imagine this entire ruler of marble slab that thick and still with the earthquake damage it snapped in half. chances are the joints become the sacraficial lamp. reporter: this was patched with what they thought was waterproof material. at the very top. reporter: historic architect tony donald says there could be more cracks we don t see. this could always be micro fractures within the stone itself. reporter: that s a fear the national park service has after they found significant amounts of water after irene. nothing of an immediate concern other than it tells us we have to to some additional patching. reporter: right now the park service is waiting for structural engineers assessment of the damage and hopefully it will tell them. exactly what we need to to to fix it, how long it will take and how much it had cost. reporter: what would it take to fix? from a preservation standpoint it is important. reporter: if it means replacing those historic stones
everything is moving smoothly there way. out of centerville toward inside the beltway, no incidents, accidents or major construction. this is your live shot at could be run. next, over to the maps, 95 northbound at powder mill. that s where we have some ongoing construction as well as that 216 as well. 410 at 2011 lane of traffic gets by, going each direction. that s 410 at 201. it will be like that for the next half hour. outer loop, no complaints. every one at speeds. a live shot at university. back to you. thank you. as we ve said today is the first day of school for hundreds of thousands of students in our viewing area. on their first day of school, some students in the district will be greeted by mayor fenty and michelle reid. both will begin at jo elementary in the northeast. and hundreds of volunteers spruced up public schools in the city on saturday as part of the sixth annual beautification project. they painted walls, planted flowers, removed debris and helped s
in this attempted robbery. they were both transported to local hospitals. let s take a look at what some of the scene looks like out here as we wait for the police chief to give us an update on where the investigation is going. they are looking for two different vehicles and those vehicles, we are going to talk to the police chief and she will let us know the description of the vehicles are. we are looking for two suspects, both black males first the only description is a black male about 5 8, 160- pounds. he was wearing a baseball cap and a partial mask. second suspect was a black male with dread locks, armed with a handgun. the vehicle that these individuals are seen entering as they left the scene here is described as a small, gold colored four door. could be possibly a hyundai, electra, or a kia. we have information that has maryland tags on it and headed outbound towards 295. we do have subsequent information that there may be another vehicle that could have followed