we are following out of virginia. police are investigating a shooting at a baseball practice for the g-o-p baseball team. house majority whip steve scalise has been shot along with some of his aides. no word on his condition yet or the condition of his aides. ( mark ) our top story this morning... getting ready for the warriors championship parade.( james ) we have team coverage this morning to get you ready. kron 4's lydia pantazes is live at the walnut creek bart station where huge crowds are expected tomorrow. ( mark ) but first we want to go to kron 4's will tran who is live in oakland where they are building the stage for tomorrow's parade. will. and city and city officials have also released a list of items that you are allowed to bring to the parade festivities. they advise bringing hats... sunscreen and plenty of water. there are also restrictions to the bags you can bring. the bags can be no larger than 16 inches long... 16 inches deep and 8 inches wide. and all bags may be searched by police and security. and if you plan on bringing a sign... city officials ask that you do

virginia politics. the decision voters make in the race for governor will set the stage for a political contest that will be watched nationwide this fall. on the democratic side former governor tom pariello and ralph northam. and former rnc chair ed gillespie is leading over cory stewart and state senator frank wagner. justin finch is live at the polls. >> a look at what voters need to know before heading out. justin, good morning. >> reporter: aaron, angie, good morning. that's right. polls have opened here a few minutes ago. watch that garage right there. alexandria fire house into a polling place. voters, as you head out, a thing to know here, polls will close at 7:00 p.m. if you are in line at 7:00 p.m. you will still be able to vote. you will need a valid photo i.d. that could be a passport, valid driver's license or state i.d. you can go to a voter registration office and get yourself a voter photo i.d. you have to do that today. if you do not have a photo i.d. you will have to get a provis n provisional ballot at your polling place and you will have to have until friday to get th

from virginia, mr. beyer, each will control 20 minutes. the house cannot proceed until conversations are quieted and the aisles are clear. . the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. cook: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to evise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. cook: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. cook: i am proud to sponsor this bipartisan, commonsense piece of legislation. the santa ana river wash plan exchange act. his bill reflects a compromise negotiated at the grassroots level among the cities, counties, mining companies, wildlife agencies, and water organizations for over two decades in the upper santa ana wash area. the bill simply authorizes a land exchange of bureau of land management land for 310 acres of land currently owned by the san bernardino water valley conservation district. this exchange

process of disbanding the remnants of the army of northern virginia, following the april 1865 surrender to union general ulysses s. grant at appomattox. she focuses on the confederates that avoided or escaped, and retreated into the shenandoah valley. she discusses general grant's concerns that some confederate would fight aguerrilla war. it is part of a conference hosted by the university of virginia. it is just over half hour. our second speaker is caroline e. janney, who teaches at purdue university. she is one of uva's former students. she was here and then went off into grand success in the academic world. she specializes in the civil war era, and she has written about gender and military affairs and other parts of the mid-19th century u.s. history. she served as president of the society of civil war historians, which is a professional organization in our field. and i want to mention three of her books including "burying the dead, but not the past," "the lost cause," "remembering the civil war," which is now the default book to go to on civil war memory. crater,d harbor to the the

george's county. stage being set, a political battle just starting in virginia that the white house will be keeping a close eye on. first, staying safe in the brutal heat. when the temperatures today could feel like they are pushing triple digits. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] autria: that's right, another day of this little heat wave to get through. adrianna: thanks for joining us. vj, we have another hot day on tap, but this is the last day of the heat wave? veronica: it is and i feel like him in many ways today will feel more oppressive. we touched into the upper 90's for the heat index values but for many more hours we could stay in that range of two point temperatures and heat index values, upper 90's for today. humidity still staying hot after today, let going up will be rain chances. if you are headed out to vote, you can see the sky this morning . mclean, virginia, 72 degrees. not much in the way of a cooling breeze for us. you will want to get out as early today to --

will be thursday morning in oakland. happening today - voters in virginia will decide who will face-off... to become the commonwealth's next governor. polls open in just under an hour.. suzanne kennedy is live in burke - suzanne? trt 18 oc - technical skills happenig today - attorney general jeff sessions, taking seet. he'll testify publicy before the senate intelligence commitee as part of it's ongoing probe into russian interference in the 2016 election. questions are likely to focus on both the firing of james comey --and sessions' contacts with the russian ambassador, during the presidential campaign. the hearing starts at 2:30 this afternoon. you can watch it live, as it happens on both abc7 and our sister station newschannel 8. d.c.'s african-american history museum will open at 10 a.m. as scheduled today, after being evacuated last night. it happened after a suspicious package was found on the second floor. park police did not elaborate on the item that was found. but the incident interrupted a discussion with legendary photographer steve schapiro. he came from photographer d

