admiral nimitz was born in fredericksburg. we are actually standing in the building his grandfather built in the 1800s. when he was approached by local businessman who wanted to open a museum in his offer, he originally declined the offer. in 1965, he finally agreed, as long as the museum was made about the men and women who served under him and not about him. sadly in he died. 1966,here on display we have the flag that draped his coffin during his funeral. almost one year after his death, the museum opened here in fredericksburg. now we are going to go to the george w. bush gallery and look at some artifacts that show we stay true to the mission of making this about the men and women who served under admiral nimitz and not just about admiral nimitz. welcome to the national museum of the pacific war in fredericksburg, texas, the only museum in the continental united states dedicated to telling the human story of world war ii in the pacific. and in three galleries here we tell the chronological story of world war ii in the paci

fredericksburg, the nasty line, lightning associated with it. we continue to get calls in about lightning strikes. >> and we have a new severe thunderstorm warning for anne arundel, calvert, prince george's county and st. mary's. wind gusts with the new warning up to 70 miles per hour and a tornado. the national weather service saying it is possible with that warning. >> and once again, that is with this storm, with this one right in here. so you have this big storm and this kind of filled in that area. me let's time it out. >> and this is moving toward the east at 50 miles per hour, but wind gusts up to 70il m per hour. >> this time of day on route 0, you can't even move 50 miles an hour. there you see the timing. we expect most of this to be across the bay by around 5:00 with the exception of the uthern area down around fredericksburg. that will move into the northern neck andrnrest of south per land. not expecting widespread area of rain, but we are tracking it as cooler air trieto move in and then we're in for a pretty good looking friday an

just south of fredericksburg. is the rest of the storm going to hit into fredericksburg. if you're in and around spotsylvania county, go ahead and zm on in, here's spotsylvania. this is spotsylvania right there. coming through the chancellor area at 7:22, spotsylvania at 7:29 and fredericksburg. a tornado warning in effect for orange county and spotsylvanil unt 7:30. you can see a hook right in here. this storm system continues to move off to thet east a about 35 miles per hour. it will make its way through orange in towards spotsylvania unty over the next half an hour or so. we're going to continue to watch this for you guys. we'll continue to give youda ups on our air as well as on twitter and on facebook. for right now i'm storm team 4 chief meteorolog . >>> breaking news >>> breaking news tonight, protests and arrest as the clock ticks down. missouri could become the first state without an abortion clinic and moments ago, another major abortion restriction signed into law this time by the democratic governor of louisiana. tonight the fallout and big names threatening

admiral nimitz was born in fredericksburg. we are standing in a building his grandfather built in the 1800s. by localas approached businessman who wanted to open a museum in his offer, he originally declined the offer. as1965, he finally agreed, long as the museum was made about the men and women who served under him and not about him. sadly, he died. we have the flag that draped his coffin during his funeral. almost one year after his death, the museum opened here in fredericksburg. now we are going to go to the george w. bush gallery and look at some artifacts that show we are true to the mission of making this about the men and women who served under admiral nimitz and not just about admiral nimitz. welcome to the national museum of the pacific war in fredericksburg, texas, the only museum in the continental united states dedicated to telling the human story of the war in the pacific. in here, we tell the story of world war ii in the pacific through the eyes of the men and women who fought that war. when america was attacke

admiral nimitz was born in fredericksburg. we are standing in a building his grandfather built in the 1800s. when he was approached by local businessman who wanted to open a museum in his honor, he originally declined the offer. in 1965, he finally agreed, as long as the museum was made about the men and women who served under him and not about him. sadly, february 24, 1966, he died. we have the flag that draped his coffin during his funeral. almost one year after his death, the museum opened here in fredericksburg. now we are going to go to the george h.w. bush gallery and look at some artifacts that show we are true to the mission of making this about the men and women who served under admiral nimitz and not just about admiral nimitz. welcome to the national museum of the pacific war in fredericksburg, texas, the only museum in the continental united states dedicated to telling the human story of the war in the pacific. we sit on six acres, we have three galleries, and 55,000 square feet of exhibit space. in here, we tell th

maybe a rumble or two south of fredericksburg today. everything dries out overnight tomorrow, mostly sunny, plenty warm for tomorrow. and rain free for all the daylight hours tomorrow. there will be another reinforci shot of cool air hat arrives late saturday evening. so 11:00 saturday night, maybe a tiny chance as another yet cold front settles through here. that leaves us in the cool zone for sunday, monday, and tuesday. so 85 today. 87 tomorrow. only around 80 degrees on sunday with some showery weather, especially int the afternoon. look at that -- monday and tuesday, high temperatures in the 70s. again, tu esday,en national airport might be below 60 degrees. >> wow. >> all right. thank you. >>> 6:21. the value of is dollar turningi nto a valuable math lesson for students in prince george's county. after the break, see how their special project is - you're heading to moose creek for aunt trudy's 97th birthday party. - yeah, it's definitely a flat. - [man in safety vest] they said you'll never make it. the kids are too wild, and the

