new government for virginia will then create the new state of west virginia. our nation was in the midst of a terrible civil war. those in eastern virginia predom innocently were supportive of the confederacy. when virginia takes her vote for secession, the last vote, the majority of virginia delegates will vote to secede from the united states and to join the southern confederacy. now, those delegates from north wesz tern virginia who was overwhelmingly against secession, they would come back to this side of the mountains in northwestern virginia. they would have mass meetings, public meetings to decide what north western virginia would do. they decided that wheeling wow be the best place to have that convention. so there was safety there. so it provided a place for them to meet, to form late a plan and to embark upon one of the most incredible experiments in our american history. and the only successful secession movement in american history as well. there were a lot of issues that brought this thing to a head. as i said, it came act over decades. and they h

and this new government for virginia will then create the new state of west virginia. our nation was in the midst of a terrible civil war. those in eastern virginia predom innocently were supportive of the confederacy. when virginia takes her vote for secession, the last vote, the majority of virginia delegates will vote to secede from the united states and to join the southern confederacy. now, those delegates from north wesz tern virginia who was overwhelmingly against secession, they would come back to this side of the mountains in northwestern virginia. they would have mass meetings, public meetings to decide what north western virginia would do. they decided that wheeling wow be the best place to have that convention.

. >> the mountains of west virginia have provided generations with jobs in coal. but on january 9th, 2014, the state woke up to an example of the costs of it's industrial economy. a tank containing a chemical used the process of coal production had leaked its contents into the elk river, just a mile upstream from the largest water treatment plant in west virginia. >> water is scarce following a warning from west virginia's governor, do not drink, bathe, cook or wash clothes using tap water.., >>...chemical leak, a chemical used to clean coal, leaked from a storage facility... >>...the states health department says the water was contaminated with a potentially harmful chemical, mchm... >> a federal investigation is on-going - but this spill was just the most visible of many incidents in west virginia - where, in the past decade, the coal industry has recorded thousands of water violations. fault lines has come here to find out how the state's main industry affects its most vital resource. >> little testing have been done on the chemical that leaked from these tanks

coal from west virginia is facing competition from other states and from natural gas. and after extracting the most easily accessible coal over the past few decades, companies have turned to a faster - and more aggressive - process to get what's left: - mountain top removal. the top of a mountain is blasted off to expose the seams of coal. heavy metals that have been locked in rock for millennia are exposed to air and water. >> pretty much anywhere you see cleared areas up here on mountain tops, those are surface mining sites. chemicals like the one that leaked into elk river are used to wash the coal at prep plants like this - to separate the coal from rock and clay. the waste that is left over - known as slurry - is pumped into impoundment lakes. sometimes it's piped into abandoned underground mines. if it leaks out, slurry can be a major source of contamination to groundwater >> mining impacts ground water, period. the problem is you've got just a myriad of contaminants and contaminant routes or pathways - surface waters, groundwater, air exposures - and so all kind

virginia has excellent universities. are there ways to engage those universities more in this effort? gov. mcauliffe: great question. we have. university of virginia is our key strategic learner. they are a part of the children's cabinet. the children's cabinet -- i actually asked my lieutenant governor who is a pediatric doctor -- university presidents are all part of that children's cabinet that we have. all of our pre-k, all of our education, i make sure we have community leaders, education leaders, but uva provides of a lot of the research data that i provided here today. you are right. we have great higher ed institutions. they want to be involved. we can do a better job when i talk about -- the key elements teachers are pre-k we could do a better job getting those institutions to train the teachers and get a pipeline of teachers as they are graduating. i will beginning several commencement addresses this year. one of my things will be, i need you, now that you have an education, i need your help now to plant the se