: michael is in buffalo, west virginia. line for independents. michael, good morning. caller: i'm calling on the shooting that happened this morning. people blame one or the other side. it boils down to just people that are hate -- they hate each other. until we all learn to love one another in the eyes of god or whoever we trust and believe in, things are not going to change. one of the biggest things politicians on both sides is keep your word because when you go against someone's word you lose all value in the eyes of people that are for you or against you. and i think if we would learn to respect one another, especially respect those that are smaller than you instead of looking above, i'm talking about human, not god, we are not going to change in this world until we learn to love and have each other's friends. friends only that's going to make it. host: appreciate the call. for more on updates on what happened this morning in the wake of that shooting, we go down to our news desk now and bill. good morning. >> hey, john. it's safe to say the congressional baseball game is pro

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george's county, virginia, charged with assault with intent to kill three people and having assault rifle. he's hospitalized. they crashed in fronted of brian weaver's home. >> a maniac. didn't have time to wait for traffic to move faster so he jumped around in the opposite lane of traffic and struck the people. >> we told you the driver is in the hospital facing charges and the passenger identified as duane george's county, virginia, charged with a weapons charge. he went to the court and the attorney general that prosecutes the cases in d.c. no paper the case. so that means they drop the charges. the explanation was after reviewing the evidence it i lechted not to charge duane taylor. i'm sam ford, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. get alert anytime news breaks like what happened last night. go to wjla.com/text to sign up to have alerts sent to your phone. michelle: new fallout tonight. alison: after holding his tong for 24 hours president trump is lashing out calling comey a leaker and a liar. the president emphasized he never asked for a loyalty pledge. and never asked comey to drop the

( mark ) breaking news we are following out of virginia... house majority whip steve scalise of louisiana was shot at a congressional baseball practice.( james )president donald trump says that rep. steve scalise was "badly injured" in a shooting at a congressional baseball game but says he will "fully recover."the president tweeted wednesday, "rep. steve scalise of louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured but will fully recover."he adds, "our thoughts and prayers are with him."scalise, who is the majority whip, and a number of aides and capitol police officers were shot wednesday morning. alexandria police say the suspect is in custody.óóó8:40 a.m.president donald trump says he and the vice president are "deeply saddened" by news of a shooting "tragedy" at a congressional baseball game. the president said in a statement wednesday that "the vice president and i are aware of the shooting incident in virginia and are monitoring developments closely."rep. steve scalise and a number of aides and capitol police officers were shot. alexandria police say the suspect i

for those traveling in virginia this morning. happening right now. wires are down blocking pleasant valley drive near braddock road. traffic is turned around at morgan court. we have reports of wires down across the highway and that's blocking pleasant valley. also in virginia, a 26-minute ride from 17 pushing north towards quantico. all the lanes are open simply due to volume. for those traveling in maryland, the fire hydrant repairs continue from yesterday. john lewis in mobile track 7 with a live shot there. you'll find allen town road is tied up between branch avenue and off road. some traffic is ae that's our traffic watch. in 10 minutes we'll update your ride south of the beltway but now we go to sam sweeney downstairs it. sam: 6:02. more breaking news out of baltimore county. where a police officer is in the hospital after someone tried to run him over. happened late last night in potapsco state park. the officer approached the car to ask the driver to leave and when police say the driver reversed and tried to run the officer over. not once but twice, even slamming the office

the white house, the u.s. supreme court. >> we're hours away from virginia's primary election. the decisions voters make in the race for governor will set the stage that will be watched nationwide this fall. shshow the democratic congress is tight between perry he willo and lieutenant governor raffle nor tham. on the republican side former is expected to win over a sizeable margin and state senator frank wagner. >> is push northam in a more liberal direction, push the democratic party in a more liberal direction in a more confrontational approach to donald trump. what you see with respect to the republican primary is a clear candidate who is known statewide versus two people who are known regionally and that's a huge challenge. >> polls are open for registered virginia voters tomorrow from 6:00 in the morning until 7:00 p.m. as as long as you're in the line by 7:00 you will be allowed to vote. you will have to show a photo i.d. if you don't have an acceptable form you can fill out a provisional ballad and bring your i.d. to your local registration office by friday. >> next at 11:00

