans also believe that our economy works better for all americans when small businesses can focus on creating jobs rather than navigating meaningless bureaucratic red tape. the halos act provides an important fix for regulations so it will be easier for our small businesses to attract investments. again, mr. speaker so critical when entrepreneurship is at a generation

he had west virginia to go to college at what is now princeton and served in the virginia legislature and then in what we call the confederation congress. he was born in 1751, so he wasn't really old enough to be a big player in the revolution. madison's time will come with the generation that helps form the country not for the country that fights for independence. and he was quiet, fairly studious. brian: what did he study? mary: he studied very quickly. he studied political thought, a lot of political thought, the college was very much run by people who were at that moment interested in scottish enlightenment and european political philosophy and madison loved that a lot, although a lot although a lot of people -- he doesn't have enormous amount of notes of what he read. only one book of commonplace books where he wrote things down. a lot of them learned many languages. he isn't thomas jefferson. madison is much more pragmatic and reads pretty quickly and never held a great library like jefferson. brian: this is a group of people and you see it up on the screen. it's -- we have char

closer to washington and appear land and virginia, pan 457b8 of west virginia, that is through about 10:00 this morning. so the peak gusts in that high wind warning zone, 60, still may be damage out there and scattered power outages. caution driving high profile vehicles, as well. and the impact is in the moderate to high zone for the forecast because of debris in the roads. some small tree branches, even larger limbs are down roads. so watch out for that early this morning. the snow squalls and snow showers and flurries we had earlier pretty much dissipated, just a few flurries into northern montgomery out of northern loudoun, tracking off to the south and east. but many residents seeing a little dusting of snow. it's near or below freezing down ha hagerstown. but we have a freeze warning this effect west of the 95 corridor for the morning hour. by 9 k :09:00, temperatures in upper tir30s. by 3:00, 20 miles an hour machine gusts. by 6:00 pch.m., just a light wi. milder tomorrow with increasing clouds. breezy, rain showers likely monday afternoon and evening. and then the chilly air

and george mason had the well-known out of virginia for having drafted the virginia bill of rights and very important. madison was ok. ben franklin drives him crazy and he is in his 80's. madison's competitors a little bit at the convention, the people he has captivated is that younger group. charles drove him crazy. as i read the notes there's a , lot of competitive desire for credit, a little jealousy with charles pinkney. writes this letter and puts you he writes -- he writes this wonderful letter. it put you back in that moment. he had enormous handwriting and writes madison and croge how he -- and crowing how he is married and joint -- enjoying married life and big dig toward medicine. but of course you are not married yet. and he and madison were quite competitive. brian: you mentioned in your book, kitty somebody, he was pursuing at the convention who was 16 years old. mary: james madison was interested in kitty floyd long before he went to the convention. she was very young and he scored out the letters where he talks about her with jefferson. a lot of the people have focused o

neighbor with information aske askeded to reach out virginia state police pound 77 on cellphone in virginia. steve, allison. >> melanie, thavrn you very much. >> 7:06 tucker barnes what's happening outside today. >> start once again. >> cool out there to start the day. but later this afternoon low 7 0s. looking forward to another beautiful spring day. so beautiful in fact i get it -- 9:00. stay tuned for that apparently it will be weird too. >> i don't understand any of it. >> tucker will be out in the field reporting. >> and tag a nap in bunch of salt water for an hour. >> i guess so yeah. >> i'm jealous that sound good. >> 43 baltimore and 46 hagerstown. much cooler than 24 hours ago. cooler afternoon. again a very pleasant afternoon. low 7 0s daytime eye north high pressure just to north. we'll keep it nice and dry and again another nice looking day. got to love this time of year to on the windows and doors. >> yes, do you ever feel like -- we'll have tucker try this he'll like it. >> definitely assumed that role here at "fox5". >> yeah. >> you can do few stuff though. >> i can do wonder

virginia is very much in play. it's a must-win state. now he's taking that extra step to lock it up. this is one of the most dangerous things that has happened in terms of having a blind eye and total ignorance to crimes committed in this country but also this could cost the whole election right here. >> eric, there's reason to think about redemption and reconciliation for people who have served. i wonder if take this executive action days after the legislature closed and not doing it through the state that it smacks yet more of executive overreach and that's something people are pushing back against. >> two things on that. basically executive order. who else does that? >> obama. >> president obama, the same type -- always a liberal that's willing to do that toby pass the normal channelslegislation, go through your congress, go through your state senate. get it approved. the other thing you can have redemption. you had redemption prior to virginia you had to petition for this. you had to say i want my voting reits back. the state would t

