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a number of his regiments were west virginia troops where the state of west virginia comes into play in 1863. so, when i refer to west virginia, i'm also talking about those virginia counties railroad between baltimore and cumberland and the points west into west virginia. in 1864, there were a large number of regiments sent from ohio. those were the 100 day men. they came in to fill the gap as the union army needed to be recruited. a number of 100 day ohio regiments guarded the b&o railroad. here, we have the pioneer, the pioneer built in 1851 was owned by the cumberland valley railroad. the cumberland valley railroad ran from just west of harrisburg, down to cumberland valley to hagerstown, maryland, through chambersburg. this is, as you can see, a very small locomotive. it pulled only two or three rail cars. the problem was the cumberland valley's rail system, the tracks and the ties, were very poorly constructed and it couldn't handle anything larger. so, rather than rebuild the tracks, they simply bought small locomotives. by the time the war began, they were upgrading their sys

martinsburgew of west virginia, when it was still virginia. the south was greatly at a disadvantage in terms of number of railroads, rail miles of the 30,000 miles of track in the united states at the beginning of the civil war, one third were in the confederacy. some states had barely a few hundred miles of track. with different gauges, it made intermodal transportation -- instead state transportation a challenge. where we are standing now, on the other side of the john hancock. this is a very small locomotive. situated in the yard with our yard man. the railroad was one of the most efficient industries. it was one of the first two address recycling. nothing was thrown away. everything was recycled. at one time, this locomotive what have been the largest in service. as the decades past, it became too small for the loads to carry. it was relegated to yard work. after they became too small for yard work, the power system would be transferred to run a sawmill or water pump, or everything would be cannibalized and scrapped. another personality yo

so unlike his contemporaries in virginia, people like patrick henry would think of virginia as his country. but john marshall thinks of the united states as his country. we get this amazing letter. and then we have different artifacts that talk to his time in the military. i want to focus on the one in the bottom corner. these are revolutionary war uniform buttons that were pulled from valley forge. when we think about his experience in the revolution, he was there. he was there with george washington and alexander hamilton. they felt firsthand the sacrifice of war, of fighting for your country. they also spoke about the inadequacies of the government at the time. the government that relied too much on the states to volunteer supplies and fight in the war. so they would emerge from this war feeling they needed a stronger federal government, one that could undertake big tasks. this philosophical view would help in forming -- would help inform most of marshall's views for the rest of his career. we're fast forwarding to when he comes home from the war and is trying to build a career and a li

now we will show you several stops from our time in richmond, virginia. announcer 2: while in richmond, we took a driving tour with mayor lavar stoney. ashley: well, mayor stoney, thank you for showing us around richmond today. if somebody has never been to richmond, virginia, what should they know about the city? mayor stoney: i think they should know this is the cultural history arts capital of all things virginia. we're sitting on the rise, we're thriving, but imagine a thriving city with the backdrop of all the historical -- historic riches we had here as well. ashley: so we are going to a historic everett as well right now. mayor stoney: we are going to churchill. ashley: so what makes churchill distinct? mayor stoney: it is part of the original layout of richmond. right here on the st. john's church. ashley: tell me for those who do not know what happened at st. john's church, tell me about that spot. mayor stoney: i know many people have their textbooks out right now. everybody has heard of a guy named patrick henry, we know his favorite speech "gi

bringing them back to virginia. the family gave her permission and in a large ceremony, july, 1858, munro was removed from marble cemetery in new york and reburied in hollywood cemetery. john tyler is also buried in the presidents circle. it was the 10th resident. -- hehe was president thought john tyler was too supportive of states rights. after tyler finished his presidency, here announced his american citizenship and went to work for the confederacy. three weeks before he died he was elected to the confederate congress. for 20 years there was no marker and his grace. 20 years after he died the statement of the small tablet headstone. the federal, government erected a monument we have at his site today. this is a shaft that has the bust of tyler at the top. urn surrounded by two eagles. on the right side of the monument is an allegorical figure of memory it was holding a laurel leaf. they are symbols of honored distinction and achievement. on the left side there is an allegorical figure of the republic, with the s

the virginia state capital is a symbol of, not only virginia, but virginia people who served in public service and virginia principles that have gone on to inform american principles of self-government. you walk into this building every january and you feel the public pulse with the newer legislative wings and the brand-new underground extension that welcomes visitors to the capital. the capitol itself is, on one level, a pretty fine fine arts museum with arts and sculpture. it is also a really convincing civics classroom. we get about 118,000 visitors each year coming to see the capitol building. they are coming to see it for all kinds of reasons. some want to visit a recognized historical attraction. some are coming here for civics education. some are coming here to participate in self-government. all of them, i hope, will gain appreciation for a time tested workplace and for enduring