the centerity of virginia for civil war history. it's just under 40 minutes. >> see if there is something from the audience first, and if there was not, we will pick it up from up here. if anyone has questions, just raise your hand. here come the mike bearers. my question is really for anyone who feels compelled to answer it. used theus -- sherman .abor code and confiscation act i'm curious if sheridan did the same. did he use any sort of legal justifications, or was it simply a soldier obeying orders from grant? and i'm curious if residents of chambersburg and western maryland have a sort of popular collective memory about their sort of tragedy. >> i'll talk about that part later. after my colleagues and the first question. >> one of the interesting things -- i think the significance of the lieber code is more post-civil war. there's no reference in anything grant wrote or in any of the papers of ulysses s. grant to the lieber code. nothing. and i assure you, sherman did not care about it at all either. >> i think there was a kind of full knowledge. folk knowledge. he found ver

virginia. inner loop at van dorn street. we're shut down. a four-mile backup here this morning because of this crash. so we understand from v-dot this is a collision reconstruction situation. that means it could be around for a couple of hours. take a look at the backups on the map. all of these folks already in trouble this morning. if you need to head that way, you can do franconia road and do duke street depending where you're to or headed from. right now they don't look so bad. lots of people going to try that same thing to avoid this, this morning. major, major mess. we'll keep our eyes on it this morning. >> good morning, sheena. >> good morning, melissa. chuck and i are out here. it is nice outside. >> nice. early sunrises like this are all back lit. >> this is nice back light. >> it's in my eyes. >> i can't see traffic. i know you're there. >> here's the sign of beautiful sunrise to start your monday. just fantastic. 69 degrees in the district. that's the coolest we've been in the district all morning. but some areas are in the mid-50s. 7:00 a.m., 70 degrees. by noon, 80. low humi

. >> the hash tag honor them with action picking up steam after this vigil. >> virginia voters tomorrow is your primary day yes, already, you will pick your party's candidate for governor lieutenant governor several house of delegates racelocal contests too. if you need a quick course in who is running, what they stand for, where to vote, we can help look for the voters guide online now wusa9.com and our app. >>> still no arrests no solid leads in the mysterious murders of these two young men. 17-year-old and 18-year-old. we did learn today montgomery county police have talked to another least 100 people as they hunt down the killer the two teens, found shot, multiple times, just sitting in their car in montgomery village they were killed the night before their graduation day from northwest high school. if you have seen something or heard something help, call montgomery county police. >>> now back 25 years to another murder in montgomery county, james here stabbed inside of this sugar loaf mountain market his killer never caught. police have new hope this sketch, based on dna f

central virginia. upper 60s along the pennsylvania border as single 90 on the map. it will be close. heat index will be in the 90s today. a lot nicer than it's been. very humid this morning. watching out for chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. >> looks like snow. let us go back to melissa. air-conditioned studio. apparently just where she likes to stay. >> that is where i like to stay. it's a little humid in here even. chopper four over this problem. 95 southbound. see here a pickup truck off on the right guardrail. have response on the scene. as far as delays chopper 4 sooms out, see a one mile backup there heading southbound. have to stay left to get past that this morning. east dale drive still has right side of roadway blocked there in silver spring. 95 north one lane blocked there. as you're headed inbound becau inner loop and outer loop of beltway, no problem. you have response on the scene there. >> melissa, thank you. several breaking news stories happening overnight. first in northeast washington, a man was shot and killed. police found him on field right at 58th street

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, virginia. 70 in front royal, maryland. today's forecast, 95 degrees. that's only half the story. there will be a chance for an isolated thunderstorm. there's our high resolution model. rain chances today, below 30% here in town but not 30% for a rain chance up in the shenandoah valley. we'll start talking about a downward trend in temperatures coming up soon. it is traffic time. how's tuesday morning holding up, melissa? >> okay right now. not too bad. we do still have this crash northbound 295 before malcolm x avenue. left lane isti left lane is what is getting by. beltway, inner loop and outer loop, we look quite good this morning. no major problems. 295, only real delays we're dealing with at all right now so that at least is good. 270 southbound from frederick to the spur, going to take you 26 minutes. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. >>> right now if you're taking metro this morning, you might need to bring something with you to beat the heat. two busy stations are still having cooling system problems. >> like those little fans to cool you. adam tuss is loo