that's what happened with virginia's new midtown tunnel in a 58-year agreement. a coalition led by sweden-based skanska and australian financier macquarie formed a consortium called "elizabeth river crossings." in addition to building the new tunnel, e.r.c. would refurbish the old midtown tunnel-- the one with all that traffic-- fix another tunnel in norfolk, and extend a nearby expressway that connects the tunnels. according to the builders, the budget is just over $2 billion. virginia issued 638 million in bonds, and paid another 421 million in state funds. the federal department of transportation loaned $441 million. skanska and macquarie invested about $200 million. the rest, about $300 million, would come from tolls. richard cavallaro is president of skanska u.s.a. >> the question would be, can the state have afforded to build the project without collecting tolls based on their own budget? and the answer is no. so that's the real rub. it's not so much the process. it's how they're recouping the payment. and that exists if it was triple-p or not. >> reporter:

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reporter: it's a friday afternoon in the woods of southern virginia. there's a heaping helping of smoked shad, country music, and politics. it's the 68th annual shad planking festival-- a virginia tradition that's part cookout, part political gathering. this year, it's a key stop for republicans who want to be delegates to the national convention in cleveland. >> i've been very vocal about my support for ted cruz. i believe that he is the clear constitutional conservative. >> party unity is critical right now. we need to coalesce behind mr. trump and win in november. >> the virginia one was just a great win. >> reporter: donald trump won the virginia primary on march 1, but that was just the first step in selecting the state's convention delegates. winning the primary gave trump 17 delegates-- one more than marco rubio. ted cruz came away with eight delegates; kasich got five. under state party rules, that's how the virginia delegation will vote on the first ballot at the cleveland convention. but-- and this is key-- if nobody gets that 1,237 on the fi

of west virginia. it's ravaging my state. west virginia has been hit harder than most states in our country. the drug overdose deaths have soared by more than 700% since 1999. just last year we lost 600 west virginians alone to opiate abuse. that's prescription drug abuse. let me explain what we're dealing with. we're dealing with a product manufactured legally by pharmaceutical companies, a product that's approved by the food and drug administration, federal government. a product that's distributed and prescribed by our doctors, the most trusted people we have in our lives. and it goes on and on. and then basically people don't understand and have not understood for the last two decades the devastating effect that it has. but our state's not unique. this is happening everywhere. 51 americans die every day. every day 51 americans. you have to think about that. every 30 minutes or less someone's dying because of a prescription drug overdose they got addicted to. since 1999, we've lost almost 200,000 americans to prescription o

he had west virginia to go to college at what is now princeton and served in the virginia legislature and then in what we call the confederation congress. was born in 1751, so he wasn't really old enough to be a big player. madison's time will come with the generation that helps form the country not for the country that fights for independence. and he was quiet, fairly studious. rian brian what about -- brian: what did he study? mary: he studied very quickly. he studied political thought, a lot of political thought, that college was very much run by people who were at that moment interested in scottish enlightenment and political philosophy and madison loved that a lot, although a lot of people, he doesn't have enormous amount of notes of what he read. only one book of commonplace books where he wrote things down. a lot of them learned many languages. he wasn't -- he isn't thomas jefferson. madison is much more pragmatic and reads pretty quickly and ever held a great library like jefferson. bribe brian: this -- is a group of people and you see it up on the screen. pinkney e have charl

it was just in 2015 2014 he joined virginia state police. he leaves behind a wife and two small children. two other women also shot. they're expected to survive. it's with an incredibly heavy heart tonight that i annoyance to you the loss of virginia state police trooper chad deer meyer. trooper chad door meyer was in the midst of a training exercise along with about a dozen other virginia state troopers inside the greyhound bus terminal in richmond this afternoon. the training encompasses looking for suspicion activity and in today's exercise, if you see some suspicious activity, go over and engage and have conversations. >> the 37 year old trooper was a former marine and police officer back home in jackson, michigan. fatigue uniform, but not his vest when he approached the still unidentified suspect. the period of time they were together was so brief that i can't imagine that he gone much further than hey, how are you where are you going, anybody with you, just small talk. > that's he when police say the discuss drew a gun ultimatelyç ki