southe maryland, toward fredericksburg. everybody gets a sunny and warm day tomorrow. hit-and-miss showers on sun y before acool snap monday and tuesday. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> new this morning, game one of the nba finals is over, td toronto raptors are celebrating their first win. they beat the reigning nba ha cs, golden state warriors, 118-109. this is the fst time the ramtors have ever been in -- raptors have ever been in the finals. the fifth straight championship run for the warriors. veince george's county native kevin durant traled with the team but did not play.ut he's still o with a calf strain. game two is back in toronto on sunday. this is when the games get >> now's the time. >>> virginia tech is dealing with a major issue, but the school says it's a good problem to have. >> apparently the school has accepted more freshmen in the fall than expected. so they're offering three different enrollment options now. students can take a gap year and get $1,000 scholarship renewable for up to four years. they can wait a year to enroll at virginia tech

that is very good news, will move south of fredericksburg around 8:20. just know that it is moving fairly slowly. it does have a lot of lightning associated with it. the rest of the area tonight really looking good. let's get right to that 10-day recast and show you how we're doing things tonight. temperature wise, a great day s morrow. high temperature degrees. it is going to be a fantastic afternoon. a little bit on the warm side. chance of rain overnight tonight. a better chace of rain on sunday afternoon. 86 on sunday. monday 76. 79 on tuesday. a really nice couple of days nday and tuesday. then we've got the chances for rain coming up wednesday and thursday. back here, sammy hagarcon se co. they are ready to go. let's get this pty started in two minutes. >> come on, man, don't leave them hanging. come on. >> i know. i want t do it, but i've got cops here. they won't let me do anything. i've got my hands cuffed. i'm going to do it. you'll see it at 6:45. all these people will go whoosh. >>> we are staying on top of breaking news. an active shooter sc

also fredericksburg coming in at 83. everybody well above average by about 5 degrees. tomorrow we'll go warmer. on the radar not much out there as r as showers and thunderstorms go. there's one shower moving out of culpeper county.is this one moving this way so it will move into spotsylvania county, but it will sthe to t west of fredericksburg. heads up toward that area. you may see that shower. that's about the only one out there. now, the other area wre watching, over towards chicago, look at this. this is a tornado watch aroundg chi they just had a tornado warning south of chicago with that storm right there. other warningh were oute as well. i'm watching this area, this whole thing can make its way our way tomorrow. not tonight. no problem this evening. if you have anybody coming over for the barbecue, looking okay there. look what happens tomorrow morning. here's 6:00 a.m. here's some shower activity. maybe some thunderstorm activity. watch what happens around 8:00. right on through the metro area, then getting out of here, we could see some come through around 8:

this next picture cain from near fredericksburg. more branches in the road, this time blocking part of i-95. road crews have a lot of cleaning up to do. pretty widespread. >>> andovernight, residents in oklahoma were given just two hours to evacuate before floodwaters rolled in. thelos quickly crossed over highway 64 in the city of bixby. ate police set up barricades and told residents who didn't evacuate that dispatching emergency services could become impossible. those who decided to shelter in place will have toer stay th until the water recedes. nord on when that might happen. >>> and take a look at this. flooding also a major problem in arts of arkansas where state and federal officials took an aerial tour along the arkansas racer yesterday. there was water as far as theo eye cd see. look at that. the vernor says the state has never seen flooding of this magnitude before. the damage to homes, farmland, and the state's 1/2 -- state's navigation system is costing $23 million a day. coming up, the "today" show will have more. >>>

michael coleman'st( relativesda to they live in fredericksburg, but they say it is too soon for them to comment onc this tragedy.xdjr we are also still awaiting word from the medical examiner's office about haactly what ened inside this house. back to you in the cstudio. , >> julie careyank you. to learn more about that go fund me effort, you open our nbc washington app and search go fund me. cleaning up after the mess from homes have been left with prettq nasty wind damage. ho oftrees.i] amelia draper is joiningfv+m n. walkxd us through all of what w think happened there. you can see thesee1 threes just absolutely sheared off, not even toppled over where you see the heite here on top st trees. that's where that tornado just crumpled thatw3 tree. you look at scenes like this where you don't see a tree snapped in half like a. pencil it's almost twisted around. this also confirms to the national weather service there was in fact at(rnxd too yesterd in howard county. howeveré( down around spats veinia the national weher ervice is still gathering all of the storm reports before they g

it's all south of fredericksburg, south of fredericksburg closer to richmond and i-. traveling there you will run into heavy rain. it's starting to creep to the north. the front to the southmoves to the north. you can see it right there, a boundary right in the . that's what i'm talking about, moving up to the north towards our region and a much better chance of showers overnight and today and tomorrow. cooler washington, d.c. in our area. and to the south we get back into it. i mentioned the chance of showres. hethey are overnight tonight. not everybody. don't be surprised to see areas of drizzle and shower activity early tomorrow morning. heads-up there. ba to 77, after a cool part of the day, most of the day will be cool and we start to seein ease seeing clearing late in the day. 60% chance of showers and only 40% saturday. there's mother's day. temperatures around 57 with rain, heavy rain. we'll talk more about that and h hour-byr as well. see you back here at 6:45. >> thank you. >>> a local policehief speaks out about thee i report revealing dozens of drunk drive