virginia is unique. we have the number one recipient of department of defense dollars and number one of the whole country. largest naval base in the world and the pentagon and the cia and quantico. october 1st sequestration is a big marker for virginia. what i've been able to do is work with the general assembly to say we've got to diversify and become less reliant on the federal government and build a new economy. you cannot do that without the best educated workforce and it comes down to education and the issue becomes when do you start on education. this was important to me as we go forward to build our new economy and bring in those new jobs. we have been very successful in virginia and very low unemployment. we've done three economic projects and direct investment into virginia. that is double any governor in history. that not that i'm counting. because of the success with job creation and economic development i was able to forge a bipartisan relationship with our general assembly who realized let's

during the preservation of bacon's castle, reservation virginia -- preservation virginia tried to find original fabric if possible. rather than replacing the entire being, it was only the joint that needed to be replaced. as much of the original material was salvaged and new material was put in for preservation. you can see the same thing with the bricks. going up over here, you can see the continuation of the original beams in the house. again, the example of the grooving that matches the fireplace. this was all part of the original house. we did a paint analysis. some of the earlier layers were gold. it is interesting to imagine we have our 1711 probate inventory, and the room is done to what the house looked like when it was first completed. you have to imagine there is a possibility the beans were painted gold, which would have been neat. by the time preservation virginia acquired the property it needed a lot of restoration. the decision was pondered whether we needed to bring the house completely back to the original state. the preservationists decided we wanted to show this house

maybe even getting up around 60 or so in parts of north central virginia. a look theat our next chance of rain at 5:51. melissa is talking about a new crash. >> brand new crash this is georgetown pike at river bend road. making a call on this right now to see what is happening there. but just got this report in. as far as travel times go 270 south germantown to the beltway, 16 minutes. outer loop 95 to 270, ten minutes. 66 into town 95 into town, no major problems. when you hop in your car, listen to wtop 103.5. >>> it is now 5:42. a new road was suppose for make your commute easier. why some say the $400 million project is now dead. >>> and the ceo of lufthansa is meeting with victims' families. what he told them to help them deal with the tragedy. >>> plus from one click to one push of a button amazon's new system to make (brad) my friends, i give you... ...the apartminternet. the new apartments-dot-com is bigger. stronger. faster. and bigger. it's got so many more apartments than on, on that old internet. how do we do it? we're powerd by web five-point-o

virginia is very unique. -- diversifying the economy. virginia is very unique. we are the number one recipient of department of defense dollars. number one in the country. we have the largest naval base in the world. we have so many military assets, the pentagon, the cia, quantico. so when defenses funding it is great but when they are cutting back it has a dramatic impact on the economy. sequestration is a big marker for virginia and it could have a crippling effect on the economy. what i have tried to do was work with the general assembly to say that we have to grow the economy and be less reliant and build a diversified 20th century economy. human genome sequencing, cyber security, all of the jobs of the future. you cannot do that without the best educated workforce. the issue becomes when do you start education? this is something that became important working forward to building new economy and bring them jobs. we have been very successful in virginia, very low unemployment, 351 economic development projects. we have brought in $6.44 billion of direct invest

they truly were one of virginia's finest families. and and not far from stratford hall, a short drive away westmoreland county you we will find were george washington was born. by the time robert ely was born in 1807 george washington was long dead. but but the lee and washington names had already been fused together command that was because of robert e lee's father a man named henry white horse harry lee. white horse harry lee was one of george washington's most trusted count -- cavalry commanders. that is how he earned that nickname. but what makes the most famous is what he did after the war. he wrote a eulogy for result commander. he is the one who wrote 1st in war, 1st in peace, and 1st in the hearts of his countrymen. there still the words you remember george washington by today. and robert and robert e lee's time everyone knew that his father had written those words. much of harry lee admired george washington he could not copy his example. he could not imitate what he knew was george washington's greatest virtue. what was that