the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: the bill allows law-abiding gun owners with valid state issued concealed carry firearm permits to -- or those who live in so-called constitutional carry states, to carry a concealed firearm in any other state that also allows conceal carey. we know citizens who carry a concealed firearm are not only better prepared to act in their own self-defense but also in the defense of others. take, for instance, an incident that occurred just last november on a highway in florida. lee county sheriff's deputy dean bards had just concluded a high-speed chase just off interstate 75. as deputy bards approached to apprehend the suspect, the suspect, edward struther, violently attacked the deputy. a witness on the scene told reporters that the attacker just started punching him and hitting and hitting. i was afraid for the police officer. i thought he was going to kill him. fortunately, for deputy bards, aschad russell, a concealed carry permit holder, saw this. he approached the altercatio

the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: the bill allows law-abiding gun owners with valid state issued concealed carry firearm permits to -- or those who live in so-called constitutional carry states, to carry a concealed firearm in any other state that also allows conceal carey. we know citizens who carry a concealed firearm are not only better prepared to act in their own self-defense but also in the defense of others. take, for instance, an incident that occurred just last november on a highway in florida. lee county sheriff's deputy dean bards had just concluded a high-speed chase just off interstate 75. as deputy bards approached to apprehend the suspect, the suspect, edward struther, violently attacked the deputy. a witness on the scene told reporters that the attacker just started punching him and hitting and hitting. i was afraid for the police officer. i thought he was going to kill him. fortunately, for deputy bards, aschad russell, a concealed carry permit holder, saw this. he approached the altercatio

virginia state police say that they responded to more than 200 crashes yesterday, and many people are waking up without power. we talked with dominion energy overnight and continue to talk to them today. they tell us more than 3,500 customers are still without power in northern virginia, while more than 13,000 across the state still without electricity. always working for you, so be sure to download our free nbc washington app. it has everything to know on a storm team 4 weather alert day. all you have to do is click download in your app store. >> time right now is 10:04 on this sunday morning. take a look at this, devastating house fire, just weeks before christmas. prince george's county fire officials tweeted out this photo just moments ago. you can see that the flames bursted out of the roof here at the ft. washington home. in moments, right before that, we learned what caused the fire. >> yeah, news4's justin finch is live there in ft. washington for us with the details. good morning, justin. >> reporter: meagan, good morning. the fire department here able to quickly identify the

in my state of west virginia, smaller state, 22,000 children are in the west virginia chip program. that includes over 10,000 families, and it is science until it is working on and it is essential thatec we recognize tt some working families are unable to get insurance, maybe they can get it for the person is working or the spouse, a lot of times it prohibitive to get the insurance for the children at the same time. that's worth chip comes in. it's preventive here it's for sickness and illness, and it has really helped i think increase the health of our young people in the statef of west virginia. i am pleased that bill passed out of the finance committee, with strong bipartisan support and do whathe you think them for their efforts. e leader mcconnell a&e is very favorable about the need to reach a solution for this by years end. thousands of west's virginia families and children rely on this program need to know that k it's going to be there, and we know we're running up against the funding deadline and expiration. we've already passed the expiration date. i look forward to workin

it's not solid when it comes to roy moore. >> look, this is much bigger than virginia and i love virginia and it was a strong signal. to have a ruby red state like alabama with president trump carrying it by 28 percentage points and managing to lose a senate seat even by a small margin suggests what could be coming in 2018. even with roy moore being a horrible candidate. don't forget, donald trump struck out twice in alabama. once in the primary and then in the general election. it suggests to me and think to a lot of people that he is not going have a lot of pull in 2018. what pull he has in competitive states will be negative for the republicans. >> thank you for saying that. the women pro choice single women in northern virginia, we know that story and i have grown up with it around washington. pro choice democratic women vote democrat because they are pro choice. i want to talk about the african-american vote which is apparently half of the winner's vote was african-american. was it the sense i get when people are african-american not just in the sense of the commentary. this guy is d

we made investments in virginia up to a million five in virginia. zero dollars went into television, but into organizing and made sure the tech tools were there to help our friends in the progressive ecosystem. and in new jersey, we helped people up and down the ticket. it was an honor to campaign on behalf of the house of delegates' candidates. we want you to govern and best way is to flip the house of delegates. last time democrats this many seats in the virginia house of delegates was the late 19th century. it wasn't a coincidence and the 15 republican whors about to become former members of the virginia house of delegates are all men, replaced by 11 women. remarkable. history made, including the first two latinas in the history of the house of delegates. first asian american in virginia house of delegates and first openly transgender person in virginia house of delegates. we can win. so that's what we've learned. that's the progress we have made. that's the momentum. we need to scale that and make sure we are doing that everywhere in 2018 becaus

