here's our interview with representative elect tom garrett of virginia. >> representative elect tom garrett, republican representing virginia's fifth district. tell bus your background. >> i grew up in rural central virginia and paid for college using the military rotc scholarship and served for about six years in the army and then went to graduate school and spent my time following graduate school as a prosecutor and then had the opportunity to serve as my local elected prosecutor and then ultimately in the virginia senate and here we are. got two wonderful daughters and a great wife and just blessed to have the opportunity to serve. >> how many years in the virginia senate? >> five. >> what would you say you accomplished? >> it's funny and think it's a good lesson to bring in here, and that is that we came in as a fiscal belt tightener, you know, sort of spending funds that are appropriated -- are appropriate for each level of government but we left and if i had to tag a leg as, i'd say k-12 reform and having to stand up in some areas where perhaps some conservatives might not have and se

. -- >> representative elect tom garrett, republican representing virginia's fifth district. tell us about your background. >> i grew up in rural central virginia and paid for college using the military rotc scholarship and served for about six years in the army and then went to graduate school, and spent time following graduate school as a prosecutor and then had the opportunity to serve as my local elected prosecutor and then ultimately in the virginia senate. here we are. got two wonderful daughters and a great wife and just blessed to have the opportunity to serve. >> how many years in the virginia senate? >> five. >> what would you say you accomplished? >> it's funny, and i think it's here, that we came in as a sort of physical belt-tightening, sort of spending funds that are appropriate for each level of government but we left and if i had to tag a leg as, i'd say k-12 reform and having to stand up in some areas where perhaps doctoral conservatives might not have, and serve a decent libertarian bent to repeal the crimes against nature line virginia where the state told

., tom roussey, abc 7 news. with a winter weather advisory for parts of the area. nothing for the immediate metro. garrett county, extreme western allegheny county could be looking at freezing rain and snow flakes later tonight. nothing that should calls accumulations, but beware of that. the hourly forecast, nighttime up early tomorrow morning. mainly clear skies and a chilly morning, a bit greasy. more on that, plus the coldest air of the season. when that is set to arrive in just a few minutes. jonathan: if you are joining us in town, you know this is one of the best landmarks in town, the washington monument, and a bombshell was dropped tonight. the troubled landmark will not reopen until ongoing elevator issue. as tim barber reports, necessary extensive repairs are being made by generous gift. tim: like the flag, the washington monument is a symbol of freedom and a staple of d.c. skyline. >> my brother and i used to race to the top. tim: but they will not be racing 2019. >> at they long time for that to be closed. it's a national landmark. tim: the monument al

brad garrett you cut their hair. you beat them. you're really talking about behavior of what a cult or an extremist group would use to break somebody down. right now -- community leaders are gathering at the u-n-l-v campus to denounce a professor after he made derogatory comments about professor george buch said there would be quote "no safe spaces in my classes" and threatened to report undocumented students to immigration authorities. right now -- there is a petition at u-n-l-v to protect illegal immigrants it asks the university not to give out the information of undocumented students and teachers if the deferred action for childhood arrivals-- daca-- is repealed. president-elect donald trump visiting ohio and indiana today workers in the hoosier state thrilled over his deal with carrier to save hundreds -- if not thousands of factory jobs from going to mexico. however -- democrats aren't sold on the plan -- and want more details. one of the biggest critics -- senator elizabeth warren. sot/warren ac360 - the things you learn whe

tom hanks: at 2:30 am on the morning of april 26th, the tobacco barn at garrett's farm is surrounded by 26 members of the 16th new york cavalry. lafayette baker: we know who you are! john wilkes booth: who are you? what do you want? lafayette baker: we want you! and we know who you are! give up your arms and come out directly! john wilkes booth: well, my boy? david herold: we have no choice. john wilkes booth: you god damn coward. you would leave me now? go, go on. i would not have you stay with me. this is a hard case! it may be that i am to be taken by my friends! lafayette baker: be assured, we are not your friends! john wilkes booth: you have the sound of a brave man, an honorable man. i am a cripple. i've got but one leg. if you will withdraw your men in line 100 yards from the door, i will come out and fight you. lafayette baker: we did not come here to fight! we came to make you a prisoner! john wilkes booth: you put any more kindling there; i'll put a ball through you. i could have picked off three or four of your men by now if i wished to do so. draw off your men 50 yards. l

. >> new jersey's congressman tom macarthur. thanks for being with us. rep. macarthur: thank you, bill. himer esentative got spoke with c-span recently. he defeated congressman scott garrett. >> josh gottheimer, tell us about your experience here in washington. you are not new to ashington. goipt had been a lot of years. i spent most of my career on the private sector. it is great to be back. what i've been most excited about is the chance to work with and sit down with democrats and republicans. during orientation, it is an opportunity to spend time together. what i'm seeing is there is a lot of common and a lot of issues. it has been great. >> democrat new jersey representative of the fifth district. what did you do during the clinton administration? rep. gottheimer: i was a speechwriter for president clinton and i most recently worked with the chairman of the fcc. >> also worked with the ford company. what did you do? rep. gottheimer: i worked at ford motor company, corporate advertising, and most recently at microsoft where i did corporate strategy. >> wh