Good evening. Im so glad to be here at politics and prose with my wife this evening. Thank you so much to the entire staff for coming out on this damp august evening. Now is the time to turn off your cell phones or anything else that might be during the presentation. When we get to the q a in the program, there is a microphone over there and we would appreciate it if you would make your way to it if you would like to ask a question, especially with the cameras going here this evening. Finally, at the end, please help our staff by enfolding of the chairs and placing them in something solid. Thank you for joining us. Hampton sides has several bestselling works to his name and among them are those soldiers about the daring world war ii games to rescue more than 2000 pows. That has sold more than a million copies since its release in 2002 and another of his book, blood and thunder, the life and times of kit carson made the best book list in 2006 when it came out very and then four years ag
By noon time, 70 degrees. Midafternoon with sunshine and a diminishing breeze. Mid70s, a bit blustery, 25 miles per hour. We did have a few sprinkles and showers late last night that passed well north of the metro area. They are long gone now. Nearby temperatures in Prince Georges County. Montgomery county, gaithersburg, rockville now into the low 60s. Reston, alexandria, mid60s. Leesburg, 63. Warrenton, 62 degrees. Well look at the chillier lows moving in late tonight as we say hello to autumn later the. Now a look at construction around. Heres melissa. Tom, we have construction of course. First of all, 66 westbound at lichaj, the left lane is blocked there. 95 northbound, two lanes blocked as you head through dumfries and it opens back up again. Both expected to be out of the way by 5 00 this morning. No major problems. A wider look at things. No problems inner loop, outer loop. Everything looking quite nice for us this morning. 95, fairfax county. Also moving right along. Follow us
Hour cooler pattern. Good morning. Good morning. Looking good right now. 95 at cherry hill, moving right along. No problems there. Over to Prince Georges County, beltway and st. Barnabas, also looking good. We have a little bit of construction still hanging around. 7 eastbound between spring hill and 123 in mcclain. That might be stretching out. Its again going on quite a while. A wider look of things. Inner loop, outer loop, no major problems there. Ill see you at 5 11. Melissa, thank you. 5 02. Charlottesville police have now named a person of interest in the disappearance of university of virginia hannah graham. They believe Jessie Matthew was one of the last were people she was seen with. He is not a suspect. Right now there is a warrant out for his arrest but it is not related to grahams case. He is wanted for reckless driving. Grahams family is thanking everyone for their support in this case. Her parents john and susan spoke at a News Conference at point through tears. They say
Graduated from west Potomac High School. More than 1,000 volunteers showed up at uva to get instruction about todays search. The mother of Morgan Harrington thanked people for showing you. She was abducted and killed in 2009. She has mixed emotions about Police Looking to talk to one man about heannah grahams disappearance. Its hard. Im glad they have an answer of someone who may be involved but im sad because that shows a likelihood of foul play. A man last seen with graham at a bar last saturday morning. List searched his apartment and towed away his car. They believe graham got in his car before she disappeared. Reporter the rock outside west Potomac High School was painted and candles were lit around it for graham. There was a moment of silence at the start of her high schools football game. Parents, students and faculty are all concerned. As a devoted member of the music department, she was loved and were all worried, very worried. Its very important that she come back as soon as
Equinox, officially from an ast astronomic standpoint, anyway, the last day of summer. It will be a warm one. 65 in martinsburg, west virginia. Gorgeous day coming today. Plenty of sunshine. Toasty warm, up into the upper 70s and low 80s today. Perfect day for College Football. Going down to blacksburg today, hokies of Virginia Tech and georgia tech. Low 70s at game time down there. You want your game on tv . Tell me whos playing, when and where theyre playing and email it to me chuckbell4. Teams will gather in charlottesville to search for a missing student from the university of virginia. Hannah graham went missing a week ago. Theyre interested in talking with a man who was last seen with her at a bar. David culver reports on the search zbla we sear a week of searching, press conferences and vigils. You make things good, Hannah Graham. Where are you . We want you back where you belong. Still that question remains unanswered. Where is Hannah Graham . Police now say theyre getting clos