it so happens that new hampshire actually precedes virginia. the debate in new york doesn't make any difference. i hate to tell you that. john jay is the more important guy. he is a more significant figure in american history than i had ever imagined. >> smith and that is an wind up having somewhat similar positions. on the merits of the bill of rights. trying to say the very beginning. why do you want to have a bill of rights. it is not the 18th-century notion. says the way to bill of rights will work best is if you and i is individuals inculcate the extent of it. if we make is writes part of identity as citizens. smith do something similar. he's also a federal farmer. agree thatians now he was an anti-federalist writer. it is not about litigating it out. the people need a bill of rights for collective identity. so they will know when government is overstepping its boundaries. if you have a bill of rights you have some standard against which you can judge the improper actions of others. smith's argument has in the sense of more collective argu

for they the soft virginia -- were they the soft virginia accent? he could -- you just trusted the man. he just talk to them into lending them $6 million. [laughter] be.ertainly tried to >> monroe sort it out being against the constitution because it gave too much power to the federal government. he winds up buying louisiana and florida, going beyond the powers granted by the constitution. did he ever address these subjects? mr. unger: no. nor did any of his predecessors. they violated and continued to violate the constitution. every branch of government has violated the constitution since day one. washington had no authority to send troops to crush the whiskey rebellion. he had no authority to demand that congress give him control over the executive departments. marshall, when he became chief justice, had no constitutional authority for declaring half the state laws unconstitutional. there is nothing in the constitution that gives the supreme court the right to declare laws unconstitutional. it does give congress the right to pass laws that are neg

a virginia woman missing more than a week found dead in a ditch. police now trying to figure out what happened and who was with her after she was seen in this video. >>> cool weather continues i will show you how long. >>> and newest name added to a permanent memorial added for those killed in the line of duty. >> a lasting tribute to a prince georges county firefighter who gave his life in service. >> he was shot and killed two weeks ago now. his family and the firefighter who survived came together for a essential ceremony. >> reporter: it is tradition here that a fallen firefighter's name is engraved on this memorial that stands the test of time so his or her sacrifice is remembered forever. two weeks to the day after the unimaginable tragedy that claimed the life of lieutenant john ulmschneider a his family watched as his name was unveiled in the firefighters memorial. who died performing the job of helps others in their greatest time of need. >> as we lay him to rest and as kevin recovered and went home, firefighter and paramedics all over the

we can pick up the virginia example, the fmer governor of virginia, team trump missed the virginia deadline to assemble potential delegates and ted cruz has delegate candidate in ten of 11 congressional, he won virginia but missed the deadline to assemble is delegates to ensure he got them come cleveland. >> let's talk about two issues. first on the actual tactical issue of winning delegates we are putting together in place the best team that will be in the campaign. and to the top of the delegate team we feel very confident about that. the second point which is the moral point and i'm going to make it and happy to make it it is wrong to disenfranchise voters by going around the country making secret deals with inside party officials, elected gop officials and saying your gop district representing 70,000 people support donald trump and rejects ted cruz but we want you to make a secret pact to nullify the vote and support ted cruz. ted cruz has only won three primaries outside his home state and trailing by 2 million votes, there will be more votes than that, has no democratic path to the no

if you cut off saltville and the virginia central railroad and virginia-tennessee railroad, lee is going to be in serious trouble. so yes, i would have to say trying to put all the pieces together, i'm ever more convinced of the centrality of the valley in the outcome of the entire war. i learned a lot from mark grimesley's book about the overland campaign and expanded a little bit to understand just as you're saying how important it was not just to understand what's happening right around here, as important as that is, but also to understand the fact that you could hae have armies that could swing back and forth between the valley and here. free copy of your book when it comes out next year. is there time for one more question? i saw one more hand. >> i know you don't want to talk about this subject too much. >> that's all the time we have for today, then. >> i got a question on reconstruction for you. i'm just trying to figure this out. when they determine how many federal troops are going to go into each state, do they base it on the population of that state or do they just generally

