hello. i would like to welcome you to union station. this is a magnificent building here in washington, d.c., just a couple of walks from the u.s. capitol building. at the nonprofit here in washington dc who responsible loyalty is stewardship of this building. this building was built in 1907. it was not only one of the largest buildings in the world, but it was certainly the most magnificent train station that had been built to date. this station has undergone many changes throughout the year. in 1912 andeted service during world war i when the uso took over part of the building. it went through many, many changes from being an actual station to a place where it was not so active and people may have been here sleeping on benches, using the building for shelter and finally, with world war ii, the station became the center of the world again with the servicemen coming back here and serving 200,000 people a day and significant alterations made in this magnificent hall to serve
i would like to welcome you to union station. this is a magnificent building here in washington, d.c., just a couple of blocks from the u.s. capitol building. presidentc.e.o. and of the redevelopment corporation, a nonprofit in washington, d.c., is responsibility for stewardship of this building. this building was built in 1907. it was not only one of the largest buildings in the world, but it was certainly the most magnificent train station that had been built to date. this station has undergone many changes throughout the year. it was completed in 1912 and entered into service during world war i when the uso took over part of the building. and then of course, through the 1920 s and depression it went through many, many changes from being an active station to a place where it was not so active . people may have been here sleeping on benches, using the building for shelter. and finally, with world war ii, the station became the center of the world again with the servicemen co
union station opened in 1907. at the time, it was one of the largest train stations in the world. the facility to learn about its history. we also hear from historical architect john bowie about the original construction and recent restoration. beverley: hello. my name is beverley swaim-staley, and i would like to welcome you to washington union station. this is a magnificent building located here in washington, d.c., just a couple of blocks from the u.s. capitol building. my job as ceo and president of union station redevelopment corporation, nonprofit here in washington d c whose responsible , loyalty is stewardship of this building. this building was built in 1907. it was not only one of the largest buildings in the world, but it was certainly the most magnificent train station that had been built to date. this station has undergone many changes throughout the year. throughout the years. it was completed in 1912, and entered into a busy, busy time, during world war i whe
light showers in the shenandoah valley. everyone today has at least a low chance for a shower or two. a little better chance for light rain out west of the blue ridge. highs today mild. upper 60s and low 70s. if you like that, tomorrow will be even better. still an awful lot of clouds around. not much of a rain threat tomorrow. tomorrow s temperatures way up into the mid and upper 70s. some spots fredericksburg, stafford, 80 depress tomorrow. melissa, good morning. reporter: good morning, chuck. good to see you on this monday morn take a look here. 66 headed into and out of town this morning. 95 at lorton, no problems there. moving along, prince george s coun county, everything is fine. no major problems anywhere. we are moving along. just a little construction higher and there. most of it should be out of the way at 5:00 a.m. at the live desk out of kabul, afghanistan, a suicide bomber targets international troops, killing one person, hurting several others. a nato convo
clammy for the morning drive for those of you having to work today. cloudy and mild temperatures today. up near 70 degrees. high at national airport right around 71. breaking news at news 4 traffic. good morning, melissa. breaking news in wall door of. this is the fire angie was just talking about. 2800 block of crane highway. we have one southbound lane of crane highway just out of the frame. that is blocked. northbound is completely open. the southbound lane blocked because of all the fire apparatus in the way. thank you very much, chopper, for showing us that. bw parkway at 193, we have a crash there. same situation we have been talking about for a while. still slowing down. south capital street. prince georges side, of course looking good right now. no major issues. 66 and 95 moving along. we want to remind you about metro. running on a saturday schedule. and the penn line has a saturday schedule. no camden or brunswick today. 6:02. a second ebola case has been iden