william parker, second virginia calvary. robert parker, second virginia calvary. william price, first maryland calvary confederate. they receive promotions for gal i can't. that's captain cantz. federal troops send out white flags to stop that fighting. but mumpher knows that he's going to meet with general grant. they disband in lynch burg. john ramsey of the 155 pennsylvania marches all the way and dies the next day, april 10th. of diphtheria. the 61st pennsylvania is loading surrendered weapons into wagons. one of those weapons is loaded discharges into his chest. he died right there. last soldier we know of is edward baker he died july 18, 1865. the most moving story is that of the 14th virginia calvary. he is mortally wounded on that fight on the morning of april 9. a comrade of his goes out under the battlefield. wilson says to him momphet, it is hard to die. put yourself in wilson's shoes. you've been wounded so bad, you know you're not going to survive. but you also know that lee has surrendered his army. that is his situation. these are the men that are t

everybody knows we are building virginias now. but few people realize the design spans that 20 years now. what attributes is the navy interested in for the future? >> we are looking to sustain the superiority we have with our sensors and quieting. that is a huge confidence builder going into b battle to know you are quieter and more capable than your adversary. it is good for us. it allows us to confidently go where others wan -- won't. it also has to have impact on people we would go against because they pretty much know going into any engagement that if they hears, they are probably near end of life. vago: next, more with the commander of the united states submarine fo vago: we e are back witmore of r interview with the commander of the u.s. submarine force. for decades, the united states has chen to build fewer numbers of extremely capable nunuclear submbmarines while china and russia are buildiding greater numbers of less expensnsive subs. i asked how his final but high-end forcece would deall with future potential enemies arm

most of the fighting is in the eastern part of virginia except for a small cavalry raid south side virginia or the piedmont here saw very little action during the war. as the armys were moving from richmond and petersburg wards danville and eventually towards appomattox they were unfamiliar with the area. they didn't have good maps. they had to rely on soldiers in the ranks particularly confederate soldiers to tell them where does this road and that road go. for once both armys were at a disadvantage in that they were in unfamiliar territory in like the areas around manassas fredricksburg, richmond and petersburg. >> we will take these two questions. if you have more questions you can talk with chris outside in the lobby after the program. >> >> just to give you context i have very little interest in battles, but a lot of interest in the civil war. i just read washington irving's biography of george washington. i got very much more knowledgeable than i wanted to be about battles. and one of the big issues for a washington was militia and is dealing with seasoned soldiers versus militia who

that's chilly. >>> breaking news in virginia. we're talking about 95 northbound there at dale boulevard. chopper 4 over the scene right now. we have got about a five mile backup because of an earlier crash and then now you can see that spill there on the left side of your screen. that is ink that came out of a tractor-trailer when it overturned. we have another camera, 95 northbound again approaching dale. this car is a half mile or so from the actual crash. tractor-trailer out of the bay, but that nasty crash still remains. we have only the two left lanes getting by at this point. kind of keep switching between two and66 at west ox road inbound and outbound a bit of volume. nothing major. headed southbound out of frederick, it's slow. just volume, no actual incident happening there. wide look at things overall, no major problems. when you're looking at the beltway. slow top of the beltway and inbound 395. eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> we have a traffic alert to let you know about that could affect your drive to work this morni

., virginia, and maryland. they were known for their military-like precision, their brazen guns drawn tactics, fake beards, and of course the black hats. according to court documents, 66-year-old thomas anthony george has confessed to the robberies. officials say george's last bank job was here at the wells fargo on connecticut avenue. they say he walked in, pulled a gun and said give me money or i'm going to kill a customer. they say he said that three times. according to court documents on that march 13th day, george and an accomplice made off with $9000 from the bank. and minutes later george was arrested at this apartment on 19th place in southeast. the fbi showed up in full force. they say george had about $4,000 in cash in his pocket. now there was another man arrested in connection with this wells fargo robbery. more about him, more about the money they got, more about the money they lost coming up at 6. jim, back to you. >> pat, thank you. >>> now to an emotional case that moved jurors to tears today in

