Battlefield, hope well cultural park, Rock Creek Park, et cetera, et cetera. Steve is an expert in civil war err with military occupation, operational command, fortifications, of course, in the western theater. He authored articles in the American Civil War and the defenses of washington. And he holds a masters degree in American History from the middle Tennessee State university. I will go off script one second, steve has done more to bring attention to the civil war defenses of washington than anyone ever has before. So if you dont follow him before this event, follow him on facebook, follow the civil war defenses of washington after this. Keeps it fresh and real and bringing some great information to the front. So, steve, come up. All right. Thank you, i appreciate that. Can everyone see me in the back . Want to make sure i wore something bright enough for everyone to see. Yes. And im from denver, colorado, we call this united in orange. So thank you, rob, and i want to express my g
Democratic debate. What did you mean when you said youre not going to be as polite in the next debate . Well see. Those stories, plus, remembering ally fries and family gat for the ole miss student gone way too soon. Scooter skirmish. Are they simply too dangerous fod riders anpedestrians. And fortnite fever. We take you inside the first ever worldup of fortnite geing under wayhis weekend. Massive numbers of fan gathering and a jackpotp for grabs. Today, friday, jy 26th, 2019. From nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda k sve fromdio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And. Welcome to today th for joining us on this friday morning. Thanks to Kristen Welker filling in for savannah, enjoying some time off. You picked a good friday. A great friday to be here. Concert. Ed about this lined up for pop superstar andy grammer, singing some of his biggest hits. Perfect for afriday. Feelgood music, a great way to start the weekend. But let start with our top story, that growing scandal with
At President Trump, calling his attacks ract, but also, a distraction. And a miracle in the dessert, a woman missing,alone for four days and three nights, found alive. Annow back with her family. Announcer news4 at 11 00 begins with breaking news. That breaking news tonight, Power Outages for thousandsof people in d. C. Pepco says its lights out for more than 6,000 customers. Power was knockedn out wards five and six. As you can see, its black outside. Pepco is hoping to restore power by 1 00 a. M. Were still working to learn what knocked the power out in the first place. That is just coming as we prepare for the return of heat and humidity. Outside right now, doesnt feel too bad. But all of that is going to change later this week, folks. Were going to have feels like temperatures over 100 degrees. Were also watching whats left of barry, the storm systema drenched ts of louisiana with 17 inches of rain. Its now over arkansas and moving slowly this way. Lets get caught up on all of it w
To the north and west, temperatures in the low 70s. Feeling close to a hundred degrees out there. Lets timehis out and talk numbers. Lets talk about just how hot it will feel out there and that is coming up. First, lets talk about traffic with melissa. Good morning. On the beltway we are seeing delays here. This morning, People Living in Prince Georges County are upset over a proposed amazon warehouse. Some neighbors near the proposed site say they were misled about what aually was coming to their rhneighbod. Look at Property Values is our concern. Is this going to add or detract . About a 100 pele packed a Community Meeting last night in clinton. News4 first told you source say a new Fulfillment Center and it is is not sitting well with people in that community. The developer did ot confirm what was going in the building but told ushow it would help Prince Georges County county. This is unique opportunity for the county and proposed tenant is pposing having 1,500 quality jobs. Another
This fire some lane are blocked. A a couple of minutes ago, everything was shut down southbound New Hampshire avenue at randolph road. You can see it looks li we are closed. Everything shut down southbound New Hampshire at randolph road. Northbound lanes are not impacted. We have poln e out there oe scene shutting things down so all of the apparatus can get in and out safely. Lauryn ricketts, pretty out there this morning. Not bad. Youre right, melissa. A beautiful start. Sun just came up. Or just coming up about three or four minutes ago. Beautiful out there right now. We will continue to e a autiful day. A few more cloud around today compared to yesterday. E a littlt more humidity. 76 is our temperature right now. Youll start to feel that humidity if you have not yet. 94 is where we are today but look at the temperatures. We go up on wednesdayand definitely on friday. Rain likely on thursday and that will be from barry. Our average temperature is 89 degrees. Lets talk about timing of