The u. S. Botanic garden and, of course, thank you all for attending. My task here this morning is to give you an overview of the first 100 years or so of the white house grounds. Focusing on the various uses of the landscape as well as the physical development and to squeeze this all in in a little under 30 minutes. Now thats a bit of a tall order. Were obviously not going to be able to touch on everything. But i like a challenge. I think well do just fine. Okay. So lets start with the basics. As im sure youre aware, the who us is the official residence of the president of the united states. And is located just a few hundred yards south of near downtown washington. The white house itself stands as the centerpiece of a grand 18. 7 acre site which we know as the white house grounds. Having been established in 1790, the white house grounds in fact constitute the oldest continually maintained landscape in the nation. The grounds are older than the mansion itself. George washington is rath
The clock is ticking down for the dozen of officials to leave the country. There is tension but everything outside the embassy appears to be normal. For the compound in maryland you heard about, scott thuman flew over that this skytrak7 flew over the building there. Its the white roof there. The green roof belongings to the state department. Jonathan a sheriff deputy is in Critical Condition after being shot responding to a Domestic Violence call. It happened in chestertown last night. We catch up with Richard Reeve live. Do we know the officers condition . Richard yes, he is in Critical Condition. You can see the cars behind me. The vehicles that are all rallying around the deputy and the family. The other man involved dead. This began with a Domestic Violence call. A quiet chestertown neighborhood witness to a horrifying shootout between a sheriff deputy and homeowner. A shot to everybody. Killed in exchange of gunfire. You never know from day today. Hogan required a woman to pick up
Are not inside either of the recreational facilities including in centerville, maryland. President elect trump spoke on this issue last night. I think that we ought to get on with our lives. I think that the computers have complicated lives greatly. You know, the whole age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what is going on. The president elect has been skeptical of russia involvement in the election. He would wipe out the actions taken by president obama. Congress could still take action on its own. Russia vowed retaliation. A frightening attempted Sexual Assault on a hotel worker in northwest dc. Today Police Arrested 18yearold earnest mendoza. It happened at the grand hyatt washington back in november. The victim tells police that a man held her at knife point against a bed and demanded she take off her clothes. She was able to mendoza is charged with assault with attempt to commit first degree sexual abuse. Investigators say the driver of this dark colored suv struc
The officials were assigned to the Russian Embassy in dc and the russian consulate in san francisco. The us is also sobering con the white house says there are additional sanctions that will not be announced, because they are highly classified. Russian president. Says moscow will retaliate. Russia will probably find some cause or decide to send some of our folks home as well. President elect trump repeated his calls for the country move on, but added, i will meet with Intelligence Community next week to be updated on the facts of the situation. Republican senators Lindsey Graham and john mccain promised to push for tougher sanctions in congress. Theres no doubt they did attempt to hack into our system and when donald trump sees that he will take appropriate action. Us Officials Say they have no reason to believe the russian Cyber Attacks will stop. The Obama Administration said, it gave the Trump Transition Team a heads up that the sanctions were coming pre mr. Trump could use his exec