evacuations were issued. >> something that impacted investigations for years but in virginia a breakthrough. i'm jeff goldberg with details coming up. larry: plus why crews are exhuming the grave of an 8-year-old four months after he took his own life. alison: and an aboutface from the newly elected congressman accused of beating up a reporter. >> this is not a witch hunt. not fake news. this is an effort to protect the country from a new threat. that will not soon. jonathan: but first, mark warner it was ranking democrat with the hearing today with james comey and we are getting other reaction from hill next. for 10 years my tempur-pedic has adapted to my weight and shape. rm. now through june 11th, save $600 when you buy select tempur-pedic justable ttress sets. nd your exclusive retailer tempurpedic.com. creating jobs foreaner, reliour veterans... helping those in need save money on their energy bills. it takes 16,000 dominion energy employees doing the job. and now, dominion energy is investing $15 billion to build an

and memorial library. this is a 45 minute event that was hosted in leesburg, virginia. it was part of a symposium of a bicentennial commemoration and reflection of james monroe's migration. >> our first speaker is scott harris, the director of the james monroe museum and memorial library. he has been as such since 2011. the museum is operated by the university of mary washington in fredericksburg. it is the largest repository in the country for artifacts and documents related to the fifth president of the united states. previously scott was the director of the new market battlefield state historical park owned by vmi. previous to that he was historic director of historical resurfaces in manassas. he holds a masters degree from the college of william and mary. mr. harris? [applause] scott: i'm not going to drop the microphone, but i will lower it gently to the ground. thank you very much and good morning. >> good morning. scott: good morning. >> good morning. scott: you will turn in your hymnals to number 61. oh, sorry that is tomorrow. i couldn't resist. i was talking about that ea

virginia commonwealth professor kathryn shively meier discusses jubal early's experiences as a confederate general, focusing on his loss to union general philip sheridan during the 1864 shenandoah campaign. she also analyzes early memoirs and explores how he attempted to rehabilitate his reputation after the civil war. this 45 minute talk was part of a conference hosted by the university of virginia's center for civil war history. >> our third speaker today is one of our own, a phd from 2010, kathryn shively meier, who is now an associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university where she teaches courses on the american civil war and american military history and environmental history credit her research interests -- history. her research interests involve the evolution of american forces from the 1600s and 19 century, with focus on the interactions of soldiers with their natural environments and their mental and physical health. her first book, "common soldiers in the environment" won the wily silver prize for best first book on the civil war, and she is conduc

virginia have a new name. >>> also first at 4:00, the axe swings at uber. why the ride company is firing some employees as it deals with sexual harassment claims. >>> and world of dance is bringing the heat and showing off some of the country's best dancers. one of them is from right here in our area and is about to join us in studio. again, we're working for you even during the break. on our aripp me to listen carefully. i'm ralph northam,aught and when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. >>> we're seeing a powerful salute to the greatest generation on this, the 73rd anniversary of d-day. on june 6, 1942, 160,000 allied troops stormed the beaches of normandy as part of an assault on memorial, veterans placed wreaths at the atlantic arch, honoring those who pai

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controversial american historical figures, robert edward lee of virginia. for the last five years i have been a professor at washington and lee university where robert e lee is very. has become a bit of a cottage industry over the last years for folks. i have dealt with a lot of issues related to lee an historical memory over the last few years. career intarted my the academy i was at the national park service ranger. i live in chancellorsville on the battlefield. i spent a lot of time thinking about robert e. lee. today i want to talk a little bit about lee, one slice of his military career. the moments when he was in the greatest personal danger on the battlefield. had beenobert e. lee commander of the confederate army of northern virginia for precisely 1041 41 days when he of a onehe staff confederate battle flag in his own hands to rally the fleeing remnants of his army at the battle of sailor's creek. lee was personally placing himself in the line of battle to lead his soldiers. on reaching the south crest of the high ground at the crossing of the river overlooking sailor's cre

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>>> we begin with breaking news of shooting at a hotel in woodbridge, virginia. these are live pictures where it happened at the quality inn on horner road. prince william county police say a woman was shot and rushed to the hospital. right now her condition is not known. investigators are talking to witnesses about what happened. we're hearing from police that the situation is contained. but no word yet on a suspect or no ats >>> we're also following breaking news from norristown, pennsylvania. where the defense has rested its case in the bill cosby sexual assault trial. his attorneys called a single witness who offered just brief testimony. cosby did not take the stand in his own defense. now it's up to a jury to decide whether to convict the 79-year- old comedian for drugging and sexually assaulting several women. a judge could sentence cosby up to ten years in prison. cosby tells the judge he did not want to testify in his own defense at the sexual assault trial. >>> tomorrow, president trump's attorney general will face the senate panel investigating russia's meddling in t

