The heavy rain we have seen the last one to three hours here. Flash Flood Warning for Arlington County until 8 00 tonight and for Prince Georges County and southeast d. C. Until 7 30. Once again, looks like a water rescue going on right now through Prince Georges County. Please, i cannot say this enough do not drive through flooded roadways even pictures of it on my twitter and Facebook Pages this evening, dont let it happen tough. More rain coming through once again, following that same line, we call this training. As a result of a train, just like train tracks, the rain is moving over the same tracks well. Continue to keep you posted. Thank you, doug. Now to the technical glitches that captured headlines much of the day today from the impact on wall street to airports around the world. We have Team Coverage on all this begin with chris lawrence. He is at the live desk now. Chris . Jim, flights are still delayed on United Airlines and the dow jones lost more than 260 points by the clo
His lawyer wants the judge to let him serve his time in home detention. He said the theft was motivated by addiction, not greed. Lowry worked in the d. C. Field office. It is now 4 31. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. All this hot weather means we could get some storms. Oh, july. 4 31, lets go to tom kierein. Yeah, typical july weather here with heat and humidity building. So dress accordingly, short sleeves and have the sun block and sunglasses handy. You may need the umbrella if youre out just maybe after you get home from work to do a run. Drink plenty of water. You have to be outside for a length of time today. Walking to work this morning will be pleasant. Dry walkways, in the 70s. Rather humid, partly sunny. Have the umbrella ready walking back home, in the low 90s. Some storms begin to move in. Thats going to be general looks like after 6 00 p. M. A look at hour by hour timing on those storms next weather and traffic on the 1s. Thats coming up at 4 41. Along with the neig
Pass this bill, but they did actually by a wide margin. 9420. Governor nikki haley put out this tweet that says it is a new day in South Carolina. Haley herself reversing her position of on the Confederate Flag. She is expected to sign this bill today and then the bill requires that the flag be removed within 24 hours her signing it. Back to you. Thank you, kristin. Efforts here on capitol hill to ban the Confederate Flag in federal cemeteries is proving controversial. The measure was added as an amendment this week to a bill that funds the National Park service. Today, however, the house will vote again on another amendment. The democrats say weakens that ban. 5 01 right now. Today, the outcome of a Board Meeting at metro may have a big impact on your morning commute. Zachary kiesch has more on how it could affect the metro riders. Zachary . Reporter yeah, good morning, aaron. Blue line riders would be the real winners here. This is a new proposal being presented today to metro board
Well see you then, melissa. Thank you. 6 01 now. New this morning the governor of South Carolina expected to sign a bill today that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state capital grounds there. The South Carolina house of representatives passed a bill, that was after hours of emotional, sometimes tearful debate. Once Governor Haley signs the bill, the flag should come down within 24 hours. Haley and a lot of her fellow lawmakers are responding to calls from across the country to remove that flag after the racially motivated killing of black worshipers in charleston. At 1 30 this morning after a vote there, haley tweeted its a new day in South Carolina. Now a lot of folks seem to agree with her, there was a cartoon posted showing the flag and it said, going, going gone on that cartoon. Another person tweeted finally. One state, one flag. Efforts here on capitol hill to ban the Confederate Flag in federal cemeteries is proving controversial as well. The measure was added as an a
How he approached the law and how he lived his life. Ive come to pay respects to one of the greatest defenders of the constitution and what our Founding Fathers believed about what this country could be and be. Ld mark and his family were among the many who flocked to cold,preme court on this blustery day, to mourn the loss of Justice Antonin Scalia and to for. Rate what he stood he jumped out at you from the television, from his writings, from the newspaper. Is someone you felt you personally knew, even if you never met him. In american rare society. Reporter scalia, a devoted conservative, was famous for dissenting opinions laced with rhetoric, that legal scholars historic. Er his commanding presence, a source of inspiration for attorneys. I think scalia is one of those personalities thats bigger than life. You just think, oh, hes going to be around. Granted theake for enormity of his personality, its something thats so essential and foundational to system. T and to our but at the en