to 9:30 northern virginia criminal justice academy in ashburn. >> happening today, d.c. mayor muirial bowser will announce a new initiative to grow legal and small businesss in washington d.c. it's called the great streets program it's transformed emerging corridors in d.c. to inviting and thriving centers. there's more than 0 grant hes that will receive 5 million in funding. good news there. >> yes. >> hopefully it will workouts and turn neighborhoods around and get things going in d.c.. >> absolutely. >> new this morning u.s. news and world report released a list of top schools in country. >> top school is in texas and several schools in dmv did make the list out of top 100 jefferson high school science and technology in alexandria virginia and number 63 walt whitman of maryland and 88 school without walls high schoolness d.c. and number 94 winston churchhill high school in potomac maryland. state of maryland was also awarded for having one of the highest percentage of top performing high schools in the country. ♪ this friday, "fox5" rk concert series continues with

christian of quaintico, virginia, was just 2 when diagnosed with cancer. by age 4, he was speaking to large audiences to raise money for cancer programs. christian, whose father is a enradio, marine, he dedicates his life to helping others. >> the cancer walk is on sunday or saturday. and hoping the homeless on sunday or saturday. >> sharp kid. each child got $10,000 and a laptop at the event in arlington. >>> well, $140 million hotel is coming to college park right by university of maryland and this week it reached a construction milestone. school and county leaders took a tour of the site on baltimore avenue and celebrated the completion of the roof. the hotel is part of an ongoing initiative to enhance the business districts around the canvas. it is set to open in spring of 2017. >>> well, it's been a working farm since george washington owned it. now part of the mt. vernon possibilities for military members after they return home from service. >>> and it's a call that would change your life but the fbi says it could be a scam. the i-team investigation,

at test sites in blacksburg virginia and bushwood maryland and boy was weather perfect for flying. demonstration shows how drones with communication with a central air traffic control without requiring the same software. this was part of national campaign involving nasa technology. . >> hey it's wednesday morning. frontal system moved through yesterday and really yesterday afternoon. cooler air has been coming on in. let check on temperatures. some place this morning quite cold. frederick already down to 37. it's cold spot. everybody else in the 40s and 50s. we're sitting in 54 degrees here in town. fair skies. few clouds overhead and gorgeous morning out there with bright moon. 50 in leonardtown and annapolis this morning 56. we're dry today. we will be sunny today. temperatures making it up pretty much area wide into the low 7 0s. few spots typically cooler by the water and annapolis and le today. here in town we top out 72 degrees. rain is in the forecast. we'll talk about that coming up. erin and just stepped into the studio. >> that's right. 4:56 got you covered with traffic.

since virginia tech shooting. it will ring 32 time, one for each of the victims. flies will be flown at half-staff at all local, state and federal government buildings. there is a blood drive today at the virginia tech richmond center. >>> happening today, federal prosecutors are expected to release new information from a so-called shadow campaign investigation that loomed over d.c. mayor gray. businessman jeffrey thompson pleaded guilty to being the mastermind of that $650,000 campgn back in 2010. in 2014, thompson said in court that gray knew about the shadow campaign and welcomed secret money to defeat adrian fenty. the case was closed with no charges filed against gray. >> as far as i'm concerned, that investigation against me was closed on december 9, and that's ward seven council seat. >>> it could cost up to $200 million to rename mills e godwin middle school. the school's name is being changed in honor of george hampton. board members says renaming the school was a good idea was godwin was a segregationist

steady rain pushing out of western virginia. this includes frederick, warranton, as we work toward 1:00 p.m. most of the area is mainly dry and cloudy so you're trying to maybe for some outdoor exercise. as we move into the evening hours, we'll track some scattered rain. notice the brighter colors toward midnight. we'll take what we can get. our rainfall deficit since march 1st, still over three inches. we're starting to dry out. we'll have a few hours of dry time but cloudy skies. by 4:00, a temperature of 64. that will be our high of the day. about 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. and then 8:00 in the evening, scattered rain. a rumble of thunder or two possible and temperatures around 60 degrees. currently we're in the mid to upper 50s. 57 in washington and again, a high tomorrow of 64. monday, a high of 80. tuesday, we're back into the 60s. 64 for a high on tuesday. we'll have rain moving back in overnight monday. rain on tuesday. especially during the first half of the day. we'll dry out toward the afternoon ho

virginia.virg that's because temperaturestu will be at 32 degrees or belowsl by this time tomorrow morning.ng so bring those sensitive sn plants inside. the growing season has begun hab so that's why we're seeinge seen these freeze warnings issueds i for the colder temperatures.coe. temperatures aren't so badatur outside right now.tside it was super mild yesterday.esrd temperatures hitting hit 80 degrees in many spots butut now cooler air is slowly s filtering through. through so it's 54 in washington, 48to in gaithersburg, 56 in annapolis and 55 leonardtown.nad but these temperatures willil probable be 20 degrees colder c tomorrow morning than where we're at now.. so, seeing the cold air comeolrc through in waves.ugh inaves now, it's not too windy right now.no wind speeds generally 15 to 1 20 miles an hour.0 unless you're calm. we're seeingss that in someome spots.spot once the rain moves through thr this afternoon the winds will pick up. up. here's your planning forecastnnr for your saturday.