so far virginia voters have clinton ahead offof rand paul. we'll bring more updates on nbcwashington.com. >>> it's 6:16. marco rubio could be the next to throw his hat into the race for the white house. the republican could announce his presidential plans as early as monday. a super pac will officially kick off fund raising efforts for him today. >>> take a good look at the man in the photo right here. he's from prince george's county. his name is russell savoie. police say he's missing and they're hoping you can help find him. he was last seen yesterday morning on martin road in brandywine wearing a red, white and blue sweater with a light blue winter coat and dark blue pants. >>> right now 95 million people across the midwest are bracing for more severe weather. take a live look at the current conditions in st. louis. this is the calm before the storm. eight tornadoes were reported yesterday in oklahoma kansas and missouri. and take a look at this hail from farming ton, missouri. baseball-sized hail damaged several cars breaking windows and

delegate flash our wants west virginia to be next. in response to our investigation she's introduced house concurrent resolution 155. it has 14 co-sponsors and creates a special committee to study what she calls a very complicated issue. so the house can craft a sex assault bill to prevent retaliation and properly prosecute offenders. she fears if they don't do something now, it could lead to a dangerous problem inside the guard for future rape survivors. >> well if they hear about what happened to lieutenant colonel james, they won't come forward. >> the west virginia national guard says james' attacker resigned from the guard. to see why some say that was sust a controversial outcome, check out our series on our app nbc washington in the investigations section. tisha thompson news4 i-team. >> thank you. >>> doug is here with a look at our weather. things seem to be looking up around here. >> we're turning a corner. >> good. >> you know why that's good for me? because i finally have good news to talk about. >> you can stop wearing yo

have another band of light rain coming into west virginia. that too, is on a track to get closer to the metro area, but

that is a new virginia economy. the reason we are able to do it, i was able to convince the ceos in china that we had eight workforce that you are going to have 15 years from today. you will not invest in a state unless they are convinced you will have a workforce for 30 years. it starts with early childhood education. everybody is beginning to get on the bus here to figure out what we need to do to compete in a global economy. every governor faces the same challenges i have today -- growing and diversifying the economy. i think we have now gotten to the point where preschool and early childhood education is not a partisan issue at all. it is nonpartisan, in fact, it is bipartisan. everyone needs to work together. as we move forward, i want to find the department of education. virginia was one of 18 states that was rewarded a grant with $17.5 million. in our first year, they will continue to support us. we work very hard to get this grant. it was very competitive, and i'm so proud of our team that put this together.

just light rain the rest of northern virginia into west virginia moving right into the metro area. these will be the warmest temperatures of the day as the day progresses we will see it turning cooler as that rainfalls. so for the morning commute, showers likely through the morning with temperatures in the lower 60s and then some heavy rain in the afternoon so wet pavement around and we'll be dropping back down into the 50s during the afternoon and into this evening. coming up at 4:41 your walk to work forecast and what to wear that's in about ten minutes. now a look at our traffic on this tuesday. here's melissa. >>> good morning. we have some construction here and there, that is normal on a tuesday morning. 66 here and 95 everything rolling along pretty nicely. nice and green there. no major issues. same thing as we move over to the right here at prince george's county. 95 maryland at skaggsville road here. rolling along quite nicely. we do have left lane blocked at the toll road. back in anyone's i'll see you at 4:41. >>> a developing story overnight we have now learned that a f

he lived in king george, virginia. as one might imagine, his family gathered there at the family home this evening grieving privately. live in suitland kevin lewis, abc 7 news. maureen: thank you kevin. more problems today for the scandal-plagued u.s. secret service. an agent was arrested last night in d.c. accused of breaking into a home. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live from d.c. superior court where the agent appeared late this afternoon. sam? sam: yes, maureen. actually it was not an agent but an officer of the uniformed secret service branch. he was arraigned here on charges of attempted first-degree burglary and felony destruction of property. he's 29 years old. outside the apartment where police were called this morning for a burglar in progress glass from two broken windows litters the ground. a boot print dents the front door. in court papers uniform secret service officer arthur baldwin denied breaking the glass and admitted trying to kick in the door to the home. residents declined to go on camera but desc