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chances for severe weather, marginal south of fredericksburg. a slight chance from fredericksburg to the washington metro area. enhanced risk for baltimore. severe chances get hire the farther north -- higher the farther north you travel. nothing going on before lunchtime today. once we get past 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon, storms will develop. this is 3:00 now on our forecast model. this thing updates each and every hour. a couple of updates ago, it was thought that the storms would have already been going. it's delaying them a little bit. that's not necessarily good news. the longer it takes to get the storms going, the warmer and more unstable the air will be when they arrive. 4:30, anhit-miss storms baltimore toward washington, fredericksburg. the storms intense as they are likely to be going down the chesapeake bay into southern maryland and out over the -- over the chesapeake bay bridge on that the eastern shore. so if you're ying to do a little early getways, to the shore -- getaway to the shore, get away reallyy. earl if you wait until

culpepper, fredericksburg. all of those areas well above 80 degrees. it could be quite a difference between fairfax and fredericksburg orgg has town and plan on most everybody in the 70so 80 degrees. for tomorrow, everybody gets a southwest wind and sunshine and everyone will be inhe 80s for tomorrow. in fact, some spots might get close to 90 tomorrow. day a stray shower late today and again tomorrow afternoon. higher rain chances now friday afternoon and ening. saturday not a total washout but a chance for rain. sunday i've moved the raina chnce up to 70%. dryeather returns early next week. let's go over to first 4 traffic. >> good morning, chuck outer loop after georgetown road, crash on the left shoulder. blocking it on the shoulder.re of the beltway nice and clear and nice and dry. we do appreciate that., into town out of town, no issues. 66 looking quite good. so is 95. southbound.and 67 miles an hour gets you there in 27 minutes. s ofresearchers say americ all ages are drinking more and more energy drinks and s scientistwarn that choice can have

wawn towards the culpeper county area in tos fredericksburg. this was coming towards fredericksburg. more forming in through fairfax cokty. more bacto the north and west back to the panhandle of west hivirginia. tis right around charles town just to the north there. we are looking at a pretty good shower. this is going to move right over harpe harpers ferry. this one has been a very heavy shower, moving slowly through k culpter county. t is going to move slowly right on down towards fredericksburwi now, the der picture showing the first round of rain that came through. now a second t round anden maybe a third round with the actual front as it moves through later tonight. if you're going out toght, od idea to take the umbrella or at least if you see the rain coming, make sure you stay ldoors until it's done. it's not going tt all that long. this rain here will last long. we're got one storm near little rock. we've got one storm back here in north texas. those are going to actually comm together trrow and into the day on sunday and give us some w

the family had livedÑi inÑi fredericksburg several years but only moved into this house six months ago and now the home michael coleman was tryi to fix up for his family is the terrible violence. kyrrus ande1 rachel ozuna and h boyfriend michael coleman. xd families and community are no reason imaginable for them to midate school classm oft(jf 14-year-old kyrrus. this teenÑi spoke to drew wilde on thursday. >> i feel like he didn't deserve that. >> reporter: the three victims were discovered wednesday morning when the teen boy'sr fatheme by the house. neighbors saw him crying outside after the sheriff's deputies arrived responding to his clfáe for help. also discovered inside the house alive, a 6 week old baby and a toddler. children of the couple.o spylvania county sheriff's investigatorspent ta5 collecting evidence here, even searching the woodsacross the they are saying little about only that the three were killed by axd sharp object. with the crime scene tape lifted today, weÑi are getting a close look at the scene. parkedll across the property, nine different trucks and luxury

three people found dead in a rural area of fredericksburg. no victims' names have been released yet but officials say there is no threat to the community. >>> the police chief in prince george's county said an officer killed while off-duty represented the finest in our country. davon mckenzie wasff-duty riding a motorcycle when an impact stru him and sent him intoi incom traffic. he was just 24 years old. police have identified one of the drivers killed in a wrong way wreck in brandywine. one person died after another driver hit his car head-on. police have not identified that other driver, trying to figure out why that person veered into oncoming traffic on brandy wine road. >>> robert mueller spoke for the irst time today about his investigation. he resigning special counsel said he could not charge president trump with a crime because of justice policy. he also said he could not clear mr. trump of obstruction of justice. >> thank you, erica. robert mueller's statement is creating quite the buzz throughout washington. >> a lot of republican

down to the south around fredericksburg ving into spotsylvania county. starting to see heavy rain there as well. now the whole thing moves on through and behind it not much. here's the last little area. we saw one area go throgh early. another one go through over the last few hours. now we're waitin s on thisrm right here. we have some time before it gets here and then the next storm onl sunday moving our way. if this was winter time i'd be really excited. we'd be talking about a reay nice storm. it's just 66.in. dry early. that's the good news. rain moving in. heaviest overnight. let's talk about when the rain moves n. just clouds and maybe even somen sun i our northern zones. i'm not expecting a lot. you might get some. even through 1:00 we're dry. 4:00 in the afternoon this computer model is dry. i expect it to start moving in around 4:00 or 5:00. notice by around 9:00 overnight tomorrow night through sunday morning you've got the rain. through noon, this is daroun brunch time, it looks like the rain is pretty heavy there. maybe around 5:00 another ro

fredericksburg at 74. we have a frontal system bisecting the area from the north to the south could spark t showers bothing happening right now. as far as wednesday outlook is concerned, taking the kids out to the playground, it will look clobut mainly dry. exercise comfortable conditions, after school could have a few spot f showers as thental system sinks to the south and i think mainly the showers will be south of d.c. so we'll start at 11:00 and knocking on the radar.ai but ag you could see a few showers popping up. it is about a 20% chance- chance you'll see them this afternoon. but we'll keep 30% to 40% in for thursday and then we up thatce chano about 60% for friday as a frontal system comes through the area. so temperatures will go up a little bit for today. especially if you are d.c. and points south and east. otherwise stay in the 60 -- 60s north and west. everybody near 80 on friday and then weekend, we have rain in for us, of course. we'll talk more about the weekend coming up in ten minutesy,