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and virginia. >>> this election season, virginia's department of transportation is ushering its own campaign. >> we want our roads to look like belgian waffles? >> no! >> virginia's pothole hunter is video that urges drivers to report problem, dips and gaps on the roads. crews are already out in full force trying to fill in any trouble spots. and we are always working for on you get those problem potholes fixed. you can tweet us @4potholefix. and also check out the thnbc wag app and search pothole. >>> breaking news from vatican city. just released, pope francis' major document on family. as it pertains to divorce, pope francis calls it, quote, the drum of our times and says divorced and simply remarried catholics should not feel excommunicated but adds there is no, quote, one size at this times all approach to dealing with the divorce and remarried calling on pastors to listen with sensitivity and understanding. we're still going new the pontiff's writings and we'll be updating the story throughout the day. >>> it is now 6:07. today a big celebration for the ncaa champions. the villa nova m

. >>> we're learning of a heartbreaking story from northern virginia. a two-year-old girl dead afterdr being left all day in a car. the ma dropped two older childrn off before returning home tour annandale.annand later in the daye. the man drovo back to arlington to pick upic the mother and that's when he h noticed the two-year-old wasar-s still in the car. 911 was called but the little girl was dead. police will consult with theon commonwealth attorney to seett whether charges may be filed bee in this very difficult case. >> ♪ >> one of the two men arrested for an allegedly killing aneged off duty secret service svice officer will be in court. court officer arthur baldwin waswi was shot to death in southwest d.c. back in december. 17-year-old maurice bellamy is facing a murder charge. bellamy was recently charged cha in the murder of a 15-year-old boy at the metro station lasttin month. >>> the family of a northerna virginia man still looking for f answers. he had autism and was reported e missing.m >> police found him at a parkd i in falls church.in

, and into parts of southwestern virginia. big severe weather, fortunately, no reports of any tornadoes or injuries yesterday. but still an awful lot in the way of heavy weather here this morning between dallas and houston. if you are flying that way, memphis, new orleans and houston could be badly impacted by thunderstorms and rain delays today. so call your carrier before you leave. if you're sticking around here, no heavyin if anything in the way er suns. here's future weather, by 9:00, 10:00, periods of light rain and drizzle. might catch a little break around the noon hour before more rain chances sneak back in for the middle of the afternoon. then catch another little break as we head into early this evening. temperatur temperatures, we're as warm now as we'll be later this afternoon with temperatures in the lower 50s to lower 60s. here's the first peek at the seven-day forecast. falling temperatures today in the mid-60s. back to the upper 50s by lunchtime. then only in the low 60s for here on thursday and friday, lots o

we have elections every year in virginia. if i were to do this for political reasons, i would have done it last year when i had the general assembly up. and if i had picked up 5,000 more votes, i would have control of the state senate. we have won the last six elections statewide democrats. >> you say it's not politics. but, boy, every headline in your state after you made this move was talking about this idea of an election year ploy to help hillary clinton. i know you scoff at this. but it could make the difference in a close race, couldn't it? >> i would tell the republicans, quit complaining and go out and earn these folks' right to vote for you. go out and talk to 'em. i find it very, and in fact, i think some of the language coming out of the republicans, i would tell them be careful how they frame this. be careful of the rhetoric. they have an opportunity to voters to vote for them. but make your argument. these are the same legislators just in this session that sent me a bill to sign that would have been very similar