oklahoma state tops virginia tech, 30-21. and the navy absolutely demolished virginia this afternoon in the military bowl. jonathan: that was rough. erin: yeah, you don't want to be virginia right now. nancy: it is perfect cuddle wea ther. erin: what are you trying to say? nancy: it is very cold. bill: you are thinking positive. we are barely above freezing friday and saturday. snow potential late tomorrow night into saturday morning. we will watch that. but it will just be cold. jo jimmy kimmel's next. nancy: had a great night. "what if" more of the came from renewable resources? "what if" the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent power outages? "what if" our grid were less vulnerable and more secure? "what if" all these "what if"s became a reality? well, they are. at dominion energy, we're completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy... ...to move from "what if" to "what's next." dominion energy. just became whatever whayou're about to dout to do after you get coffee. nothing comes before

as you have been talking about virginia, democrats have deny well the last two elections, virginia and now alabama, which is a great boost for democrats going into 2018. as steve was saying, the reason why democrats won tonight in alabama is because of turnout. and the only way you have turnout is you have to have a large, strong operation, grassroots operation on the ground and you have to have a great candidate. and doug jones -- >> are you going to let doug jens be a moderate? yes or no? are you guys going to push him to the left. i think he should reject donald trump's policies which are horrible. >> i'm asking are you on the left going to let him be a moderate? >> we are going to push him to be a progressive. >> in alabama? >> i think. >> ung do you think a true progressive with win re-election in alabama? >> if you stand on the right side of history. >> he wanted the 100% ada voting railroad. >> i think he should vote against the republicans. >> vote consistently with the democrats. >> of course, why not. >> the republicans love hearing this. >> if he could do that all the way un

with that believe, he began to transfer troops to the virginia piedmont. first, he sent jackson with two divisions of soldiers to gordonsville. eventually he would reinforce , jackson with units, whose numbers would soar to approximately 25,000 men. this would be the beginning of wass first campaign, that solely his. all indications pointed that this one would be one of an offense -- an offense, not a defense, in nature. for jefferson davis, his view of the confederate great strategy , for jefferson davis, his view of the confederate grand strategy is something he turned. coin he phrased -- a phrased, offensive-defense. jefferson davis preferred the offensive. this can be evidenced by the use of the offensive on the strategic and tactical levels at fort sumter, through the most recent battles around richmond. for davis, although there were situations that dictated a defensive posture, he believed it was the use of a strategic and tactical offense that was the key to gaining confederate aims. belief is best expressed when he wrote "the advantage of selectin

then there is the virginia problem. so many of the people populating the upper echelons of command are virginians, and that is especially true in a p hill and richard whewell. if you start with long street, not a virginian, and you go down the command list, it is one non-virginian officer after another. lots of georgians and south carolinians. mississippians. gary: ardent fire eaters. allen: but always feeling they are somehow second-class confederates in this army dominated by virginians and they don't always deal with that terribly gracefully, nor do the virginians. the virginians are not shy about letting other people in the army of northern virginia feel they are somehow along for the ride in the heavy lifting is being done by virginians. gary: did you find any surprises working on your book? allen: constantly. gary: give us some examples. allen: the story that most people are familiar with in the battle of gettysburg, it comes from rod maxwell's movie, it is little round top. gary: i think the western world -- alle

from the eastern district of virginia in alexandria. jackie bensen was there and the investigation. >> reporter: the raid on the home on courthouse square in sterling ended with a long line of deputies leaving the townhouse carrying boxes marked with red and black evidence tape. among the containers, long boxes they use to transport guns but don't know what was inside the boxes. >> when i pulled up from work, i saw all the undercover cars and i was like, oh my gosh, what's going on? all the fbi jackets. it's serious. that's when i told her, you need to come outside. >> reporter: chopper caught these images of the extensive law enforcement presence including a large white vehicle used as the mobile command post. neighbors at the quiet complex say the home's occupants just started renting it last summer. >> it's a little confusing. i really don't know what's going on yet. >> reporter: investigators removed more than two mini fan loads of boxes marked evidence and fbi official tells news 4, the only information this was quote "authorized,"

welcome to the university of virginia. i like to welcome the cochair of the university of virginia bicentennial commission. >> good morning everybody. given a lot of talks, i'm in medicine and never had a response like that. we need more of that in our country today. andome to charlottesville our university, particularly those who come from far away. we started this with dr. sullivan. about a year ago. this is going to be one of the core tenets of our bicentennial, exactly what we are talking about here today. we have been working on it ever since. toyou don't know how pronounce his last name just go with kurt. start working on this as a partnership. i was born here over university hospital 1956. the little league baseball teams were segregated. nobody talked about it. that's just wasn't around in those days. the people responding with this kind of queries are just part of the problem. i was seven years old when martin luther king came here and spoke. he made more sense than anyone with the power of speech. i learned throu

