That nice, not to have talking heads tell you how to interpret what is going on. Thank you for being here tonight. Speaker is mr. Marc leepson. He was a letter for the congressional quarterly, but he is now a freelance rider. He has a bachelors degree and a masters degree from George Washington university. His many books include sitting monticello, published by Simon Schuster in 2001, flag an 2005,an biography, storyrate engagement the of the battle of the monopoly in 2007. Lafayette idealist general, what so proudly we hailed francis got key, a life published by mcmillan in 2011, and the battle of the green beret, about 50 of the Army Staff Sergeant barry sadler published in 2017. Will ber, marc releasing a volume on the history of one of our beloved an important Historic Properties within our heritage area. Today the home is called homeland. Forward to be rich history and the stories associated with that wonderful property. Marcs articles have appeared in many publications including
Welcome you to historic fort stevens and the 55th anniversary of the battle of commemoration. Commemoration. My name is kim elder. I am the Program Manager for the civil war defenses of washington, and that is a long title or what encircles the National Park Service Number which manages 18 of the forts, as well as battleground national cemetery. At this time, we will present the colors. Today, representing the 54th regiment of massachusetts and the united colored troops from connecticut. We are going to open now with the presentation of colors. Forward march. [national anthem] u [applause] please be seated. For those who are wondering, that was the hymn from the 1861 verse written by oliver weldon, sung by harold hartford. At this time, we at this time, we will have greetings from our part superintendent at this time, julia washburn. [applause] julia good morning, everybody. What a Beautiful Day we have. We really lucked out on the weather and it feels like it may be hot but not too hu
Homeowners taking their first painful steps to can up the mess. The heavy rain and floods wiping out this Montgomery County basement. We have liv o team covera the damage and whats next. And former president bill clinton clarifies his relationship with jeffrey epstein, the billionaire charged with y recruiting girls asng as age 14 to have sex with them. Announcer news 4 at 11 00 starts now. Flash rst tonight, the floods that paralyzedte commu in just a matter ofmi nutes. Rivers overflowed, roads into rapids, cars and homesde unr water. This is 4 mile in arlington, overflowing its banks and submerging cars nearby. Not a creek any more, thats for sure. The water came in so fast and so furiously, some people couldnt turn around fast enough. This is the scene here on canal road from potomac into georgetown that road runs one way into the district in the morning and this morning one way into trouble. Us some harrowing moments and the damage not jt to our roads. Check out the waterfall insid
Cokie this is a neighbor of mine, as well. We live very close to each other. I live in the house that i grew up in. The shes newer to the neighborhood. I probably moved there before she was born. But what a fabulous contribution she made to this community. Really. [applause] cokie really wonderful. In addition to taking on this now Legendary Store a legend in washington, doing the National Book fair was really a challenge and one that was well met. Didnt you guys go . My grandsons are here. You have to pay attention. You have to sit up and pay attention. [laughter] cokie but really they did a fabulous job. My College Roommate is here. You see its all the old and another college classmate. Its the old gang. And robert stevens, my roommate when i was in college, helped me type my papers late at night. And she couldnt help me finish this book and it was really upsetting to me. Because i was very late in getting it in. But it was great fun to do. I appreciate your words. I started on this
Shocked. Close to home. You got to get up and do what you do every day. Cant let this kind of stuff stop you. One of the suspects is behind bars, the other is on the run. Police recover the stolen safes. The Security Guard is in Critical Condition tonight. Right now, investigators are trying to determine if a fastmoving fired at the usda Research Center in beltsville was arson or an accident. Flames gutted an old workshop and Storage Facility that contains 55 gallon drums filled with fuel. The big question tonight is whether the fire had anything to do with email threats made their last week. Those threats were taken seriously enough to briefly closedown the beltsville facility, and five other Agriculture Department facilities around the country. Anne arundel countys head of Economic Development is off the job tonight, accused of breaking into his neighbors apartment and rifling through her lingerie. We have a report on the bizarre allegations that could cost the 70yearold reporter Rob