But first, Steven Hammond talks about his research on the syphax. My name is steve hammond. Im i worked for the u. S. Geological survey for about 40 years. The Geological Survey is a Sister Agency to a National Park service and in my work, i was a deputy associate director that dell was earthquakes, volcanoes, naturales, a variety of hazards. My connection with the syphax family is an interesting one. My third greatgrandmother was a slave at the statehouse in washington, d. C. And her brother was a slave here. In termsilty way back of their connections to mount vernon and the local area here. Was born abouty 1791. And as a young man, he actually was living on the estate with his grandparents and he state whenrlington martha died in 1802. Believed he had relations with another slave at mount vernon. Together, they had a daughter. Amed mariah cawdor they both grew up here. Charles as a young man had an affinity to watch mariah grow up. They were married in 1821. Shortly after that, they
Well let you know what they end up with right now. Its a very fluid situation, ongoing raid. Quite a scene here in Upper Marlboro and by the way, this is really just about a quarter mile away from the county Office Building and from the courthouse right along very busy marlboro pike. Back to you. All right, thank you, brad. Now, as brad mentioned, police raided the same location back in september. In that raid, they made the arrest of two suspected drug dealers and hundreds of doses of crack cocaine and percoset. Police first investigated the yard, as its known following an on none mus tip. A judge has ordered Fairfax County police to turn over internal affairs documents for that officer accused of killing an unarmed man. Court documents show officer adam torres shot and killed john geer during a standoff back in august 2013. But it took until this past month with a court order from Fairfax County police to release any details on the case. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg h
More. Hawkins is going to be be charged by the fbi. Ayss one of the graves closest supporter. Mitchellwas allegedly running an off the books transportation effort. Papers suggest he is going to plead guilty to one count of making a false statement. The reaction today. You hate to see this happen i look forward to learning more. Bout the details theres not much much more i can say. Hawkins is said to appear here at d. C. Federal Court Tomorrow to plead to the. That one count. Will have more of this at 6 p. M. Including reaction and a neighborhood that is reeling from this news today. Guilty of murder and racketeering. Found out hislger fate this afternoon. A jury reached its verdict after four and a half days of deliberations saying he was involved in the murders of 11 people. Many were carried out while he was an informant for the fbi. He will be sentenced in november and faces a life sentence. His lawyer says he will appeal. It was a good start to the workweek. We have the first check
The u. S. Embassy nearby immediately went into lockdown. Live at the white house with the very latest, steve handelsman. Reporter good evening from here at the white house today. President obama telephoned canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to offer solidarity and help to find out about the terror in the attacks in ottawa. Reporter the attack in canada began with the killing of a soldier at the war memorial by a witness with long hair and his face covered. There was a guy with a rifle just around on the back corner and just pow, pow. Reporter then seen and heard on this phone video, the gunman ran into the Parliament Building where lawmakers and Stephen Harper and lawmakers were at work. There was furious firing. The gunman was shot dead reportedly by parliament sergeantatarms kevin vickers. Police fanned out to find out how many buildinmight be part o attack. Two soldiers run down and killed by a suspect said to have ties to isis. Canada sent six warplanes to help bomb isis in ira
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