virginia beltway is clear as well. in huntington or alexandria, southbound of route 1, just after north avenue with the response. hopefully that will be clear pretty soon. if you're headed northbound on i-395 near arlington and the 14th street bridge, we have one broken down near glebe road. i'm rob stallworth, back to you. >>> five minutef plan for new year's eve. metro will stay open late but the system will close one hour earlier than previous years. since there's no corporate sponsor paying for extra service this year, you won't get free rides. open until 2:00. >>> maybe you've ridden in the new metro cars. shiny, nice. some homeowners say they're loud and heavy. >> it's become such an issue that metro launched a study to figure out what the problem is. the transit agency admits there are increased vibration levels from some trains. take a look at this damage to the tallman and petworth neighborhood. pictures have fallen off the walls. the new rail cars have been built with heavy weigh 2,000 pounds more. >> when th

as you have been talking about virginia, democrats have deny well the last two elections, virginia and now alabama, which is a great boost for democrats going into 2018. as steve was saying, the reason why democrats won tonight in alabama is because of turnout. and the only way you have turnout is you have to have a large, strong operation, grassroots operation on the ground and you have to have a great candidate. and doug jones -- >> are you going to let doug jens be a moderate? yes or no? are you guys going to push him to the left. i think he should reject donald trump's policies which are horrible. >> i'm asking are you on the left going to let him be a moderate? >> we are going to push him to be a progressive. >> in alabama? >> i think. >> ung do you think a true progressive with win re-election in alabama? >> if you stand on the right side of history. >> he wanted the 100% ada voting railroad. >> i think he should vote against the republicans. >> vote consistently with the democrats. >> of course, why not. >> the republicans love hearing this. >> if he could do that all the way un

virginia was ranked as the 5th best state in which to do business. today governor mcauliffe took some time out with bureau chief julie carey to talk about why he hopes his biggest legacy is helping northern virginia commuters. >> reporter: you could spend hours touring terry governor mcauliffe's office. it's filled with memorabilia the last four years. >> there is nothing i love more than shoving some dirt. >> reporter: turning dirt, especially for new businesses and new roads, twin goals when he took office. >> we have built the new virginia economy, over 200,000 new jobs, record economic inven tranls po transportation, adding express lanes in northern virginia. >> not only opening tolls. i came up with a solution to move more people. >> reporter: his best day, signing the order that eventually restored voting rights to tens of thousands of felons who had served their time. his darkest day in charlottesville, when violence in the wake of a white supremacists rally ended with three deaths, including those of two state troopers who perished in a chopp

in the army of northern virginia, the real questions swim around a, virginia and the dominance of virginia and in the high command of the army, and b, whether you are sufficiently ardent about secession. that's why north carolina units always had a hard pull of it in the army of northern virginia. they were suspected of being halfhearted on secession. north carolina was the tail end of secession. a lot of people in the army of northern virginia strongly suspected that north carolinians cannot be trusted. then there is the virginia problem. so many of the people populating the upper echelons of command are virginians, and that is especially true in a p hill and richard whewell. if you start with long straight, -- long street, not a virginian, and you go down the command list, it is one non-virginian officer after another. lots of georgians and south carolinians. mississippians. gary: ardent fire eaters. allen: but always feeling they are second-class confederates in this army dominated by virginians and they don't always deal with that terribly gracefully, nor do the virginians. the virgini

inry: the drama continues virginia. the random drawing to settle a tied race for the state house has been delayed. it was scheduled for today. at issue, the last vote counted after republicans argued it should be counted. democrats want it thrown out. beenplacement date has picked. in virginia's 28th district, joshua cole will not contest his loss to bob thomas. just 73 decided by votes. officials say some voters were given the wrong ballots. adrianna: at montgomery county leaders have approved allowing people to pay next year's property taxes this year to get the tax deduction this year before the tax law changes that would negate the deduction. montgomery county is not the only county being crushed from this. metro normally stays open until 3:00 on new year's eve, but it is closing at 2:00 because there is no corporate sponsor to fund the service. coors sponsored it this year, they are not. this year, the d.c. area is not on their list. the end is near 4-h free at the white house. grounds. oldest on the andrew jackson

they say that it is compliant with the code of virginia. but their statement went on to say, drawing names is an action of last resort. any substantive concerns regarding the election or recount should be resolved before a random conducted. now, here's the thing. this race is significant for reasons beyond the 9th district in virginia. if the republican is declared the winner, republicans maintain their majority in the house of delegates in virginia. if the democrats wins, there are 100 legislative seats in virginia, that means there will be 50 republicans and 50 democrats, a split right down the middle in the house of delegates. i spoke with ron myer, the loudoun county supervisor and a political analyst at media dc about the significance of the outcome of this race. take a listen. >> it's way bigger than the 9th district because of the size of the majority, and so whoever has the majority has the speakership gets the committee chairs, gets to decide what legislation comes forward and when, so it's tremendously important and this seat will