panhandle of west virginia and shenandoah valley and into west virginia in the mid 40s there. low to mid 50s around the metro areas. highs today should be climbing into the upper 60s. the district may be around 70. a cloudy day as well maybe a little peek of sun across northern virginia. highs from loudoun county through prince william. stafford spotsylvania should be in the upper 60s. st. mary's and anne arundel into the 60s. right by the bay a little breeze off the chilly waters of the bay, only near 60 degrees for a high later this afternoon. counties along the pennsylvania border frederick, washington panhandle of west virginia over to cumberland in the mid 60s. low to mid 60s, shenandoah valley into the mountains later today. a lot of clouds there as well. then overnight tonight we'll be down to near 50 degrees and tomorrow another day with a lot of clouds. highs again upper 60s near 70. next chance of rain is tomorrow evening. and lingering into maybe friday morning. then some sun back friday afternoon with warmer temperatures. should make it into the low 70s. beautiful

a role he had so often assumed since grant's arrival in virginia. lee realized his only hope to maintain the army of northern virginia would be to leave the tightening noose around richmond and petersburg combine with johnston somewhere between danville and greensboro, and together with an army as large as 90,000 men, continue the war. the problem was one of supply and transportation. it would take time to arrange such an evacuation under the very nose of grant, and beginning on march 29th, grant would launch his own final offensive around petersburg. time does not allow us to go into the details of the series of engagements. no fewer than 11 distinct battles fought between march 29th and april 2nd around petersburg. suffice it to say that lee's generalship under the most trying military conditions of his career was nothing short of brilliant. he responded to the loss of the plank road on the 29th by concentrating picket's reserve division and all the army's cavalry at the critical 54 intersection to protect his one remaining supply route, the south

there's a big batch of steady rain from southern west virginia across southern virginia. had is passing through the northern neck and southern maryland. that's a metro area now it's just a little bit of lingering sprichk spring sprinkles. this area passing over the next half hour or so. damp roads this morning maybe a sprinkle. even where the rain stopped. some of that dampness is going to linger. we have a lot of humanity in the air -- humidity in the air. the afternoon commute milder air moves through but wet roads through passing showers and a rumble of thunder maybe as it moves through. next weather and traffic on the 1's coming around 6:11. a -- 6:41. >> thank you. >>> 6:31 right now and firefighters are still working to put out a fire that started at a roofing company in prince george's county. more than 13 hours ago this fire cost more than $1 million in damage and destroyed two fire engines. zachary kiesch is on the scene where firefighters are working on hot spots out there. >> reporter: yeah. that's right. looks like it's wrapping up for the most part now. this

we have some shower activity back towards west virginia back towards morgan county west virginia hampshire county west virginia all moving to the north and east. could see a couple showers hagerstown, maybe as far south as martinsburg and frederick with that batch. the next batch is back towards the west. this is a line of strong to severe storms. lit make its way our way and quickly die out but we'll see another chance for chose during the day tomorrow the actual front, well back to the west continues to make its way our way too. tomorrow's forecast cloudy and warm. scattered showers, yes, take the umbrella no you will not need it all day. temperatures 0 to 77 degrees. still a pret bit breezy. road impacts tomorrow, showers possible, so call that yellow could be some wet roads. midday i think we get a break. the heaviest or most consistent rain i think happens between about 8:00 and noon and we get the break during the early portion of the afternoon. scattered showers move back into the area during the evening hours so you might need caution on area roadways but not bad. 75 on friday 58 o