, but we'll agree to get along in some form or fashion. let's talk about virginia primary race, it is getting down to the wire >> the democratic candidates used donald trump in the campaigns we'll talk about that and more when 5at630 comes right back. back. is ♪ ♪ >>> music choices are interesting sometimes. >> just enough for us >> virginia primary race for governor. it is less than a week away, it is the first time if state history both parties holding contested primaries for governor >> the policy on the democratic side show the two candidates in tight race, former congressman tom pre yellow and the established favor ralph northam, perry raised about $7.4 million. there was an ad before we came back from break, northam is raised $6.5 million. >>> republican ed gillespie raised 4.9 million dollars more than four times of his opponents. >> so jeff, thanks for talking with us here. we're really interested in the gubernatorial primaries. how much of this do you believe is really the trump effect, that really has people jumping into this race? >> i think on the democratic side there

mountains. these ridges of the appalachians wilderness row, here, stretching down into virginia, and the piedmont, north carolina, south carolina, and kentucky and tennessee as well, this is the path of most of the scots-irish settlers. couple more maps. enlarge a little bit. settlers originally coming into the wilderness road cumberland gap into the present day southeast. we should say that they are primarily small farmers, and they don't even settle necessarily the best land. but land is of such a premium that the desire is to arrive somewhere to settle and if it's too crowded, then to move on. and we see this pattern replicated over and over again, and one of the things that dunbar ortiz tells us, moving even further down -- and all the way over into texas and oklahoma by the 19th century. dunbar-ortiz very much wants to establish that her okie family are the descendents of these scots-irish who kept pushing west. so to get back to this notion of whiteness and why whiteness is so important to country music -- thinking about fox's statement that it represents that sort of bad white

virginia. earlier road work has now cleared out of >> melissa, thank you. 5:01. breaking news. massive fire in london. could cause a high-rise building to collapse possibly. that building still smoking right now. >>> it's an hour since that fire began. erica gonzalez has the information we're just getting in. what's new. >>> before i get to the details of how this all started, let me tell you the latest information is that there is now an engineer on the scene. you're seeing live pictures again from this apartment fire this morning. now an engineer on the scene because there is grave concern over the structural concern for everybody that lives in and around this neighborhood. firefighters say they got the call. this is about midnight our time and could see the flames. they've never seen anything like it. flames consumed all 24 floors of this building. this is what it looked like last night. people heard screaming from the windows and now we're learning that deaths reported and at least 50 people have been reported injured. the apartment had just been upgraded last year, but residents h

in north carolina. yvonne from norfolk, virginia line for independents. caller: my question is, i'll be honest with you i'm 70 years old. i don't understand why trump cannot release his taxes. he claims to be open about everything. we don't know where the man money is coming from. he doesn't show any respect for any of the laws that are in place in this country. he puts his family in the white house without any vetting when they know that we have anti-nepotism laws. i do not trust the man. period. host: victoria allenton, florida, republicans go ahead. caller: hello. good morning. c-span you're the greatest show on earth. host: appreciate that. caller: it's about president trump. i just want to let you know that i'm old enough to know him. he's a little older than he is. i'll tell you, the guy is quite a character. host: do you know him personally personally? caller: when he announced periodically several years ago that he was going to run for president. i said, no, there's a guy that we as americans should be entertaining in our minds. not in your votes. the reason i say that is bec

, the pride festival and concert and monday is miley cyrus. >> lets take you to virginia now where you have not done a 5:00 tonight to fill out absentee. ed is too close to call. for more information on all these races go to the nbc washington app and search virginia primary. >>> meanwhile, this thohas to d with this flyer. some now criticizes this move, he files a lawsuit accusing the campaign of spreading false rumors about it. >>> he served time for corruption charges. the former executive will be release from house arrest. johnson have served several years. at the end of last year, he was transferred half way house into reacant his prison sentence earlier this spring. >> johnson claims new evidence that was misconduct. >> president trump is pushing back and responding to his former fbi director's testimony. >> trump calling some of comey's testimony is not true and some of it is vindication. >> no collusion. no obstruction. he's a leaker and frankly, james comey confirmed a lot of what i said. some of the things that he said just were not true. >> the house intelligence committee i

