so the baltimore and ohio was incorporated in 1827. the intent was to take it from baltimore to the ohio river, a journey of 382 miles. it took the b&o five years to -- 25 years to complete at a cost of approximately 14 million dollars. it was a big feet. an historian called it the 19th century equivalent of the moonshot, and he wasn't kidding, when you think about what they had to overcome. steep grades, the allegheny mountains, untried technology, really when you think about everything that is involved with it, it was quite a feat. the locomotive behind me was built in 1927, and it mimics the tom thumb, the first steam engine used in the united states. a very unique piece designed by peter cooper. what he ended up doing was building something very similar to what was behind us, the tom thumb. while successful by proving a steam engine could operate, it wasn't successful in the manufacturing world. they couldn't turn them out fast enough. ended up failing on his contract, but what he did do was prove that steam power could be used on

i firmly believe that at the outbreak of the war, the first 90 days, the baltimore and ohio railroad was the first military and political objective of the war. both the confederate states and the united states were playing good cop, bad cop to woo the state of maryland into the union or into the confederacy, and robert e. lee gave specific instructions to his field commander from harper's ferry up to wheeling, do not attack or harm the b & o railroad. we want it for ourselves. once it became apparent maryland would not leave the union, then things turned around, and the b & o railroad became a continuous target for the confederate operations throughout the war. with no railroad because of its geographic position, the only railroad that serves the nation's capital until well after the civil war, no railroad was more important to the war effort than the baltimore and ohio. as you pass through the exhibit, you will encounter a number of information panels. panels give technical information about the locomotives and the rail cars and introduce you to the personalities that were the opera

this is a police chase ongoing right now in baltimore. we have very little information, but as you can see police chasing a car through the streets of baltimore this morning. this is happens as we speak right now. reports of shots being fired between police and the persons they're chasing. this is going on right now. we do not know what prompted details on this. and, of course, we'll have the latest for you if we get that before this newscast ends, definitely on our mobile app and at our website, wusa9.com but, again, police chasing a car, suspects in the car, gunshots have been fired. this is an ongoing serious situation in the city of baltimore at this hour. we will keep you updated. >>> now to our other top story, anne arundel county and carroll county schools are among a handful of maryland schools closing two hours early today, and taking a look at first alert doppler, you can see why. we are bracing for snow. good afternoon, thanks for joining us, i'm andrea roane. when and where will the snow hit, how much are we talking about? met

now sitting at 7-5 on beer, baltimore alone in the second -- now sitting at 7-5 alone, baltimore. we're pretty in baltimore, scott abraham, abc 7 sports. erin: that is going to be a tough one. thank you, scott. bb&t. crossover, kisses it off the glass, the colonials led 40-25 at the half. now they are up by 2. huge three there, and that put gw up, and they win it, 71-67. worldw about the challenge? tiger woods looking like tiger of old. here he is with an eagle putt attempt, and he sinks it. he finished his final round with a three under 68. tiger shot under par. just a great time for him as he makes his comeback, and a great time for golf. will havelitary bowl a local flavor in annapolis. navy faces virginia on december be and the final four will clemson, georgia, oklahoma, and alabama. kellye: who do you like the best out of that lineup? erin: that is tough. i am going to go clemson. kellye: ok. any particular reason why? erin: no. kellye: ( ♪ ) as a person who loves the finer things, this holiday season, i've asked for a luxurious new buick suv. ( ♪ ) fingers crossed. ( ♪

it is happening right now in west baltimore. we did see police holding someone that was wearing a white and red shirt, but as you can lot of police cars. it looks like a bus has been stopped. traffic has been stopped as police sort through this mess. at this point, it is our understanding there is one person in custody who allegedly 20 police on the chase for or 30 minutes and that person is wanted in connection to a shooting there in baltimore. we will keep you up-to-date on the situation as we get more information coming into the newsroom. adrianna: this afternoon we are keeping a close eye on the condition of senator john mccain. he was recently hospitalized due to side effects from the cancer treatment. ryan hughes is in bethesda with an update on his condition. senator john mccain has been undergoing rounds of chemotherapy and radiation, but he is now at walter reed, receiving treatment. his colleagues fear his condition could be growing according to reports, mccain has been looking increasingly frail, and he is not spoken