have another band of light rain coming into west virginia. that too, is on a track to get closer to the metro area, but thatment would be won't be until 8:00 9:00. we're in the 40s from the mountains to the bay. mid-40s right around the immediate metro area. a little bit of fog in the air. a damp morning. cool afternoon. storms likely friday afternoon. a look at your drive time forecast for the day ahead next weather and traffic on the 1s. now alexis in with an update on that crash. >>> this crash is route 50 east at route 202. the right lane and off-ramp are blocked. only getting by to the left. so give yourself extra time heading this this direction. also there is wet pavement so be careful. heading into charles county if you're heading up on route 10 5 or 301, you're traveling at speed. no skipts there. the beltway at colesville road looking good. a little slow as the moisture is moving in a little uponing on the roadway, so do be careful in this area. back to you. >>> a developing story involving the secret service this morning. a senior

virginia. and grant has just come here in virginia and made it his mission to destroy lee and the army of northern virginia. and on the 11th of may, he's going to send a message back to washington and i quote, i propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." and shortly after that they move right outside of richmond to the cole harbor area where the two great armies battle yet again. and after another stalemate there, grant is then going to set sights to the south of the jam river on the it is yif of petersburg. now petersburg, virginia in the mid 19th century, is truly a magnificent gem of a city. you're talking about a city that grew up on the fall line of the river. and so at its heart is industry. having harnessed that water power. the people of petersburg live a cosmopolitan lifestyle. they have running water coming into their downtown area. they have a gas works. the streets are lit by gas lighting. the houses have gas lights inside of them. to petersburg, a city of 18,000

can that play in virginia? >> if you look at the agenda i ran on, i think i was the first statewide candidate in the south. i ran on marriage equality when i ran for governor. i told women i would be a brick wall to protect their rights, and i've done that as governor. to make virginia open and welcoming. what i tried to do is get virginia in line with 90% of the fortune 500 companies. i'm all about creating economic activity. those candidates that lay out an agenda, talk about careers, building the future. when i talk to my education system, don't talk about a degree, talk about a skill set. all these hillary championed about pre-k, reforming our transportation system. we've done that in virginia. her message fits perfectly where we need to go in virginia. >> we actually don't know what her message is. trade here. you wrote in your book nafta was among president clinton's greatest accomplishments. she was a champion of nafta. she was a champion of some of these trade agreements, one being debated now called th

getting a few sprinkles way out here in west virginia. those may be moving closer to the shenandoah valley later this morning. low clouds with temperatures now in the 50s. but by mid morning some sunshine breaking out here. by noontime, beautiful. but those showers out of the mountains will get closer to us in the afternoon. these are scattered showers by 4:00 p.m. some could have some rumbles of thunder. then they pass off, mainly east of washington. between 4:00 and 8:00 p.m.ering sprinkle during the evening hours. otherwise, we'll be clearing out. should be dry for the nationals game tonight. dropping down into the 60s after reaching mid 70s in the mid afternoon. how is the commute now, melissa? >> kind of nasty. we're talking about the outer loop of new hampshire avenue. that's a little -- kind of what we normally see, but we are seeing some bigger backups as you're approaching new hampshire avenue. so a little bit slow there. taking a look at 66 into town a little slow this morning. this is because of that crash we showed you a littl

virginia. on may 11, he is going to send a message to washington, "i propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer." after that they moved out of richmond to the coal harbor area. after another stalemate, grant is then going to set his sights to the south of the james river on the city of petersburg. petersburg, virginia, in the mid-19th century, is truly a magnificent gem of the city. you are talking about a city that grew up on the fall line of the appomattox river. at its heart is industry harnessing that waterpower. the people of petersburg live a cosmopolitan lifestyle. they have running water in the downtown area. they have a gas works. cosmopolitan lifestyle. the streets are lit by gas lighting. the houses have gas lights inside. petersburg, the city of 18,000 people, is truly a magnificent city. if you read accounts of petersburg prior to the war, you are going to see it referred to as a northern city. because of all the industry that reminded people of some of the great m