. how a virginia county is rallying around them tonight. >>> a woman stumbles to the hotel desk in virginia, saying she's been shot. coming up on news4, what police found what they got to her hotel room. >>> and only on news4, an investigation into more american secrets sold to foreign military contractors. >>> first at 6:00, we're in weather alert mode tonight. >> big time. chief meteorologist doug kammerer has been monitoring our first heat wave of the year, as you see this live picture from national harbor. the today is the day you want to be near the water. >> that's for sure. a lot of times you get the breeze off the water. today, not much of one. we saw temperatures at 95 li the airport down to 92, so we gt a little bit of relief, but not much. these are the highs so far today. unofficially, 95 degrees at the airport. 92 in hagerstown. 91, richmond. washington tying a record now setback in 2002. so, yeah, the record high temperatures, we tied that one across the region today. more humid tomorrow. that's going to be a big key here. we did not see a lot of humid today. we'll se

and watched the army of northern virginia's campaign and the summer of 1863 commented on lee 's cingular billed. lee is 56 years old, tall, broad shouldered, very well made and set up. a thorough soldier appearance. is manners are most courteous and full of dignity. he is a perfect gentleman in every respect. i imagine gnome has fewer enemies or is more esteemed. he never wore a side arm with the army of northern virginia. he was photographed in richmond during the latter half of the war carrying an impressive custom-made parisian import officers sort gifted to him from hearyland admirer in 1863, seems to have really want a weapon during the course of campaigning. his weapon was his mind and his physical charisma. he was the campaign strategist. it was his duty to devise the battle plan by watching, directing the units to the most awareness andonal observational skills were finally attend and noted by colonel freemantle. general lee was self-aware, realizing his personal presence at the proper moment could inspire his men to impressive battlefield performance. inh the attrition

northam. mr. northam would make the better governor. and virginia progressives agree. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. dr. northam led the fight to stop the republicans' transvaginal ultrasound law. ralph is a leader for education, expanding pre-k for thousands of families in virginia. ralph northam: making progress means taking on tough fights, donald trump stand in our way. creating jobs foreaner, reliour veterans... helping those in need save money on their energy bills. it takes 16,000 dominion energy employees doing the job. and now, dominion energy is investing $15 billion to build and upgrade our electric and natural gas infrastructure... creating jobs now and for the future. across virginia, we're building an economy that works for everyone and dominion energy is helping >>> good morning, everybody. it is, indeed, a quiet start to the day today. if you're going to be doing stuff outside, runners may have to shave a couple of miles off that distance. cyclers, don't forget to carry some extra water. pool goers, spf 3

. close to $1 million was raised for the american heart association. >>> in springfield, virginia today, some 100 military moms to be and new moms are treated to a star-spangled baby shower. the event was to provide the military families with bundles for baby officials. it was a welcome treat along with support for other military families. >> it is great to meet other moms going through something similar. and, just to be able to talk about things most people don't really understand. they don't get why we would do it. it is nice to meet other people. >> the star-spangled baby showers are held in several cities across the country. >> i love you so much. >> thanks. >> can i give you a hug? >> no thanks. no thanks. >> a little one. >> no thanks. >> we will play that all day. >> it was like a semantic question jerry seinfeld refused to hug kesha on camera. >>> an artist recreated the image of seinfeld with his hand up and kesha left grasping for a hug. [ laughter ] not sure who the artist is, but nice job. >> i like that the wusa9 mic flag got in there. >> that is a detail oriented artist. >

. ralph northam. mr. northam would make the better governor. and virginia progressives agree. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. dr. northam led the fight to stop the republicans' transvaginal ultrasound law. for education, expanding pre-k for thousands of families in virginia. ralph northam: making progress means taking on tough fights, and as governor, i won't let donald trump stand in our way. as i reach 99 i offer you a little advice: every second of life adds up. so make sure they're filled with the good stuff. ( not the have-to-do's, but the love-to-do's. tickle, and be tickled. play a little. dance alot. enjoy your home. the loving. the living. discover the hive smart home and do more of what you love. hive. let's get living >> 6:15 is the time here. while it's hot and humid at home here is the scene out fwheingt wyoming tornado caught in shy an. it's a dangerous storm system that stretched to northern colorado. several strong tornadoes touched down producing hail as large as soft balls. no significant damage was repo