. >>> right now at 10:00, what happened to this northern virginia woman? tonight her family and friends come together as we learn new details about her mysterious disappearance. >> a firefighter killed while responding to a medical emergency an another was seriously hurt. >> we lived our worst nightmare. >> will the suspected gunman face charges. >> how you can protect you and your family as the weather grows warmer. your news starts right now. >>> and right off the top tonight, the desperate search for a missing firefighter. thank you for joining us. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm shawn yancy. no one has seen nor heard from nicole mittendorff since last wednesday. the search for the woman has narrowed to shenandoah national park. crews will resume their search in the morning but the terrain there is making things difficult. marina marraco is live as friends and family pray for her safe return. >> reporter: it's been five days since anyone has seen or heard from nicole mittendorff it wasn't until last saturday that her 2009 mini cooper was found an hour and

time lapse from spotsylvania, virginia. day this time of april with sunshine in the sky, we would be pretty much cruising our way through the mid-50's now, but we are lagging behind. int you will not see here -- fact, we had a couple of snow showers early in the morning with the frontal passage not far from spotsylvania. a number of reports from that. abc 7's richard reeves took this picture off his death this morning. we are kind of stuck in this pattern. as i mentioned a few minutes ago, a couple of steps toward spring weather and back to the weather pattern and this is what we have now. these are temperatures we see mid day, usually in the middle of december, not the middle of april. 38 in annapolis and 40 -- that's warm -- at reagan national. we will climb through the mid-orders for the afternoon, it with persistent wind, will feel a lot colder. plenty of sunshine. the sun is high enough and intense enough now that you feel the radiant warmth very clearly. even a day like this, you leave your car parked outside in the s

y it looks like everything is winding down in west virginia. they were under a severe thunderstorm watch until # 1, but that just got canceled. look at the direction of the wind. it's right out of the on east e and northeast. feeling like early march. kind of miserable out there to be perfectly honest with a lot of mist and drizzle when you weren't getting the steadier reign. it is down to 40-degrees. it's also going to be cool. visibilities are dropping.es a down to a mile and a half in martinsburg. not so bad in the district, but patchy fog will be around laterr tonight. so expect more of the same tomorrow. there will be off and on light l showers through the day.day. no thunder expected. a look at the weekend, i wouldn say it's not the best weekendekn we've had. h it does look like saturday willw be cloudier and a little bitdi dryermenert the rain showers wos come through mainly in the evening and the bulk of the rain on sunday would be in the first half of the day tapering off toa showers later. one other thing i want about sunday there wil

that would be route 7 in northern virginia. a new network of quickly moving buss with their own lanes and stations is being proposed. it would run from tysons corner to alexandria. adam tuss is in the middle of it all in bailey' tell us how many people would actually ride a system like that. adam? >> think about this, ten 10,000 new commuters per day could ride a system like that right here along route 7. it is definitely busy road out here. if you could just take a fraction of the cars off of this road, that would be a big win. >> reporter: thousands of commuters riding up and down route 7 in northern virginia on a new 11-mile transit system. >> route 7 is really northern virginia's main street. >> reporter: this system could be moving to the area, good idea? people are split down the middle. >> it should be. it would traffic. >> i don't know where the bus route would be. if it's on 7, it would create more traffic. >> we want to make the road far more usable for far more people. >> reporter: the fact that buss were picked mean

the virginia lottery will give him his prize this afternoon. at this point all we know about the winner is that it's a man from vienna. >> and maybe he's watching. [ laughter ] >> i'd probably keep that a secret too. then you have people calling you and e-mailing you and texting you. >> congratulations. >> absolutely. >> we're all lucky with the weather today. >> indeed. it's gorgeous outside right now. it wasn't too bad of a weekend. yeah, we had some rain on saturday morning that hung around way too late into the day, but we did get some clearing. and it turned out to be not a bad weekend whatsoever. now, this week completely opposite from what we dealt with last week. we are going to have some rain chances. we are heating up and cooling things down. yeah, it's going to be a warm one out there today. keep your fingers crossed right now saturday looks dry. looks like we can keep that going. to be dry because i want saturday to be dry. a lot of things going on as we get into this next month. current temperatures out there. you can see those tem

mary's, virginia. of course, here in richmond the r.e. lee camp of armored veterans were no less dedicated to protecting their memory of the lost cause. this is an image from gettysburg in 1888 where union veterans gathered to dedicate one of the many monuments at gettysburg. african-americans for their part celebrated emancipation days. for the most part, confederates lauded the lost cause. unionists the union cause. and african-americans along with their abolitionist allies the emancipationist cause. despite the fact there were these very distinct memories of the war and very concerted efforts to protect what they saw as the truth of the war, despite this, by the 1880s and 1890s there was a culture of reconciliation. americans were celebrating the fact that they had come back together. the creation of the first military park authorized by congress in 1890 and dedicated in 1895. this is proof that the nation has come back together. here we had union and confederate soldiers united to dedicate a national military park. a popular play, mus