this showerving south of fredericksburg. the rest of the area and what i'm really watching is this region back here. this is a pretty potent storm system. nice little spin here and that's allowed these individual storms to spin as well. you can see numerous tornado warnings. he's one right around chicago. that system is going to be making its way our way. we'll get showers and thunderstoins tomorrow morn on future weather, 11:00 tonight no problem. a beautiful night tothght. nong to worry about if you're having friends over. tomorrow here comes those showers and storms fm the west back along the i-81 corridor and through the d.c. metro area. that includes montgomery, fairfax county. may need the umbrellas earlier. during the 11:00 hour we see another shadow and w then see the heat really begin to build. high temperatures well above average. look what happens tomorrow night. manother air of stcomes through. this one most likely coming through and dying off by tuesday night into wednesday. what it will do is that the boundary

heest rain chances will be from fredericksburg to the northern neck into southern maryland. everybody gets a chance of seeing a draindrop or two. turecast shows sunshine later in the afternoon. warm and unstable enough for a pop of shower later. i think most of our rain chancea done by noon. for tomorrow, highest rain chances in the anderson and even, rumbles of thunder, as well. the weekend will stay dry. a sure, you it will end wet. mother nature probably going to be raining start to finisha und here. this is not good news. melissa mollet, maybe that means that your kids and husband will give you break in bed? >> that better becoming no matter what. i don't care what the weather is, right, eun? what.eg in bed no matter inner loop, outer loop, no major issues. earlier problem outer loop at river has edclear 270-middle i 270-midd 270-middlebrook looking good. two problems on bw parkway. both are southbound, one near had 10, disabled victim on the right, then greenbelt road, ve disabled cle on the left this morning. stafford, northbound 95, a crash has cleared out of the way.

in front royal and leesburg, 73 in fredericksburg. 74 in arlington. high temperatures today around 80 degrees. clouds are building back in and still a high likelihood of mo rain showers and some thunderstorms later on into the afternoon and early evening. all part of this cold front which will bring us thunderstorms today and then it will bring us a chance for quite a bit of rain late saturday and through the day on sunday. there is the leading edge of what will tur into thunderstorms once they come east of the mountains. not a big threat for severe weather today but any individual storm could pack a bit of a punch. so doug will be here on nbc wash through the afternoon. first thunderstorm chance and thunderstorm chances from as early as about 3:00 and then could linger as late as about 9:00 or 10:00 this evening. things will start to settl down after about 10:00 or 11:00. now tomorrow we'll probably wart off dry and might even get a little sunshine early tomorrow. we'll be in the 50s when you wake up in the morning. sun is up 6:00 a.m.morrow morning.

the bodiesa5 were found in amy home on arlenexd acres drivexd near fredericksburg. drew wilder joins us live. he hasails on the couple's children who were found unharmed. they were in the home, drew? >> reporter: yeah,wenny, that's absolutely right. yesterday we reported that the three victims were found dead inside the home, but today we're learninerthat there wt( two other kids inside as well. a toddler and an infant. a toddler anere unharmed. tonight we're also learning a little bit more about those threexd victims. as you mentioned, no new details about how they were killed or who killed them. the three people killed inside thissp sylvania home were 39-year-old michael coleman,lp s girlfriendññ1q 34-year-old rach kyrrus. rachel's father talkedlp with h daughter about nine days ago. >> we were watching up with wh's going on with the grand kids. >> reporter: grand kids still inside the home at the time of % the criñ they had a toddler and infantq together. police found both of them inside unharmed. but still no details about how the three were killed or by whos

tonight winds coming down in the opposite diion and that helps cool things down. 80 in fredericksburg and 82 to the northe that thll not be the case tomorrow with that northeasterly flow. we'll see temperatures about 10 to 15 degrees cooler than where they are right now with cloud cover. it will be a cool day. not cold this time ofr. yea we don't get too cold and high temperatures tomorrow in the upper 60s to 70 degrees and do have a cple of showers. not much going on now. one shower down around leray than could come around cull person, maybe fredericksburg over the next couple of hours. that's really it. in towards page county, nothing strong. there's one forming right there. here comes the other one that we're seeing. watch it move into the area. big storms right now back the midwest part of the country. tornadoes on the ground currently in texas. this storm we're waiting for for friday but this storm right here, youan see the actual storm way up towards canada, the trailing cold front. going to slide down across our . look at these numbers right now. 77 d.c. and 48 chicago andly on

breaking news in spots vania county, threeple discovered dead at ahome along arlene acres drive in fredericksburg. no details released about thevi tims or what might have happened here. we're being told there is no danger to the public. drew wilder is on the scene and joins us at 6:30. >>> doctors and nurses are working to save man's life after he lit himself on fire near the white house ellipse today. people walking nearby looked on in horror. witnesses saw the man covered in flames head-to-toe. some reported he wasn't screaming just walking around. one man describes him looking like a zombi secret service agents went to h help and used a fire extinguisher to douse thes. claim >>> to what appears to be a freak accident to claim the life of an off-dutypolice officer. d davon mckenzie was only 24 and on the police force two years made a lasting impact. >> reporter: the police chief, hankaws the tmis grie ving. >> he was the very finest the police h to offer. >> reporter: this is where the crash happened where 24-year-old off-duty da'von mckenzie was riding his motorcycle after 11:00 p.m. he was hi