both maryland and virginia, so those are the areas we've seen trouble with before. we're expecting the exact same thing this year. so if you're going to be leaving town, best time to leave here, the advice is we're starting to see things build at this point. maybe hold off. we're talking about noon or 1:00. that might be the sweet spot to get out of town. that gives you enough time to completely get out of the dmv before we hit that 3:00 to 6:00 peak time. back to you guys. >> thank you, megan. >>> if you're headed to the airport today, prepare for crowds too. today is also the busiest travel day for airlines. we have a live look at reagan national airport arrivals line. a lot of people -- see all the headlights. more people plan to fly this year than last year according to travel data. we'll keep an eye on the airports nationally. the airports are all on time this morning so far. we're seeing delays at other airports across the country. you know how that goes. >> hopefully the atlanta hartsfield aren't spilling over into the weekend. we'll have coverage of the holi

virginia, alabama, we have a bunch of new results, maybe new data that you're looking at. how closely are you waiting that as an indicator for the midterms? >> jo, i want to disagree with what matt said and to answer your question. donald trump endorsed roy moore. he endorsed him heavily. he made the rnc go back in there and help that campaign. he lost. it's been more than two decades since alabama has sent a democrat to the senate. that was his race. those were trumpist candidates who lost. and lost quite badly. those should be warning signs. he's not heeding those. i would be very worried if i were romney mcdaniel. what does this say about the president's power to influence elections? perhaps he's influencing them negatively. it's hard to say right now. it's not looking good for him and for the party. >> what do you think about what alex just said? does the president have a potential for a negative, a down side for some of these republican candidates that were looking to win more moderate districts up for grabs? >> steve bannon is on record saying he wants to recruit pri

they were just honored, one of two schools in virginia to be a part of the virginia music educators associate conference held earlier this year. congratulations to all of you. take it away. ♪ [choral singing] ♪ larry: all right, the gainesville middle school choir. excellent work, ladies. congratulations. here's your 60 second express. >> john conyers, a woman who says she worked for him for more than a decade claims that he slid his hand a purse care. he's expected to announce in a matter of hours that he will not be seeking reelection. for days, take a look, everyone trying to get in to hear the arguments in a battle that fits the rights of a gay couple against the rights of a baker. >> hundreds of homes have been evacuated. some folks call it 66, i call it the side hustle expressway. there is an app called 66 express lane. plug in your entry and exit points and it will tell you how much of tolls are at that moment. >> alex ovechkin scores. no -- well, that does it for us here on abc seven. >> still three more hours to come. you are headed over to news >>> good morning, america. breakin

she's trained in reston, virginia. headed to south korea for the 2018 winter olympics. >> yeah, very, very surreal. >> it's the last winter games. telling herself at the time -- >> my goal was going to the 2018 olympics. but i'd be really young. and i did. >> you can see how personable and giddy she can be. that's just in conversation. not when she hits the ice, she's focused. that determination started young. maame says she owes much of it to her dad. >> he had to sacrifice so much, i don't even know. oh, man. it takes a lot of work. >> in 2005, he brought her to the u.s. from their native ghana. separating family. >> my journey was never easy. worked hard. but i made it. >> one day, they happened to pass by skate quest in reston. >> >> my dad signed me up. >> she's a little too fast for skating, for figure skating. so he said she should speed skating. >> 12 years later, she's the first black woman to be part of u.s. olympics speed skating. >> this is what the country is. diversity. >> that's why i'm representing the

these decorations were slashed outside of five different homes in virginia. one neighbor called it a christmas murder scene. the damage is estimated at thousands of dollars. some real life grinches are still out there. >> reporter: walking along aqua marine drive, house after house, it is christmas carnage. inflatables, like frosty, santa, and even the nativity scene slashed by vandals. and these victims say it is ruining the holiday season. >> they cut him very good. it is very big. and i don't like it. >> reporter: 6-year-old meeks walks around his front yard deflated. five of his favorite holiday decorations were slashed with a razor blade. >> so hurt that somebody could co >> reporter: marlin watts says the worst part is explaining to her special needs son why santa, frosty and the nativity scene were destroyed. >> i just found out last night that it was popped. i don't know why it happened. >> reporter: down the street, more holiday favorites were left gasping for air. a snowman left lying in the sidewalk, a fatal blow to the chest. >> it is hard not to

into virginia. look at that mess there. all northbound lanes were closed at lorton road just before 9:00. officials reported backup of at least four miles. good thing is that no one was injured. >> she puts her body on the line to protect children every day and now an elementary school crossing guard is recovering from injuries from a hit and run. one week ago tomorrow, someone hit her and police are still looking for that driver. >> i'm upset that it happened. i'm upset that she is in the pain that she's in. >> tiffany johnson is outraged that a hit-and-run slammed into the crossing guard. >> we are heart broken that someone who literally protects our children every day was injured and that no one has come forward. >> juan works for west education campus. she was helping kids cross the street a couple blocks away from the school last wednesday morning. according to the police report, the driver who hit her slowed down and kept on going. a piece of the bumper was left here at the scene. police photographed it and took it aw