now it can only take days if a virginia resident has the virus. meantime there is growings pressure on congress to approve funding for seek a research.eek so far there have been no documented seek a infections from mosquitoes here in the us. > well, demonstrate scenes like this one are happening all over houston. the historic flooding and heavy rainfall is leaving people landed. unfortunately there is no relieve yet from the stubborn weather system that has immersed everything from cars and major highways and neighborhoods.eigh six people have died from the te dangerous waters in houston alln of them related to cars stuck in high water. in the meantime crews are outut rescuing dozens water fills their homes. we only packed an extra pair ofr clothes each of us. and my mom, she brought thehe important papers.t they worked hard for what they got. now they don't have nothing. at the end of the day, it's mother nature. it happens. > the red cross has set upup shelter for displaced residents and those needing assistance. > just incredible image. people

but not in virginia could be 5 to 15%. it depends on how much roof you have. construction has started a dc united new home and the new stadium as a name and you can probably guess what it is. we'll reveal it next. thank you so much. did you say honey? hey, try some? mmm that is tasty. is it real? of course... are you? nope animated you know i'm always looking for real honey for honey nut cheerios great, mind if i have another taste? not at all mmm you're all right bud? never better i don't know if he likes that. yeah part of the complete breakfast ♪ >> we first met anne last year. she asked alex ovechkin out on a date during his skate. ove found a friend and a cause to get behind, special needs hockey. hi support helped teams like the ice dogs hit the road this month to a mecca of hockey, lake placid. >> this is the rink where the miracle on ice 0 occurred. >> the biggest upset happened in th an impossible victory over the giant of the sport. he took a rag tag bunch of players and did the impossible. >>. >> go out and take it. >> they took to the ice for ope

virginia, maryland and d.c. have to agree on what kind of funding source, tax fee, whatever you want to call it. is it gas, it is sales, is it income, is it property or a combination of those? and we have just not been able to do it. which is why i suggested -- i was just reading history. tennessee valley authority. in the roosevelt era, the federal government superimposed on everybody this taxing district used to build the dams for the tennessee river. i haven't done anything beyond that but i'm frustrated with the local jurisdictions' inability to do with this so i go back to the federal government, maybe they can help us out. my whole point is this. we need help in metro. if we don't get it, if we don't get it, we are going to be in serious trouble beyond where we are now. >> thanks. general manager wiedefeld, an amazing story ran back in december about, "the infuriating history of how metro got so bad." an and a lot of the story focused on the operations control center and basically air traffic control syste

well, virginia mack lauren got another special treat as d.c..c. mayor muriel bowser presented her with what's called a reel ik. that is years old and older.lde the reel id is part of a new regulation to provide identification for seniors whoho lack the proper documents like a certificate to get a driver's license or a social security card. maryland governor larry hoganhoa had quite a busy day today. he signed more than 70 billsthan into law. l voting opportunities and also measures to enhance education. our top priority is education and we wanted to encourageen innovative ideas that give tha parents better alternatives toae prepare children for higher education for the jobs of the future. the governor also said the stath of maryland created more than 63,000 jobs. in fact, last month it created more jobs than any other statete in the us. > tomorrow the supreme court will hear former virginia governor bob mcdonnell's appear of his public corruption convictions. appeal based on what mcdonnell claims is an overly broadver definition of the word briber

man died after a struggle with police in a virginia park. what happened the details coming up on the news at 11 in about 18 minutes. >> it's longted in low jp ray. >> due to dry warm and gusty wind the fire spread rapidly and spans more than 5,000 acre acres. caityln. >> shawn, tony, the fire unfortunately keeps expanding and it's being dubbed rocky mount fire and it has f close in the park. hundreds of personnel along with helicopters and emergency managers are helping to contain the plays. despite the trail closures the park itself remains on along with visitor facilities and highways surrounding park. you can see the rising smoke on clear days from miles away as well as invisible satellite imagery and many of you have shared your imagery on sat lights and social media and what you're seeing outside your yard that's actually visible satellite and one of natural weather service and satellite works with the daylight and since we don't have clouds out there it will be black, gray, or altogether clear and on the scene on both images indicates