i think down around fredericksburg, we can shift this south. kind of sitting there right on through 10:00, 11:00, i think we could see flooding in those areas. tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., just shower activity around, but watch what happens by noon. looks like most of usare dry by noon. most of tomorrow afternoon looks dry. 3:00, just scattered thunderstorm activity. i do not expect widespread storms like we've seen today. 5:00, more thunderstorm activity in parts of the area. watch how it fizzles out by around 10:30. we're watching another round move through. we may be able to squeak it in. games tomorrow could be a problem. we'll see more rain tomorrow. high temperatures tomorrow back to 85. 81 degrees on your saturd. on sunday. i think sunday is the best day for rain. we're going to see significant rain early in the day on sunday. if you have games sunday, not looking good. 77 on monday. the rest of the 10-day forecast and what to expect over the next couple of days rain wise. amelia joins knee 20 minutes. >> you're full of good news over th

nationaltour the museum of pacific lower in fredericksburg, texas, to learn about admiral nimitz, commander of the u.s. pacific fleet during world war ii. we also see a japanese submarine used during the pearl harbor attack, and american torpedo a u.s. flag's own by prisoners of war. often asked w a

fredericksburg, hagerstown. not expecting much. tomorrow morning, no problem. i don't expect to see more rain. by 4:30, starting to see showers and storms develop. by 9:00, we do see showers and storms develop. i do not ink it will b a washout tomorrow. similar situation.rn friday mog, we're dry. friday afternoon showers developing. not everywhere. we will continue to watch that. kids at the bus stop, 67, nice weather there. 77 at recess. 87 by the time we're picking up the kids. the record high tomorrow is 89. we could hit that tomorrow if we getrmer. 85 on your friday. 83 saturday. 73 on sunday. monday and tuesday looking good and chance of showers again late next week, including friday. >> including friday. >> we could have said that one for you. >> youcould have. >>> coming up, redskins fans getting ready to see somhing they haven't seen in 34 years. herree is up next to explain that. >>> first, lester holt with what's ahead with "nbc nightly news." wi>>> we tell you about cruise passengers banned from a ship because of >>> we have been learning a lot about

mayb -- to fredericksburg. most of us will not need to worry about getting hit by raindrops. the five-day forecast, you know, i'm not one of these people that likes haiti and humidity very much. the humidity comes back tomorrow. back up to 90 degrees. likelihood of some storms tomorrow. then only slight chances for rain, but way hot and humid around here for wednesday and thursday. little preview of what i suspect july and using will look like. >> get rate. >> iu not complaining beca -- get ready. >> i'm not complaining because i remember the cold and the than. >> tme issnw.6:2>> speaking of steam, it's 70 degrees already on this monday. coming up next on "news4 today," high school graduation season is here. >> as many graduates across the stage, some well considering their options. the uestion to go trade school or college? we'll look at career paths. >>> and here's a look at the "today" show. >> reporter: coming up. stretch limos. so many of us use these on the memorable days of our lives, weddings, prom, homecoming.ev have you wondered what happens when one of these crashe

war department between edward stanton and joe hooker and asks where are my 15,000 suns murdered at fredericksburg? lincoln's callous answer reminds me of a little joke from an outright interruption, hotel tell your joke at springfield. democrats insinuated a critique of lincoln the joker into each and every one of their campaigning themes of 1864. none was more challenging then the charge of lincoln's shocking levity in the face of numbing military slaughter. the opposition's theme of lincoln, and i quote, the widow maker who lays the nation across his knee and tickles her catastrophe with obscene jokes and little stories became a campaign staple. nothing gave this attacked greater power than the bogus accusation that when visiting the blood drenched antietam battlefield in october 1862, lincoln had shattered its sanctity by asking to hear a vulgar comic song while touring the field with bodies yet warm in their graves. accompanied by cash graves. accompanied by george mcclellan, -- graves. accompanied by george mcclellan, lincoln drove over the field as heavy details of men were burying the dead

circulate the weekly cartoon, columbia confronts the children, published after the union losses at fredericksburg. a cartoon that i think is available to you in your packs this morning. a female figure with her arm outstretched points at lincoln, who stands outside the war department between edward stanton and joe hooker and asks where are my 15,000 suns murdered at fredericksburg? lincoln's callous answer reminds me of a little joke from an outright interruption, hotel tell your joke at springfield. democrats insinuated a critique of lincoln the joker into each and every one of their campaigning themes of 1864. none was more challenging then the charge of lincoln's shocking levity in the face of numbing military slaughter. the opposition's theme of lincoln, and i quote, the widow maker who lays the nation across his knee and tickles her catastrophe with obscene jokes and little stories became a campaign staple. nothing gave this attacked greater power than the bogus accusation that when visiting the blood drenched antietam battlefield in october 1862, lincoln had shattered its sanctity by asking