home to baltimore. there is congestion and we need to do a better job dealing with that, trucks lose $28 billion in wasted time and fuel per year. we have major tensions to pay, facing severe congestion, the cost of moving freight and fuel on inland waterways, ports need dredging and modernization if they are going to sustain jobs in the regional economy, transit systems the estimate is $100 billion in maintenance backlog in the transit system. i can attest to the need for maintenance, companies depend on the nation's transportation system and those who power these companies will feel these effects. multimodal freight transportation system is essential despite advances. i applaud the leadership of this committee that provides funding sources for these programs. we need to build upon our success in this committee to provide the where with to modernize infrastructure. i am going to highlight because ranking member, what aspect, mister thomas is here, let me take the opportunity to brag about the port of b

. >> sarah and shawn, new details in the death investigation of a baltimore city homicide detective. police asked the fbi to take over the investigation. why? the bureau declined coming urge. coming urge. . >>> the frigid temperatures in the midwest turned a water fall into a winter take a closer look at this after the break. "what if" more of the energy we used came from renewable resources? "what if" the electric grid could detect, fix and even prevent power outages? "what if" our grid were less vulnerable and more secure? "what if" all these "what if"s became a reality? well, they are. at dominion energy, we're completely transforming our power grid and the way we think of energy... ...to move from "what if" to "what's next." >>> look at the video on your screen, the truck caught fire before 9:00 last night on northbound 95 near lorton road in fairfax county. the video you see right here is from a viewer who send it to us. you can see the truck fully engulfed in flames, we're told the driver was able to get out safely and no one else was hurt. >>> we've new details in the investig

baltimore still has its time-out. if boswell is able to kick it through, the ravens still have a decent amount of time and one time-out. >> cris: oh, my goodness. roger was wide open coming across the field. the pressure from bowser got there before ben could get the ball to him. look at that. he has all the space in the world. just could not get it off. >> al: this a 46-yard attempt. to give pittsburgh the lead. >> cris: clutch! >> al: again. 39-38. some drive by the steelers. they converted third and 13 from their own 14 on the 17-yarder to jesse james. that was huge. brown makes the catch deep downfield. and it's a one-point game with pittsburgh in front and 42 seconds. >> cris: if they had chosen to, they could have been the field goal, time-outs gone and clock gone at that point. >> al: no question. >> and we know what the ravens have on the other side in justin tucker. we saw him kicking it from 60 yards plus in pregame warmups. so it takes one good pass, one good time-out and a long field goal. >> al: flacco to

baltimore still has its time-out. if boswell is able to kick it through, the ravens still have a decent amount of time and one time-out. >> cris: oh, my goodness. roger was wide open coming across the field. the pressure from bowser got there before ben could get the ball to him. look at that. he has all the space in the world. just could not get it off. >> al: this a 46-yard attempt. to give pittsburgh the lead. >> cris: clutch! >> al: again. 39-38. some drive by the steelers. they converted third and 13 from their own 14 on the 17-yarder to jesse james. that was huge. brown makes the catch deep downfield. and it's a one-point game with pittsburgh in front and 42 seconds. >> cris: if they had chosen to, they could have been the field goal, time-outs gone and clock gone at that point. >> al: no question. >> cris: now it's an issue. and we know what the ravens have on the other side in justin tucker. we saw him kicking it from 60 yards plus in pregame warmups. so it takes one good pass, one good time-out and a long fie