a role he had so often assumed since grant's arrival in virginia. lee realized his only hope to maintain the army of northern virginia would be to leave the tightening noose around richmond and petersburg combine with johnston somewhere between danville and greensboro, and together with an army as large as 90,000 men, continue the war. the problem was one of supply and transportation. it would take time to arrange such an evacuation under the very nose of grant, and beginning on march 29th, grant would launch his own final offensive around petersburg. time does not allow us to go into the details of the series of engagements. no fewer than 11 distinct battles fought between march 29th and april 2nd around petersburg. suffice it to say that lee's generalship under the most trying military conditions of his career was nothing short of brilliant. he responded to the loss of the plank road on the 29th by concentrating picket's reserve division and all the army's cavalry at the critical 54 intersection to protect his one remaining supply route, the south

they're also compliant with virginia law. the system will begin with the democratic primary in june. >>> jumping into the race. new details about the announcement that many in washington have been expecting for some time and why it may not be what you expect. >> reporter: it is a beautiful day at the tidal basin. perfect timing for blooms. coming up next, what you're missing if you're not here. >>> here's a look at storm team 4 radar. this is a forecast that just keeps on changing. a lot of you could see some rain and possibly even storms. ♪ there is no royal blood in this country. nothing is reserved for anyone. it's all just out there waiting for someone to reach out and take it. ♪ and the ones who do. these are the kings and queens of america. ♪ >>> springtime showers and storms right now at 4:30. we' keeping a close eye on a forecast that's been changing by the hour. right now those showers and even some storms are moving across the region. >> a lot of people want to know is this going to ruin the cherry blossoms? a

right now, gay couples can legally get mare need the district maryland virginia and west virginia in our area. >> anticipation is building over the arrival of the royal baby. everyone expected kate middleton to have the prince or princess over the weekend. an bell annabelle roberts has more from buckingham balance. >> no signs of the baby but we have seen senior members of the royal family over the weekend, business as usual. william and harry. prince william was at the memory of the gallipoli campaign with his grandparents the queen and prince phillip. prince harry at the london marathon not taking part i hasten to add, but he was handing out medals some of the competitors who crossed the finishing line. no sign of kate though. we think she is over her due date that that was over the weekend, possibly thursday or friday at the end of the last week so no doubt her medical team are discussing with her the options of inducing the baby but no sign of that yet. we will let you know as soon as we hear something. back to you. >>> and we know that babies don't come on time. sometimes you're

that is a new virginia economy. and the reason we had to do it was i was able to convince the ceo's in china after several visits we had a workforce you will have 5-20 years from today. you mean you will not invest state unless they are convinced there is a workforce in 5-20 years. it starts with early childhood education. everyone is getting on the bus to see what we need to do to compete. every governor faces the challenges i have today; growing and diversifying the area. preschool and early childhood edge education is a bipartisan issue and everyone needs to work together. i want to thank the department of education. virginia is one of 18 states that was provided a grant with $17.5 million in the first year. this was a grant we worked hard to get. it was very competitive and i am proud of the education team who worked to actually put this together. i think my secretary of education who many know happen to be married to senator tim kaine kaine. we will serve 13, 192 low income four year olds in a high quality sett

that we know as anna costia and that portion of virginia that we know as alexandria virginia, washington's hometown. and congress would do that after playing some hard ball with the president for the first time in american political history forcing him to sign the bank act creating a bank. and so at last the dream was realized. there is going to be a seat of federal government. but immediately the nightmare begins. commissioners couldn't get along with the engineers and artists. his plan was brilliant. 6,000 acres larger than london, larger than paris, immense city. but he quit because the commissioners didn't support the plan. they didn't support him. washington did not fire him. washington begging him not to resign. washington said these people this is a familiar story of the politicians who oversee what the artists are doing. they control the money and the time table, if you will. provisions like all buildings have to be brick so they were built kwixly. the capitol building itself, which was to be two wings, a house wing and the senate wing in the middle was downsized. it was all that w

