Service. Thank you for that on behalf of the city. Today is going to be talking about james garfield, his death and efforts to commemorate his life and death here in washington d. C. I wont say too much more, i dont want to steal his steam, please join me in welcoming matt. applause thank you very much. The story im going to tell might be ripped from todays recent headlines. There was a president ial memorial delayed for years. It was caught up in congressional infighting, and replace it with another. A powerful lobby behind the memorial had chosen this site, the designer, the design criticize in the press. The site was very close to the capital on maryland avenue. If the years 1887, not 2017, and the memorial was one to president garfield and not president eisenhower. James garfields death was a national shock. He is been a compromise candidate for the presidency and had won the closest election in american history. It was a difficult life but his rise up was the rags to riches story.
Gonzalez. Tens of thousands of customers lost power. News4s Darcy Spencer is live oi u street more on the folks affected and what areas. Darcy . Reporter there is never a good day to lose power, but you defily dont want to lose it on a day like today. It is extremely hot out here. And you cant help but think about the people who are stuck inside without air conditioning. We are here on Georgia Avenue in n wthwest where power just restored to this intersection. There are many intersectionsfe afed by the power outage where there are no lights, and you have to treat that as a fourway stop. We want to show you a photo. This was a moment during the pou r outage. Yocan imagine how frightening it would be to be inside an elevator when the power goes out. D. C. Fire a ems were able to rescue numerous people who got trapped inde elevators when the lights went out earlier this afternoon. The outage is affecting also Washington Hospital center and Howard University hospital. D. C. Fire and ems sa
donald trump currently in his mar-a-lago florida estate and preparing to make his initial court appearance just hours fro now in miami. the 45th president of the unite states becoming the first forme president to face federal charges. he is facing 37 counts relating to his handling of classified documents. he is expected to be arraigned and to plead not guilty to all of those counts when he appears to be in a miami courtroom. that could also happen to be if they decide to make it a separate arraignment that would be more private. we will find out. but meanwhile trump will electronically be fingerprinted today. a source tells fox news not to expect in mugshot, and he will not be handcuffed. reporters will be barred from using cameras or phones inside the courtroom at today s proceedings. the judge will likely set bail and schedule the next court hearing. the former president has been expected to head back to his estate in bedminster new jersey and make some remarks this evenin
Remember this 14yearold girl whose rescue made headlines around the world. Well, among the missing are her brother and her father. Officials say 1500 homes are still threatened by that rainsoaked hill. Im Chris Lawrence at the live desk. Eun, back to you. A terrible situation. Chris, thank you. Its 4 31. Were hearing this morning a 17yearold girl calmly describe how she tortured and murdered another teenage girl. One investigator who has been at this for three decades describes it as a level of cruelty he has never seen. How did you kill her . With a knife. I dont remember how many times i stabbed her in the stomach. These cell phone images are from the day Fairfax County police say Venus Iraheta killed rivas last year. You can see the face as she stares at her. Other ms13 gang members videotaped the entire murder. In her own words, she said she stabbed the 15yearold 13 times and cut off the tattoo on her hand. Then she made her one final promise. I told her to never forget who i was.
Two. Take it. Feels nice. Thaws you out for a little bit. Not for long though. It feels good for sure. Well be back into the deep cold by saturday night and sunday is looking very, very chilly ind d indeed. Between now and then, we have a surge of warmer air and milder, more moisture as well. Thats coming in our general direction. Were dry now but skies are partly to in some cases mostly cloudy. The skies had been clearer overnight. The temperatures have fallen below freezing. Martinsburg and winchester. Around the city, in the upper 30s to 40. Its not a bitter cold start to the day at all. With a lot of clouds, we should have no trouble making it into the mid50s. Melissa mollet, that is ten degrees warmer than average today. I like that. I mean, were going below average, so this is nice. To be warmer an thafrj. 270, live look at Montrose Road northbound, southbound. Rolling along fine this morning. No issues on 270. Same situation he inner loop and outer loop, dont have any troubles.