of appeals in virginia also ruled against the travel ban last month. the trump administration has appealed that ruling to the supreme court. the white house maintains the ruling is fully lawful. >>> we could see record high temperatures tomorrow. sweating it chair. >> thank good news there is a bit of a breeze out here today. record high, 95 at national. 96 at dulles, 97 in martinsberg. we got to 95 at nashville. currently, it's still 91 downtown. still 90 as far north as frederick. let's focus on the 91 downtown. it's not that humid. the heat index only pops it up a degree or two. that's the good news tonight. going to the game tonight? very warm, but dry. 81 by the time you head home. what about records tomorrow? a you few are in jeopardy. i think this 94 at dulles is probably the only one that could fall. i think 97 up in baltimore is also safe. he'll come back. we will talk about a cold front, and tell you what that means to our chance for showers. break in our heat. >>> coming up, find out who bumped taylor swift out of the pro tip for fruit lovers: giant has unbelievable pro

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virginia seek recognition? mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.con.res 33. torp the clerk will report the title of the -- the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 33, designating the george c. marshall museum and george c. marshall research library in lexington, virginia, as the national george c. marshall museum and library. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from virginia, mr. brat, and the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr. brat. mr. brat: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and their remarks include extraneous material on h.con.res 33. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, and the entleman will suspend. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. brat: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. brat: tha

federal grand jury in virginia has sent out subpoenas for contracts, communications and correspond related to about two dozen people and businesses that appear to be connected to trump campaign chairman paul manafort or his wife. now, grand juries operate in secret. federal prosecutors, they convene a grand jury. they show that grand jury evidence. they bring witnesses before the grand jury. it's a federal prosecutor's job to convince that grand jury to say yes if they want to issue a subpoena. if they want to force people to hand over documents or force somebody to testify. it's also a federal prosecutor's job to convince that grand jury to sign off on an indictment if the prosecutor wants to bring criminal charges in a case. the dynamic between a prosecutor and a grand jury, the review of evidence, the hearing from witnesses in terms of a grand jury, the issuing of subpoenas, the filing of criminal charges, all of that stuff, that dynamic is sensitive stuff. even when a case is not something that reaches all the way into the white house. right? just in the normal course of busine

our climate. together we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. >>> weather alert for you. it is going to be the heat, haze and humidity of mid summer outside for today and tomorrow with heat indexes up near 100 degrees the next couple of days. be sure to stay hydrated and take your ac and shade breaks for sure. download our nbc washington app and get the hour by hour updates. i'm back in a few minutes with a check of our forecast. >>> live look from chopper everything looking good from the top of the beltway. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk with breaking news just in. there'sew london bridge attack. we've just learned that police there have arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of violating the terrorism act. police are already holding six other men in that car and knife attack that left eight people dead. that is the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> molette, thank you. 6:13 right now. more than half the people voted for referendum for state hood in puerto rico. it was the lowest voter turnout since 1967. congress will have the final say in any chan

we talk about the trump phenomenon in politics, we think .f west virginia, appalachia he didn't do well in those places. he also did really well in some very fancy, upscale parts of new york and manhattan not far where we are filming this. palm beach, near mar-a-lago. the thing that struck me is if you talk to trumpeters in these very different locales, but they say about the president's are similar. , he say he is a businessman is not a typical politician. he is a good man. the media is being tough on him. you have to give him more time to do what he wants to do. the russian investigation is made up, etc. that kind of consistency of worldview prompted a question for me, which is, if people are not voting on pocketbook issues, they are not really voting on economics it seems to me. what are they voting on? alison: what is his appeal? you finally came to the collusion it is his appeal. what is it? >> i think he has pioneered a kind of white identity politics. it sounds like you are accusing trump supporters of being racist. that is not what i am trying to do. america has become a mu

last week. virginia senator tim kaine released a statement, saying in part, my thoughts and prayers are with otto and his family, following this terrible ordeal. he goes o korean regime should be condemned for otto's unjust imprisonment. >>> now to the latest from capitol hill where attorney general jeff sessions is in the hot seat this evening. the senate intelligence committee is grilling sessions on his involvement in the firing of fbi director james comey and the russia investigation. chris lawrence has been monitoring the latest for us. >> jeff sessions says he can't recall if top trump campaign officials met with the russians, but says he would have quit the campaign if he thought anything improper was going on. he called any suggestion that he may have colluded with russia to interfere with the election, quote, appalling and detestable. sessions says he never received any details on the investigation and had no interaction with the special counsel robert mueller. but when asked about his involvement in james comey's firing, sessions admits he never brought up any performance