that's an unstable atmosphere. 91 fredericksburg and 93 towards the river. still going for a high of 90 . tomorrow if we get there, it is the first heat wave of the year, 40% chance of afternoon showersnd thunderstorms. we may want to bump that up a little bit, chance area-wide to form a line a give us a chance for strong winds. beautiful weather friday and saturday. if you'reout,t is fantastic. i will be out there. 86 drees. i will be live, by the way. another chance for rain on d sunday aunderstorms, too. look at monday and tuesday, the first monday and tuesday of gorgeous weather. temperatures in the 70s, sunshine. you know it won't last. rain moves back in the middle of next week. >> thank you.>> its the first expansion in the kennedy center's history. we get a first look inside. how it will help reach aoa brder section of our community. >>> today is 5/29. susan >>> it is a traditional martial artbe that's me almost part of the culture here in america as it is in korea. >> the school that just opened to the district is offering the best of both worlds. t

fredericksburg starting to see the sun and starting see breaks around the metro area. we are starting to see sunshine before all is said and done. this is all the way through the mountains, where they start in pennsylvania and parts of. virgin it is 88 degrees in morgantown west virginia and only 66 in state college. that's what this is, cold air literally damning up against the mountains. ehind that we have a couple of showers and storms in west vi iinia. that'st. the line of storms is farther west where we have a chance for posle storms, severe storms today, around cincinnati, kentucky. making our way the nxt couple f days, tonight, fredericksburg,winchester, that's about it. gets out of here. starting tomorrow morning, okay. i don'tt expec rain. tomorrow will be a hot day. watch tomorrow showers and a couple of thunderstorms develop but not a lot of shors. u may take your umbrella out on your thursday. and late in the day on friday. 3:00 in the afternoon, we're still fine. by 7:00 or 8:00, storms in the west byashington friday. and let's talk about the four-day fore

circulate the weekly cartoon, columbia confronts the children, published after the union losses at fredericksburg. a cartoon that i think is available to you in your packs this morning. a female figure with her arm outstretched points at lincoln, who stands outside the war department between stanton and joe hooker and asks where are my 15,000 sons murdered at fredericksburg? lincoln's callous answer reminds me of a little joke from an outright interruption, go tell your joke at springfield. democrats insinuated a critique of lincoln the joker into each and every one of their campaigning themes of 1864. none was more challenging then the charge of lincoln's shocking levity in the face of numbing military slaughter. the opposition's theme of lincoln, and i quote, the widow maker who lays the nation across his knee and tickles her catastrophe with obscene jokes and little stories became a campaign staple. nothing gave this attack greater power than the bogus accusation that when visiting the blood drenched antietam battlefield in october 1862, lincoln had shattered its sanctity by asking to hear a v

it's moving right on down towards the fredericksburg area. it may go just north of fredericksburg. more rain there as well. as we wide on out, there is another line right here. if you are going to dinner late, talking about 9:00, 10:00, you may need the umbrella. then we look at this storm here around memphis and th storm back here around new mexico. watch what happens here.we ve got two areas of low pressure. moving our way. most of tomorrow is dry early. tomorrow afternoon here comes the rain. that rain sticking around tomorrow night. here iseunday morning. rain likely on mother's day. somebody asked me what's the chances of getting our game in? bai'm playing ball for the first time in nine years and i've got another rain out. i haven' gotten on the field much either. xis is what i'm ecting over the next two days. maybe 1 to 2 ifnches of rain. nis is thewest computer model that came out. sburg.to 2 inches in l watch out. we're in for quite a bit of rain between now and sunday night. highn temperatures o sunday only in the 60s. tomorrow we're in the 60s. many of you not even outf

there's one just south of fredericksburg. that's really aut it. yes, we could see some of this come in tonight, over the next couple of hours. don't let your guard down yet.i you do see any light nining, make sure you stay indoors. we are watching this front right here. you can see the line of showers ociated with it. it will make its way down through our region. that gives us another chance of storm tomorrow. sun and clouds. 82 tomorrow. chance of understorms. we're going to get into this pattern over the next couple of days. heatex around 90. it's going to be a warm one. 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms. 40% chance on monday. tuesday really nice. cold front moves through. we're back down into the 70s. >> by wednesday it will be fabulousagain,ight? >> by wednesday it will be fabulous again. >> you're right. >> okay. >> wednesday. >> thank you, doug. >> i 12a row. >> the pattern continues. >>> coming up, a local spy ed sentenc >> the judge's warning for others in the intelligence community. >>> big changes ahead for the . s.a.t score system

showers in fredericksburg and stafford. more rain on the western shore of e e bay. futureather, the next 48 hours, cloudy skies and areas of rain through the morning hours. afternoon time, the rain will be more hit and miss. not much in the way of a chance for sunshinend a possing shower between 5:00 and 8:00 this evening. mostly cloudy tomorrow morning. all clouds during the day tomorrow, and a gusty northwest wind, as well. rain chances tomorrow fall to only about 20%. a tinyat png drop or -- passing drop or two. the real issue is the wind. so 59 and rain today. 62, cloudy and breezy tomorrow. improvements for wednesday, back up close to 70. w showers latenesday into early thursday. another tiny rain chance on your friday. this friday, 75 degrees. et's go over to first 4 traffic. >>> looks good to me. mgwclean, northbound arkway. we'll keep talking about it, shut down because of a sinkhole on the weekend. it's closed between 123 and the beltway. not a big traffic impact now because it is early and it is in the northbound lanes. outer loop before colesville road, r