between baltimore, washington, and the mines in western maryland and west virginia. this is a view of martinsburg , west virginia, when it was virginia in 1859 showing the very cars carrying the call that was so vital to the be in does coalesh -- carrying the that was so vital to the b&o profitability. the south was greatly at a disadvantage in terms of number of railroads, rail miles of the 30,000 miles of track in the united states at the beginning of the civil war, one third were in the confederacy. some states had barely a few hundred miles of track. with different gauges, it made intermodal transportation or interstate transportation a challenge for the confederacy. we are standing now on the other side of the john hancock. this is a very small locomotive. situated in the yard with our yard man. railroad was probably one of the most efficient industries in one of the first to address recycling. nothing was thrown away. everything was recycled. at one time, this locomotive would have been the largest in service. sed, itdecades pas became too small for the loads t

the one that was a very powerful statement by the baltimore prosecutor. she said that she had a solid case against six baltimore police officers in the death of freddie gray. it stoked the fires of racial tensions across america. there was only one problem. when the facts came out, she had no case. today after two very difficult years, these officers are back from a job. but the scars of what happened are far from healed. the father of one of those officers joins me exclusively next. ♪ sarah is confident. destroy. but when it comes to mortgages, she's less confident. fortunately, there's rocket mortgage by quicken loans. apply simply. understand fully. mortgage confidently. ♪ ♪ it feels good to be back. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you're not content to remain where you are, why should your teeth be? invisalign clear aligners can shape your smile up to 50% faster. don't let anything slow you down. visit invisalign.com booking a flight doesn't have to be expensive. just go to priceline. it's the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still s

toss to eileen - some slick spots early, mainly north around baltimore - breezy today, still colder than average - geminid meteor shower tonight - temperatures climbing through early next week; 50 today: partly to mostly sunny. breezy and still cold. highs: 39-44 winds: nw 10-15 g 20+ tonight: clear to partly cloudy. geminid meteor shower peaks 10pm to 2am. lows: 20-27 winds: nw 5-10 mph friday: mostly cloudy and cold. lighter winds. highs: 35-40 winds: ne to se 5 mph new questions this morning about the police response - county teen is found dead. the father of navid sepheri, telling abc seven about the moment he found his son's body... and questioning if more could have been done to save his life.. suzanne kennedy is live in bethesda with more. developing now.. a in downtown silver spring. still few details, but we know police were called to this high rise on fenwick lane late wednesday for a report of an assault. when officers arrived they found a man and a woman dead. we're working to get more information on exactly what happened... download the abc7 news app to get the latest update

leveraged the baltimore sun writing work to obtain a page in a weekly paper in baltimore, called the baltimore times, one of the two a black papers in town. paper and opinion edited other news at related to youth in baltimore. youth events, the kinds of movies kids wanted to pay attention to in those days and it just clicked in a way that i hoped it would when i was even younger. and i did a couple of, you know, colleges here and there, always was working for the local papers. finally i was back in baltimore at whatng some classes was thousand state university. i was working at baltimore magazine. i got a full-time job. andarted getting benefits all of that. and it seemed like, you know, i have the job i want. i'm not going to continue with sort of halfhearted attempt at university. i have kids and i'm not sure i would recommend to them the same approach. i go around telling other people what to do for their masters theses when i don't have an undergrad myself. i don't feel entirely like a hypocrite there. a lot of people have trained and -- that's not how i did it. i made all the mi

henson elementary in baltimore. reading those little letters from a distance is no problem for some. >> d, c, z, o, d, t, p. >> brangham: but for others... >> read that line again for me? is that all you can see? >> brangham: for kids with poor vision, their parents now have to start a long and expensive process: eye doctors, opticians, buying glasses. >> we live in a community where unfortunately so many of our children live below the poverty line where there are many barriers to care including transportation and ability to pay. >> brangham: doctor leana wen is the health commissioner at the baltimore city department of health. >> even parents finding out. the process of getting those test results relayed to parents. or, insurance and reimbursement. all these were barriers to care. >> brangham: dr. wen helped usher in a new program called" vision for baltimore." it provides eye exams, and two pairs of glasses to every student who needs them, right in their own school, totally free of charge. >> about 25% of our sch