parts of virginia dipped down into 40 degrees. including spotsylvania and fauquier and culpepper, and the panhandle of west virginia in the 40s as well. most locations, mid 40s. there's the washington monument now. mostly cloudy sky by 8:00 we'll be hovering around 50 degrees. by noontime, mid 60s. ought to hit the mid 60s with a lot of clouds coming in with some rain moving in tonight. but the nationals as they return off a big win in boston yesterday, they're playing the phillies tonight. first pitch is at 7:05. and it's going to be cool. so wear a jacket. we'll be back down into the 60s through the game by the last cloudy sky near 60. looks like the rain will stay away. look at this carpet of pink blossoms. knocked down by tuesday's rain. this was taken by one of our nbc4 interns. what a great eye, what a wonderful photo there. you can post your photos on facebook and twitter. on instagram as well. then tomorrow, we'll have maybe a morning shower coming through. leading edge of the rain may not come in until around dawn tomorro

says virginia lawmakers. but it might not be quite dead just yet. surae chinn reports from manassas. >> reporter: farmlands and the manassas battlefield park would be impacted. homes destroyed because of the proposed parkway. but lawmakers in the commonwealth say residents have scored a huge victory because the highway won't be built. >> your homes, your neighborhoods, in this church, will continue to exist and thrive with certainty. >> reporter: that's the relief to homeowners lynn and kristin moore who live on sanders lane near the manassas battlefield. >> we worked our butts off all our life. why take it? >> reporter: residents and lawmakers have been fighting for years against a road they say is bad for the area. >> it was ruining the royal crescent and to give up federal land as well. and -- which will impact the battled field and our way of life here. that's why we moved here and we love it here. >> reporter: that may be a premature celebration virginia department of transportation says. a law passed last year puts the project on hold as they

we went to richmond virginia. given a nascar flag with the checkered flag on the bottom but the confederate flag on the top. went to new hampshire speedway and decided we were going to fly the flag in the parking lot and we were told we weren't welcome. if we flew that flag it would be torn down and burned. >> i'm not so sure that's true but there would be people who would object to it. i think americans are generally very respectful of expression and i think that generally speaking people who are made uncomfortable by the confederate flag aren't tearing them down but they are expressing themselves for sure. to see that flag to many of you as a symbol that your ancestor walked on famous fields, gave their lives, all of those things. we run into trouble i'm all in favor of arguing about these things. when we run into trouble is when we try to insist that everybody needs to see this the same way. it's not going to happen. it's just not going to happen. >> i think once we figure out why when lincoln got emancipation

the university of virginia has a small chapter in its story. for three days in march, 1865, the city of charlottesville at the university were occupied by union forces. uva law professor john miner wrote in his diary that he feared general sheridan's men would destroy the university. his fears were not unfounded. only a month later, union troops did indeed burn the university of alabama whose campus was designed on the model of thomas jefferson's academic village. fortunately, this university had a measure of protection that alabama would not have. the uva administrators had long attempted to distance the university from the civil war conflict even seeking exemptions for military service for uva students. when the union troops arrived on march 3, local officials surrendered the town and university leaders including faculty chair socrates molfin request a protection for the university using a bed sheet as a flag of truce. union soldiers set fire to the charlottesville manufacturing company which had produced confederate uniforms and they destroy

and southwestern virginia. that will be passing through a little bit later this morning. right now everything for the most part most of the pavement is wet around northern virginia and maryland and the district and nearby suburbs. it's yet to arrive in far southern maryland. it will be moving through later. look at the temperatures weather mild 64 at reagan national. near 60 north and western suburbs. shenandoah valley into the mountains most locations in the 50s. for the drive time commute today we'll have the wipers going and wet roads for the morning commute. fender bender weather, unfortunately. even with just a little bit of moisture on the roads. that's enough for you to lose some traction. we'll be in the mid out of. for the afternoon wet roads and occasional showers rolling through. mild and in the mid 70s. what is going on melissa? >>>over all looking pretty good. even a little bit of water can cause a problem. 66 here at 95 no problems there. and virginia right now everything is looking pretty good. m