i have the last month just between the officers with prince georges county, last night with the virginia state police. >> she is not the only one. tonight, they are hold aggieness cook off fundraiser at the fraternal order of police lodge in northwest on 4th street at 6:00. >>> more problems at the washington monument. >> for a second time this week, elevator malfunction is forcing the closure of the monument. 86 people on the observation deck had to make the trek down a lot of stairs , the monument will remain closed through saturday while the crews try and make the repairs. broken elevator caused a shutdown on tuesday as well. metro watchdog tweeted out this response to the elevator trouble today. washington monument, now run by ramada. >>> now, fairfa that robbed and sexually assaulted a woman in knife point at springfield. it happened on commerce behind a busy shopping plaza. ray is live. you've talked to the victim? >> reporter: that's right, bruce, minutes ago we talked to the 40 year old victim, who says she was on her way to work. she was walking alone when she was grabbed by a m

down into north central virginia this morning, west of the metro area. also snow showers on the eastern shore but they're dissipating now. to the cold we've also had snow around. all clear now on the radar and no travel problems weatherwise. this was a photo from the web cam on skyline drive around 9:00. you see the snow showers over the shenandoah valley. it did put down a little dusting. this was stevens city, virginia. post your picture on facebook, twitter and instagram. love to see what's going on where you are. >>> all these hearts that are broken, heavenly father, we ask you touch us right now, lord. >> the people gathered at a park last night to remember christina fish fisher, the mother of three shot and killed in her home. her daughter was in the home. she called 911. she was allegedly killed by derek lewis, ex-boyfriend and father of her two sons. court records show she had gotten two protective orders to keep him away from her and her children. the message, if you know someone in a vie rent relationship, step in. >> the people that are around

yes, sir. >> gary gallagher of the university of virginia. [indiscernible] gatesid lee went into the campaign, 77,000 troops. but also they took with them about 10,000 slaves. not only personal service for laundry, they also were teamsters, cooks. they may not have been firing artillery, but they were driving the horses. is this a fair assumption? edward bonekemper: i think it is a fair assumption. i don't know about 10,000, it is certainly possible. i believe in pennsylvania, lee needed a lot of transportation, a lot of teamsters. a lot of people to do loading work for the grains that were taken out of the state. the cumberland valley was stripped. there was a huge market basket for lee, and the best thing out of the gettysburg campaign was a success in moving cattle and horses annual and huge quantities of materials back. having black slaves to do it would free up white soldiers. but what that does not get around is the fact, these people were slaves. they were slaves. they were not subject to the uniform code of military justice. they did

virginia's baseball coach staff immediately started giving the driver cpr. even so, miami rescue officials are calling the driver's condition extremely critical. none of the bhaseball players ae hurt. >>> and just got the transcript of the 911 call from prince's paisley park mansion. the unidentified caller tell unconscious person at that compound but there is a scramble to figure out the exact address and the caller says people are distraught. it's only when the caller tells the dispatcher an ambulance is needed at paisley park, the name paisley park is used, that's when an ambulance is sent and the caller reveals the person in distress was prince. back to you. >>> an autopsy is planned today for music superstar prince. the iconic singer was found dead innen elevator at his paisley park estate in suburban minneapolis yesterday morning. that was where prince lived, recorded music and hosted concerts. the 57-year-old grammy winner made an emergency landing in ilg notice last week where he was taken to the hospital with what was described as the flu. he then c

petersburg, west virginia, 63. one of the warm spot. frederick is 55. 55 in andrews. 55 at the air station. the a's are visiting us. temperatures will drop a few degrees. headed out there. jacket is a good call. chilly tonight and great baseball weather with the light winds. tree pollen count. no surprise high today. for some papal tree and the oak trees are predominating the pollen count. low grasses are absent. mold spores in the low range as well. for a second night running we areas north and west of the immediate metro area from upper montgomery county, to northern fauquier county west to the old dominion and the eastern panhandle of west virginia. the areas may see temperatures close to freezing before sunrise. 68 degrees in charleston, west virginia. 60 in roanoke. 64 in raleigh. milder air. we will incrementally warm up the next couple of days. sunday and early next week you will feel a difference as we top 70-degree mark. no major weather system. a few clouds here and there. otherwise mostly sunny. we can probably broad brush th