way cool as a result of this storm system. 58 degrees at dulles. 56 gaithersburg. 55 fort meade. 62 fredericksburg. the warmest on the map on the water at 63. they a much more of the warmer air making its w in, almost double this one. that's what we get for the weekend. almost double. not quite. see you back here in a minute. >> thank you, doug. >>> breaking news right now. alabama state senate -- >> breaking news. >> well,right now the alabama state senate is debating the most restrictive abortion bill in the nation. the bill essentially outlaws abortion. doctors could face up to 99 years in prison for performing the procedure. the sole exception is a serious health risk to the mother. the bill's sponsor acknowledges her goal is to provoke a supreme court challenge. she and others believe theen currt court offers the best chance in decades tooverturn roe v. wade. the decision in 1973. >>> raises are finally coming to teachers, principals and support staff who had their pay frozen a decade ago in prince george's county. how the interim school'seo uncovered the money to make that happen and who sel

the fredericksburg city council has approved a committee to decide th fate of a slave auction block. the committee formed earlier this month. residents want the block removed and put in a museum. the report mandates that a diverse groupof people make recommendation on short and long range priorities for the site. the cmission will meetgain this week. >>> over the last decade more than 60 people have died in crashes on indn head highway. that makes it one of the most dangerous roadways in the entire region. if not the country. now much needed safety improvements are rolling in. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins spoke with an activist who brought about th>> change. there's only 13 miles of roadway in prince george's s county, bthis deadly 11 miles, from this spot forward to beltway. >> reporter: reverend dr. robert screen helps people through their hardest times along route 210. >> i've run into accidents when i'm pulling out myvest and going as a clergy member to an accident scene. >> reporter: en he's not rking on the highway, he's at the hospital hoping to comfort t

we could see a few things go poo toward fredericksburg. that's until 1:00 a.m. i want to show you the areas getting hammered not too lo ago. see how we're starting to smprove. thinrting to lighten up for you. now it's just light rain along 97. t is is 11:00 p.m. on the board right now. at stuff goes out toward the peninsula. this stuff here escapes south of washington d.c. if you live in southed marylan you all might continue to see that threat for showers and thunderstorms at least through the 2:00 a. hour. after which we dry things out. tomorrow morning we are waking up to quite conditions but your monday i think isll actua going to be a little bit more cloudier than it was earlier today. we'll see somes breakn the skies. some sunshine and that gives mother nature permission to try to spark off some stols. we'lave a threat for a few isolated thunderstorms monday afternoon but not a wash out by any means. a lot of us probably staying dry tomorrow. we're at 79 degrees where they i have the r coming down. gaithersburg 68 right now. 75 in leesburg and 75 in monass

south of fredericksburg along 95, 95 just a mess. the heaviest rain down around the beaver dam area. a lot of people talking about the roadways too. the roads are just a mess, especially around i-95. this is one area of rain that's making its way through. another band and then another back to the west. we still have some unsettled weather the next couple of day . y your friday and saturday looking better. r,speaking of bette look at the tower cam shot. you've got the cloud cover off in the distance. we continue to see the clouds making theiray through. see if this comes up theht rig way. current temperatures at 71. winds out of the southst at 5 miles an hour. thunderstorms just south and east of the city. they're going to continue to be south. from d.c. soug wathward, we sti have a chance for rain.re frick county, loudon county, virginia, up towards martinsburg. you're dry, but ifou're toward the bay, you may see some more showers through the night. tomorrow morning might get someh more to north. maybe areas of fog tonight. then by n

that northeaste look at the numbers. 69 in baltimore. 87 in fredericksburg. a 20 degree temperature difference. even in d.c. 76 here. pla nas sas at 85. having a tough time doing so with the northeast flow. tonight we've got the showers, we've got the thundunstorms. ar 6:00, one possibly around the loudon county area movio int montgomery and fading out. by 10:00 here comes the storms through frederick county, maryland. then right on down i-81 eventually into the d.c.metro area. right around 11:00, 12:00. if you're going out late night, you may need the umbrella this evening. i tomorrow we're clear tomorror clear. not expecting much in the way of rain. saturd mostlyry. here's 1:00, but watch what happens during the afternoon. a couple of showers.a uple of storms on your friday. most of friday will be dry. sunday is the day i expect a lot of rain. let's talk about that. high temperature of only 73. a.m. rain if not shower activity throughout the afternoon. that's something we'll track for you. monday. 82 on tuesday. more on the weekend forecast. join us in abou

right now 66 in arlington, 62 for gaithersburg. 57 in winchester. 63 in fredericksburg. not much of a rain chance early. a sprinkle.ha maybe tt's about it. otherwise, justdy clou. temperatures will gradually climb into the mid to upper 60s. today's high, right aund 73. that's probably going to occur today.around noontime plan on temperatures being back in the mid to upper 60s by 00 5:00 when you're leaving school and work today. for tomorrow, a cloudy day and higher chance of rain today. couple of showers in the morning. another little chance of rain during the afternoon. tomorrow's high temperatures in e mid 70 but with a 40% chance of rain. that storm out to our west omises a big impact on our weekend weather around here unfortunately and usually when the weather man says big impact on your weekend weather, that means rain. increase our cnces for rain on friday, saturday, sunday. it's all about the clouds building in. that wedge of cool air may ring out showers especially the farther south you live or travel today. the higher your rain chances will be. should be dryer