i also thank my colleagues for coming to baltimore and certainly my colleagues who represent baltimore along with me and doctor ruppersberger. i've been in the congress now for 20 years and i've seen a lot but i've never seen as many members attend any since i've been in congress. today is a remarkable turn out and the fact that the opioid crisis is a national emergency that doesn't discriminate based on politics. it affects red states and blue states and every state between. so i'm extremely grateful for the request to bring the committee to the road to investigate the devastating effect of this very difficult problem. i also want to thank doctor miller for your hospitality. the work you do makes a huge difference in the committee and around the globe. we are honored to have you in our prisons and of course i think our witnesses, governor chris christie doctor alexander. thank you for testifying and for all that you are doing to help us save lives. a year and a half ago at the committee's first hearing on this issue either warned that so many people were dying and communities into tha

. >>> update on the deadly shooting of baltimore police detective shawn super tuesday. police say there's no reason to believe there's any connection between a corruption case he was set to testify in and his death. detective shawn suiter what you set to appear before a federal grand jury the day after she was killed. case he was set to testify corruption investigation. the case is connected to several baltimore police officers one of whom was indicted yesterday. the baltimore police department has been told by the fbi and the united states attorney's of the there is no evidence connecting detective suiter's murder to that corruption investigation. >> i understand in the community that those two things existing at the same time and fact that we have we haven't caught someone, i understand the anxiety and folks say something just doesn't, doesn't jive here. >> davis said the baltimore police department is asking the fbi to assume the lead on the investigation. in part he says, to bring credibility to that investigation. >>> coming up a breakthrough in the opioid crisis.

. - some slick spots early, mainly north around baltimore - breezy today, still colder than average - geminid meteor shower tonight - temperatures climbing through early next week; 50s return monday today: partly to mostly sunny. breezy and still cold. highs: 39-44 winds: nw 10-15 g 20+ tonight: clear to partly cloudy. geminid meteor shower peaks 10pm to 2am. lows: 20-27 winds: nw 5-10 mph friday: mostly cloudy and cold. lighter winds. highs: 35-40 winds: ne to se 5 mph breaking overnight-- overnight-- police say a kentucky lawmaker- recently accused of sexually molesting a teenage girl has died in an apparent suicide. representative dan johnson addressed the accusation less than 48 hours ago, denying any wrongdoing, and calling the claims politically motivated. the alleged molestation took place at the church where johnson was a pastor in 2012. johnson's accuser told police he kissed her and fondled her under her clothes. police say it appears that late last night-- johnson stopped his car in a secluded area, then got out and shot himself. an a today. and also breaking overnight-- p-

this happened in baltimore. ran right in the middle of the street around dragged a shooting suspect out of the car. as brine reports that was no police officer. >> a dramatic ending after crime spree in wets baltimore. this man led the police on 30-minute pursuit. this started friday when a man driving this lexus sped through the traffic driving the wrong way at times shooting at innocent people. >> the shooter is shooting from the fleeing vehicle. >> two people was hit by gunfire. police officer was injured as well. they believe in handgun and rifle found inside the suspect's car were used in the shooting spree. tonight the investigation continues. >> hours after the f.c.c. rolled back the net neutrality rules, several states announced their intent to sue to reverse the decision that some say could create internet lanes for pay. they signed a letter hoping to sway the president trump took questions from the reporters on the white house lawn. >> i don't want to talk about the pardons for michael flynn. i can say