virginia law says a tie must be resolved by the equivalent of a coin toss. i guess that's the professional way. >> name out of a hat. >> can you imagine the pressure? who gets to toss the coin. how high it has to go in the air, what kind of coin. >>> the more the story gets out, the more people think one vote does count. >> every single time. >>> it's 4:35. let's get another check of weather and traffic. >> what are we looking at guys? >> rock, paper scissoring to figure it out. >> another old-fashioned way. >> we have tied twice in a row. both with scissors. >> i win. >> i always go for rock. now you know my trick. >> i let chuck win. >> oh, brother. i don't know if i've heard it all but i'm getting close. >> it is a chilly start on a thursday morning. you're excited because that means tomorrow -- >> yes. i'm incredibly excited. the sunset -- not even the sunset. but we get one more minute of daylight, yes? >> we get three more seconds of daylight. >> it's only three seconds. >> i got to look at the sunrise and sunset. i'm looking at it right now. >> dry we

i'm curious to hear about how virginia's transition went. additionally, what are the chances a foreign entity could tamper with the ballot box? these are all questions and answers i'd like to hear today. i thank our witnesses for being here today and for their efforts to ensure our country remains free and fair. i recognize the ranking member, my friend, ms. kelly, for her opening remarks. rep. kelly: hope you had a good thanksgiving. thank you for holding this important hearing today. there is no doubt that russia at the direction of president vladimir putin attempted to manipulate our elections and has worked to manipulate those of our western allies. it was a broad and coordinated campaign to undermine faith and democratic election. today, we are taking a look at another part of their effort to undermine our democracy by hacking our voting machines and election infrastructure. more than one year ago, we held a hearing entitled cybersecurity to ensure the integrity of the ballot box. we took a look at state and local integrity of our ballo

to virginia. mr. krebs, some specific questions. how many cyber hygiene services over the internet for internet-facing systems can your organization do in a calendar year? i realize that's a difficult -- you can ballpark it for us. >> that's tough because, frankly, engineering-wise it's -- i don't want to say infinity, but it's, frankly, it's very, very scaleable. >> so you are not concerned about the over 10,000 voting jurisdictions requesting that particular service that you feel like you will be able to meet the need -- >> no, sir. i think the challenge would be intake. signing up the legal agreement side. figuring out the ip ranges and deploying. >> how many risk and vulnerability assessments can you do in a calendar year? >> that is a different question. risk a vulnerability assessments are time and manpower limited. in terms of the number on a given year, it would be -- let me put it this way. to do one risk and vulnerability assessment it takes two weeks. a week on site and a week report drafting. what we are doing in the mea

but what i want to show you is video we took earlier today in the virginia area. take a look at this. this is along i66, and there you can see one of those large trucks spreading that salt mixture getting ready for the snow. now, i want to take you to a command center. this is at the reeves building at 14th and u. this is basically what they call the snow team command center. this is where dc officials will gather together, they can watch so many intersections throughout the city, you can see where the crews are needed, where there might be accidents. they're going to be monitoring this, as soon as the snowfall begins. now when it comes to snowfall, it will be about midnight, once the crews here in d.c. gear up, because they believe that is the time they can head out and really hit the roads, and there is going to be coverage throughout the evening, and into the morning hours. for now, liver in bethesda, matt ackland, fox5 local news. >> several school systems in the region aren't taking chance the with the snow, cancelling activities tonight and tomorrow. some ev

they say that it is in compliance with the code of virginia. but the statement went on to say drawing names is an action of last resort. any regarding the election or recount should be resolved before a random drawing is conducted. now, let me tell you the out come of this race affects far more than 9th direct it affects the bam of power in the the entire house of delegates in virginia. if the republican win, the republican it's maintain the majority of seats. if the democrats win, the house will actually be divided with 50 republicans and 50 democrats. i spoke with ron meyer, the loudoun county supervisor and a political analyst for media dc for his take on the significance of this outcome. take a listen >> it's way bigger than the 9th district. it decides the majority. whoever has majority has the superior courtship gets the committee chairs, gets to decide what comes forward and when, so it's tremendously just from that perspective alone. >> reporter: now, if simons, the democrat, becomes the victor in this race, the house of delegates are a

potentially adopt it in more places in virginia. scott macfarlane, news4. >> back now to the weather, potential snow coming to our region late tonight. that can mean slick conditions on the roads when you wake up. >> in virginia, vdot tells us crews have been pretreating the roads, but it says with temperatures below freezing, the rs so, it's planning to have crews staging tonight to treat roads again with salt and sand when the snow starts to fall. so, we should be ready for this with our scrapers and our ice -- >> it's not going to be a big deal. but if you live especially -- draw this line a lot. 66 to 50. if you go from front royal to annapolis, areas there have a better chance of seeing snow fall. down south is flakes, but accumulating snow to the north. excuse me. i'm okay now. take a look outside. it is on the cold side and, yeah, temperatures continuing to go down. the potomac, we talked about this the other day, it could be frozen in a lot of areas. we're seeing the ice out there. temperatures have been in the 20s, well bel