hotel here in woodbridge, virginia. according to a witness, a woman in her 50s came down to the lobby with a towel on her head, a bloody towel, saying she had been shot. they called paramedics and police, she told police it happened in her hotel room, and the person who shot her was still in that room. once police got in the room, they found an adult male suffering from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. that man was taken across the street and medevacked to a hospital. what police have been able to piece together, this man and woman, both in their 50s, were traveling from new york state, staying in this hotel room, and at some point this morning, that's when shots were fired inside room 240. right now, the investigation continues here at the hotel, they're trying to ghi >>> and a former silver spring teacher is facing up to 25 years in prison. a jury has convicted long-time cloverly elementary school teacher john zig na of sexually assaulting students. he testified in his own defense but the jury still convicted him over the weekend. >> people who take advantage of children, m

university of virginia's center for civil war history. >> our third speaker today is one of our own, a phd from 2010, kathryn shively meier, who is now an associate professor of history at virginia commonwealth university where she teaches courses on the american civil war and american military history and environmental history credit her research interests -- history. her research interests involve the 1600s and 19 century, with focus on the interactions of soldiers with their natural environments and their mental and physical health. her first book, "common soldiers in the environment" won the wily silver prize for best first book on the civil war, and she is conducting an early study on jubal early. .elcome kathryn shively meier [applause] kathryn: thank you for having me. i'm delighted to be here. i think you will see some connections between my talk on jubal early and the earlier talk we heard on richard taylor. the confederate general jubal early was one of the influential losers in american history. [laughter] kathryn: known for a petulant personality, early loss at the shena

when survivors of the virginia tech shooting asked me to support an assault weapons ban and close the gun show loophole, i took on the fight. i saw what those weapons can do as an army doctor during the gulf war. now, i'm listening carefully to donald trump, and i think he's a narcissistic maniac. whatever you call him, we're not letting him bring his hate into virginia. every truck guy has their own way of conveying powerful. yeeaaahhh boy. kind of looks like a monster coming to eat ya. holy smokes. that is awesome. strong. you got the basic, and you got the beefy. i just think it looks mean. incredible. no way. i'm getting goosebumps. get 17% below msrp on all silverado 1500 lt pickups in stock. that's over eight thousand one hundred dollars on this chevy silverado. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. week today: mix of sun and clouds. milder, still cooler than average. highs: 74-77 winds: ne 5-10 mph tonight: partly cloudy and cool. lows: 51-58 winds: w 5 mph friday: mostly sunny. seasonable. low humidity.

the former president genuinely loves people. the virginia primary just a few days away. a closer look at each of the republican candidates for governor. and honoring those lost. the pulse nightclub one year ago. we are going live to orlando for a look at the tributes. the insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall street banks - that's what tom perriello is about. i was proud to stand with president obama because progressive causes have been my life's work. i'm tom perriello, and i'm running for governor to reduce economic inequality, raise wages, eliminate the burden of student debt and protect our climate. together we really can build a virginia that works for everyone. virginia voters head to the general election. last night we introduced you to the democratic candidates for governor. tonight, richard reeve looks at the republican side. >> with their vision for the future of virginia is. richard: it's a three-way race. the battle for the republican nomination. the front runner, by two to one over his rivals, and gillespie of mount vernon, who said he believes in

president that is raising eyebrow. >> happening right now polls are open in virginia for to today's prime are election a polling place in alexandria and bob barnard is in very and athis morning. we'll check in with him straight ahead. >> and shining bright in the spotlight. kevin durant winning not only nba title but finals mvp. coming una message from the dmv >> allison seymoural. >> and i'm in for steve today. >> scorcher and tem tears will slowly fall and it will be more coming for theable out there for everybody. >> let's hope. threats get a quick look on weather and traffic with erin, tucker, what's the headline heat index near 100. let >> i have an earlier disabled truck back to pennsylvania avenue. and looking into the district a full look at trafficment back to you. >>> first off at 7:00 there's an all out grilling plan for attorney general jeff sessions today and he will appear from the senate committee facing questions about the ongoing russia probe. >> some democrats are trying to build perjury case against him. live from the hill with more, good morning, anjali. >> good mornin