little farther not, montgomery county, some areas in the upper 80s and around 90 degrees and 92 in fredericksburg, maryland and the heat being felt across much of the mid-atlantic and northeast. heading back to school and work tomorrow, the heat sticks w th us. mid-80s, still feeling very humid and muggy out there. that storm chance about 20% to w 30% tomorr afternoon. your storm team 4 ten-day outlook does show that we have some cooler and drier conditions on the way. tuesday, plenty of sunshine and temperatures back down to the 70s, but it's that time of year. spring is duking it out with summer is, and oh, yeah. we're going to see some heat moving back into play at the end of the week. >> how about that. more 70s until wednesday after this stretch of the ten-day. thank you very m >> coming up in sports, not your average hockey game. we're going to tell you about the good cause that had veterans the good cause that had veterans and ♪ here i go again on my own ♪ goin' down thknonly road i've ever own ♪ ♪ like a drifter i was-- ♪ born to walk alone! ♪ like akeep goin' man!- you got it

then opportunities for maybe a drizzle drop or a sprinkle mainly from washington southbound toward the fredericksburg area. then back into the warmer air for thursday. that does come wth a chance of rain. thursday afternoon not bad. friday back to near 80 but a likelihood of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening.ay saturdmaybe a couple of drops early. i think most of your saturday afternoon like lasn weeke saturday afternoon is probably salvageable. ha> right now big problem here that has justened. we just got off the phone with police. here's what we know -- the outer loop after kenilworth avenue is shut down. this is because of a problem nearby on route 1. they decided to shut down the beltway. you can see we're starting to see the delays o the map. we'll talk more about this coming up. a couple of other things on thet bey. inner loop before landover and inner loop between arena drive and ritchie marlboro, we have work zones there. 66, 95, no major issues. more on this beltway problem coming up . nothing says s mer like summer travel deal so let'sr on choicehotels.com like this: surf's up. ear

we've now rerned the fredericksburg city council has approved a committee to decide the fate of a slave auction block. the committee formed this month. some resident want the block removed and putn a museum. the report mandates that a diverse group of people make a recommendation on sho and long-range priorities for the site. thill meet this week. >>> another american climber has died on mt. everest. the61-year-old christopher johnt coolish is third american and at least the 13th person to die at the highest peak.os mt of the deaths are attributed to exhausk ion and l oxygen. the climbing season ends this month. >>> today the maryland native who went missing in hawaii for weeks is expected to give her li first pub press conference. amanda eller wasound on friday. it had been 17 days since she fell down a cliff and fractured her leg. she's out of the hospital. last night her family held a barbecue for the hundreds of people who continued to search for her even after police called off their efforts. one of the rescuers spoke about the moment they spotted her. >> everybody was making noise

the clearing skiesnto the 40s and low 50s. 46 in germantown, 46 in purcellville this morning. 49 in fredericksburg. look at that -- clinton, maryland, down to 44 obegrees. ly some areas of patchy fog. luckily the breeze is up so that will keep things from getting too thick in the fog perspective. we'll start with sunshine, but a pocket of cold air aloft means it's going to stay very cool today. afternoon high only 63. it will stay breezy, as well. northwest winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. and after a relatively sunny start this morning, clouds will bubble up. we are likely going to have quick hitters gothrough. you know yesterday, those were super soakers. trained on you for hours on end. in is not the kind ofain we'll get today. todayill be fast moving, quick-hitter showers. a fair amount of sunshine over the morning hours. boom, by 11:00 or noon, skies mosy cloudy. then the gusty northwest wind. fast-moving showers in and out of the region through the afternoon. won't rain a lot. but it sure will be enough to get you wet and make you mad if you left the umbrella in the car while you're in the off

fredericksburg at 76. you know it will be a warm day if it is not w10:00,th temperatures already that warm. low 90s for daytime highs today. by this afternoon, fewcattered y.owers and thunderstorms. not for everybod a fu oew out there.he cutting tgrass, do it now before the heat settles in and the storms settle in. best chances of storms coming up in 15 minutes. >> thank you very'ruch. >>> we following the developing story out of prince george's county. police say a man was killed slammed after a car into him. >> state troopers found his body along route 301 in upper marlboro. that's where we find drrick ward. that scene cleared up not too long ago. what do we know now? >> reporter: indeed. it did clear up about 8:30 this morning after being closed for about an hour fromhis accident. this incident involving a pedestrian. take a look now, we had video of the scene as investigators were still here. all started at about 5:3 0 sout of rosariville road. police goter a car, seval cars about someone lying in the

there's a higher chance infr ederick county and lower chace toward fredericksburg, virginia. know if you're traveling today, the farther north you go, the more likely that you're going to see the p ssibility for severe weather. here's future weather. all quiet through the morning hours. maybe a shower or two in northern maryland. the severeea weather t gets going once we get into the afternoon. between 1:00 and 3:00, storms developing in the shenandoah valley. if you're going to have bad weather, 1:00 to 3:00 along he81. closer to t later half of the afternoon, the getaway time for a lot of people leaving town for the early getaway on the holiday weekend, here's the weather models. 4:00 timestamp, storms near ltimore, leesburg, frederick, manassas, and between 4:00 and 5:00 the likelihood of the storms to come through the metro area. between 5:00 and 6:00, moving into southern maryland. the righ b over the baydge could be impacted by bad weather just when most of the people are trying to get on it and get over to the eastern shore. here's the five-day forecast. keep a weather