if she wins it will split control of virginia's house 50-50. >>> we're also following another close virginia house race. democrat joshua cole lost to republican bob thomas by 73 votes in his stafford district. our news partners at wtop tloort cole will not contest the election result. instead, cole said he will continue to support a federal lawsuit seeking an all new election because some voters in that district received the wrong ballot. >>> 4:33. today we'll learn who the associated press male athlete of the year is. female athlete of the year, one of our favorite local swimmers. bethesda's katie ledecky received that honor. she finished ahead of serena williams. ledec t world championships. last year she finished second to u.s.a. gymnast simone biles in this particular pole. doing incredible things in the pool. >> she's awesome. love her. ledecky is the first washington area star to ever win the women's award. >>> 4:34. get another look at the roads with wtop's rob stallworth in a minute. >> first, chuck, we are in the weather alert mode this morning. maybe a little bit of snow in some pl

while virginia state and d.c. police search for butler's remains in wooded areas along both sides of 95 and in the medians between the north and southbound lanes. >> ♪ >> heads up. you may need to find a new route to work through frederick county maryland. a garbage truck hit the 355 bridge. that bridge could be closed now for about two months for repairs. fox5's matt ackland is live on the scene tonight with the latest. matt. >> reporter: shawn you're right this could really be a headache if you're heading into d.c. from frederick. the reason why, that bridge along 355, it's not safe anymore for cars to travel over. so, authorities are having to shut it down. that means those of you who use 270, well, you could see a lot more traffic for the next two months. let's take you to video now. this is skyf tow truck was brought in to move a trash truck. that's when part of the bridge was damaged. that forced authorities to close the bridge and now new beams will have to be made. they'll have to be put in place. and th

lee justifies it in terms of virginia. i've not been entirely satisfied with that as an answer, if only because lee spent so little of his time in virginia. most of lee's career is spent in other places. it is spent in georgia, in new york. it is spent in texas. st. louis. he actually spends a fairly small amount of his life in virginia. even growing up in alexandria, the years he grew up in alexandria, alexandria was not part of virginia. it was part of the district of columbia and people were very conscious of being part of the district. gary: pretty deep virginia roots. allen: no question. gary: but partisan roots go deep. allen: but look at the kinds of roots. look at his father. here is someone who -- gary: you can't lead the state -- gary: you can't leave the state if you're in debtor's prison. allen: he is a federalist mobbed within an inch of his life. he is in a state where the jeffersonians are only too happy to keep him from any political office once he leaves the governorship. in fact, -- harry acquires a lot o

well its way down in newport news, virginia and this is what they're going to do. remember these things those old film canisters, you might remember. they're going to put each candidate's name into one of these types of can any of thes, get themselves a glass jar, put those names into the glass jar and select one of those canisters. chef one they select is going to be the winner. how did they arrive at this point? it was just only yesterday that the democratic candidate in this race democrat shelley simons was celebrating what she thought was an historic win in this district. well, it turns out the attorneys for the republican bent david yancy successfully argued to ballot that was originally ruled a no vote and when that vote was counted it was a vote for yancy, so where does that leave us tonight? well, it's deadlocked even-steven. 11,608 votes for each candidate so that means by virginia rule they are now going to move on to a random draw. now, what that means is whoever gets selected next wednesday will be the winner. the attorneys for the republican incumbent

members of a family from virginia killed when their tour bus overturns. this morning, we're hearing from their friends and family. >>> countdown congestion. the busiest day for holiday travel is here. we have team coverage with warnings as you start your day. busy day. don't let that live picture fool you. all the people get on the roads to commute and i'm eun yang. >>> i'm chris lawrence. aaron has the morning off and we'll check in with your weather, see what it's going to be like heading into christmas weekend. >> before we go to your forecast, we have breaking news on the roads. we go to jack taylor in for melissa mollet. jack, what are you seeing? >> the tough part it's in centreville, 28 at 66. as you see on the picture, take a look at this. southbound travel, where everything is lit up. the only thing moving is the ramp from 66 west to go 28 north. the truck, the tractor-trailer and the car were all involved in the crash. now we're hearing haz-mat has been requested because of a possible fuel spill. there is no access from northbound 28 staying on

