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February 26, 2011
power and prince georges county has 755 outages. in northern virginia dominion power has more than 8400 customers in the dark tonight. bge reporting more than 6900 still in the dark. seems many people have to spend the weekend cleaning up from the storm damage while others are happy to get home after roadblocks showed up during the rush hour tonight. we go live to ken with what it looked like. >> reporter: looked crazy everywhere you looked around the washington area. the winds may b...
February 25, 2011
check this out. u.s. capitol 57-mile-per-hour wind gusts. clarksburg 61. springdale in maryland, in prince georges county 56-mile- per-hour wind gusts. reston 67. leesburg, 61-mile-per-hour wind gusts. for tonight, partly cloudy. colder. winds will diminish well before midnight. low temperatures in the mid- 20s to the mid-30s. winds will become northwesterly at about 10. we will start our team coverage with delia gonclaves live in northeast where a roof collapsed in an apartment buildi...
February 25, 2011
landmark decision in virginia that could have a big impact on abortion rights in the commonwealth. this bill will make virginia the first state in the nation to require abortion clinics that provide first trimester abortions to meet the same standards as hospitals. tonight, opponents says -- say that it would force most abortion clinics to close. >> there are 21 abortion clinics here in virginia. many of them, like this one, are discreet and inside office buildings. but it appears that...
February 25, 2011
of tuna and all the people living there are displaced. were told that 39 people are affected by this roof being torn off the building and many of them about 15 or 16 are going to be staying at the rec center tonight and others have relocated to stay with family and friends tonight and building inspect source gone through that building and its unsafe. no one will be allowed to stay there and this is not the first time something like this happened. there has been another roof collapse in...
February 25, 2011
no longer see the 60s. that is good news. current temperatures in the 30s in the north and west. thats that cool air moving in. and take a look at the wind chills, already in the 20s to our north and west, and most areas now seeing wind chills in the 30s. were in for a very chilly night, much colder than during the day today. temperatures tomorrow morning only around freezing as you get up on your saturday. things will calm down, but then they could get even more hectic as we start out...
February 25, 2011
them on your commute home tomorrow night and then possibly throughout the day tomorrow, getting some mixed messages here. so lets go to sue palka with the updated numbers coming into the weather center. >> think of it as a wind that will build throughout the day and i did just look at some of the new model guidance. it looks like those winds will get stronger faster all coming from this huge storm weve been watching. its having a huge effect across much of the country, a big line of th...
February 25, 2011
jackie? >> reporter: well, jim, just yesterday the mayor was defending this mans credentials. today, he was fired. >> they let me go without respect and without dignity. >> reporter: former mayoral candidate and now former $110,000 a year d.c. government employee sulaimon brown became emotional as he described being escorporated from the wilson building by police. >> if i wasnt a good fit the mayor wouldnt had sent me there in the first place. >> reporter: after appearing to duck the m...
February 24, 2011
stare at goats. >> what youre saying is that you were a psychic spy? >> a jedi warrior. >> reporter: in real life, the army does maintain real life psychological operation teams to influence opinions. >> and then the army will train you. >> reporter: the allegations could be mind blowing if true. >> hello, my name is lieutenant general bill callwell. >> reporter: rolling stone claims this man, lieutenant governor bill caldwell, ordered psychological operations to influence members of c...
February 24, 2011
beltway, things are fine. see the green cars. well zoom into the outer loop of the beltway and take a live look at university boulevard where there are no problems basically between 95, university and 270 on the topside of the beltway. back out to the beltway, this time, were going to zoom into the other side of 270 and take a live look as you come in from frederick past route 121 through germantown and rockville, all of the lanes are now open. the earlier construction should now be cl...
February 24, 2011
well start with the temperatures. and we are pretty much around freezing or below depending on where you are. lets go to -- there you go, 32 degrees right now at reagan national airport. 24 at baltimore. 24 at dulles airport. fredericksburg is at 30 degrees. winchester is at 28 degrees. here is a look at the satellite- radar. and although this morning, we could call our skies leer to fair, i do think well see some clouds build in. you will think so too once you glance at the satellite-...