by may 15, he parked his troops on top of federal hill in baltimore. "i had the courage," butler insisted years later, "to rely on my courage." in the next day, butler assured that no loyal citizen would be disturbed. while the ordinary operations of the city of baltimore would invited he earnestly municipal authorities to cooperate with his command. so as to demonstrate that baltimore was in fact patriotic and loyal to the union to the , constitution, and to the laws. butler prohibited the display of the rebel standard in baltimore, and pledged to compensate -- confiscate any articles aimed at supporting the so-called confederate states. as if to set the tone of the occupation, the 8th massachusetts detained a civilian named spencer who applauded loudly the april 19 rioters. butler's desire to dramatize loyaltyyalty -- dis became evident in his treatment of the machine are ross minas, a gray-haired old man it was nothing more than a bitter rebel. allegedly his foundry outside of baltimore was constantly turning out canon, shot and shell for the south

if travels take you to baltimore, baltimore sees high impact, around annapolis, southern maryland, as. then, we are dry. later tonight, about 30 degrees. watch out for slick spots tomorrow night. reathsow, the reefs -- we across america event. it will be sunny and cold in the morning. on sunday, upper 40's. a few spots in the low 50's. into next week, a few showers tuesday and friday. on thursday, the winter solstice. julie: on the roads now, we were trying to get a picture for you. i don't know if we can pull it up. let's start off with the maps. the outer loop coming from college park heading around towards to 70, that is a 16 minute ride. towarg 270.ong along the lane divide, all lanes are open. an easy start for all lanes this friday. maps, a look in virginia. all lanes are open. northbound 95, an 18 minute commute. ride from potomac mills to the beltway. that is our traffic watch. in 10 minutes, we look at the ride on 66. larry: our final set of four tickets to give away for six flags holiday in the park. caller number 7 winds. good luck. this morning is being called a christmas

details involving a baltimore detective killed day before he was set to testify. >> melissa howell is following this. >> reporter: addressing the question of whether there's connection between detective shawn suiter's death and that corruption case. that story up next. lauren? >>> melissa, the response from law enforcement failed on multiple fronts during the deadly white nationalists rally in charlottesville in the summer. that according to an independent review release dad. details coming up. >>> a former forever 21 employee is suing the company after video of her using the bathroom surfaced on a porn site. that story next. getting bread delivered is way easier than hiring real bakers... ...who work all night and morning h brioche buns. you deserve a breakfast made with respect. try the new bacon, egg, and cheese on brioche. panera. food as it should be. in the history of people being asked how they like their eggs, we're pretty sure no one's ever said microwaved. you de

nancy: an unusual investigation in baltimore. the family says that thieves stole all four doors. cut to avoid sitting of the alarm and nothing else was taken, including a wheelchair. >> called the police. even the police officer said he had never seen that before. but i have found out recently sometimes it has happened in the neighborhood in the last year. the car's owner believes the thieves needed the doors for another car. insurance is paying for the damage. they are also going to purchase security cameras for the home. alison: 7 on your side with a crime alert after a woman said she was attacked by a man she thought was a driver for hire. it happened about 4 a.m. yesterday. the driver pulled the car over and attacked the woman come even strangling and punching her when she screamed for help. the police are not saying if the man worked as a driver or if the woman used an app to call for the ride. university of maryland police are looking for somebody peeping on students in a bathroom. friday night, he student at hagerstown hal

the cold and honestly rest of week hold day weekend cold and cold for a long time. 32 outside now. 29 baltimore and 22 annapolis and 2 gaithersburg and upper 20s north and west. so we're only going down from there and with it these wind chills are bit i when the wind blows. >>> you seen teens north and west feels 1 in baltimore and 16 gaithersburg and 24 here me d.c. as well as ann whipped topdz calm down uninto the overnight and tomorrow less blustery and chilly. satellite and radar showing some snow showers in the lake effect machine in full effect. issuery pennsylvania saw several inches of know and portions of western new york off lake eary and lake ontario that will continue all week. as we continue to see the winds coming out northwest and reinforcing cold air they continue to see snow. also snow pushing off east coast of main and so many shots in new england woke up to white christmas. and here's planning forecast as we go through rest of christmas evening. if you do any traveling headed home from family roads are fine. it's just cold out there with temperatures slowly getting below free