tell us virginia state police will be the point agency on friday. derrek butler does plan to be here as crews search for his sister sfarks rodriguez cruz for court order he's not allowed to leave the district of columbia it would be unlikely he'll be out with investigators. but it is important to note that arlington police are searching for his first wife, marta. she disappeared in 1989. instafford, lauren demarco, "fox5 local news". >>> and an 11-year-old prince george county boy remains in critical condition tonight after accidental shooting at apartment complex in suitland. he was babysitting the boy last night and in the pro processes of put ago way a gun when it wept owe off and hit the child. the man rushed the child to the hopped. they're calling it a tramingic accident. the boy's famil released a statementsation they'll limit comments about the case until police finish investigating. >> new tonight, police are looking for this ghaun that robbed a convenience store. take a look at gun. police say it's ak style rifle and this happened early th

by virginia law, it will now be decided by luck. that means that they may just draw a name out of a hat or even toss a coin. yesterday, the virginia house of delegates was tied up, 50 republicans on this side, 50 democrats on that side. now, who knows. this is the guy, bill howell who had been

senator tim kaine of virginia. he told us the information in an interview. we'll play a soundbite from the conversation an hour ago. you have to know three things, senator tim kaine wrote a letter to the office of compliance that referees the claims and watches these claims for the past few years now. tim kaine wants to know three things. he wants to know how many claims have been filed against each member of the u.s. senate, how many claims have been filed against each senator's staff. he wants to know how much of our taxpayer money has been spent settling these claims? these claims are not settled by their own money. we, the taxpayers, pay up to settle the claims. listen to our conversation a few minutes ago. >> you do anticipate these numbers to come out for the house. would you be surprised if they don't me out. i'm a u.s. senator. i'm entitled to the information. i'm going to make sure the public gets it. >> reporter: he said that information matter of factly. he sent a letter to the office of compliance on capitol hill. he wanted to know the informatio

to virginia. mr. krebs, some specific questions. how many cyber hygiene services over the internet for internet-facing systems can your organization do in a calendar year? i realize that's a difficult -- you can ballpark it for us. >> that's tough because, frankly, engineering-wise it's -- i don't want to say infinity, but it's, frankly, it's very, very scaleable. >> so you are not concerned about the over 10,000 voting jurisdictions requesting that particular service that you feel like you will be able to meet the need -- >> no, sir. i think the challenge would be intake. signing up the legal agreement side. deploying. >> how many risk and vulnerability assessments can you do in a calendar year? >> that is a different question. risk a vulnerability assessments are time and manpower limited. in terms of the number on a given year, it would be -- let me put it this way. to do one risk and vulnerability assessment it takes two weeks. a week on site and a week report drafting. what we are doing in the meantime -- >> you have about 130

he came back to virginia and married martha. correct in hisas assessment that nature greatly assisted in protecting barbados. the entire east coast of barbados is protected by this coral reef. an invader could never approach from this side. jones -- hadad george washington died in barbados, it is fair to argue that the subsequent history of the united states could well have changed his course. there might not have been a revolution or it might not have been successful. [indiscernible] you, my interpretation of george washington is that he was the glue that held the .evolution together george washington, with his consummate diplomacy, overcame all of that. so george didn't die. more importantly, he acquired immunity. during the revolutionary war, when smallpox broke out among the troops, he was protected from this illness. a medically debated consequence had a verys smallpox high fever and may have caused infertility. but georgefor tile, desperately wanted to have children of his own but did not hit every consultative -- did not.

. >> good evening, you know, terri mcauliffe has two months nrevt job as governor of virginia. so, what is ahead of him? what has he done? and what has he going to be doing in the future. we'll talk about that and sit down interview we had earlier today. >> bye-bye bye♪ ♪ >> terri mcauliffe is a huge in sync fan or maybe not. he is going bye-bye soon and he goes one-on-one with virginia "fox5". >> he sat down with wide ranging interview with tom fitzgerald. fits, what did he have to say. >> good evening we'll start withing is s people were talking about today. express lane coals on i 66 the governor hold you. yes they went up to 34 at one point. when we sat down in his office in richmond today he said look, we have to understand the toll changes baseden how traffic works and you need to give time it's 4.50 and for of minutes and those dynamic tools gorp and what they're trying to tell you don't go on the lanes. >> from there we moved on to crime in imgrates. in northern vir vr a lot of community where plagued by ongoing and increasingly disturbing gang violence program. at

but, you know, we had a lot of groups from not even just virginia, outside virginia, really involved this time. so it felt very different than 2015. >> and when will we get the final makeup of the virginia legislature? are there more recounts under way now? >> yes. there are a few recounts happening. i -- i know that we have one tomorrow, and also there is the joshua cole recount which may actually go to federal court. >> we'll be following it all. shelly simo in,nds learned the lesson of the power of one. you're going to be the story we're telling for a very long time about how your vote counts. thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >>> and tonight's "last word" is next. ♪ when you have a cold, stuff happens. ♪ { sneezing ] shut down cold symptoms fast [ coughing ] with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. run, jthe power of in to tempur-pedic sleep with our 90-day trial and being the highest ranked mattress in customer satisfaction by jd power, it's easy to love. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com i'm mark and i quit smoking w