For folks traveling in maryland, greenbelt, this is whats happening eastbound good luck road shut down at heartland street. Just your eastbound lanes are shut down because of a single vehicle into a pole. If youre traveling westbound good luck road, you will be able to get around it. Checking out on i270 making the trip from frederick, maryland, heading to rockville. Travel lanes are open. Absolutely clear. Continuing to the beltway from i270 clear as well with a great drive time from i270 head iingo i95 thats just a nineminute drive on the inner loop of the beltway. Outer lap clear as well. Richard and eun . We are still seeing temperatures in the 30s around the d. C. Area this morning. But things are not as bad as theyve been in the past few days. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is here with more on the changes in store for us. Good morning, chuck. Good morning, theres the Woodrow Wilson bridge. Still bathed in Early Morning darkness. The low 40s in and around town. 43 at Natio
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Face criminal charges for reckless trading. We examine the growing legal woes for the banking giant. Brown the common core standards in education push students to think critically, speak persuasively and collaborate. John merrow reports on the challenge of testing these advanced skills. Youre not going to be asked questions like what did you think about the thing you read . Youre going to be asked to say what did the author think . Find evidence in the text to make that broader point. Woodruff 50 years later, the march on washington remains a seminal moment in american history. Tonight, we kick off a series of discussions to mark the anniversary. Weve forgotten most of the brown and remembering a stalwart of american political journalism. We look back at the career of the longtime reporter, columnist and t. V. Commentator, jack germond. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macart
Face criminal charges for reckless trading. We examine the growing legal woes for the banking giant. Brown the common core standards in education push students to think critically, speak persuasively and collaborate. John merrow reports on the challenge of testing these advanced skills. Youre not going to be asked questions like what did you think about the thing you read . Youre going to be asked to say what did the author think . Find evidence in the text to make that broader point. Woodruff 50 years later, the march on washington remains a seminal moment in american history. Tonight, we kick off a series of discussions to mark the anniversary. Weve forgotten most of the brown and remembering a stalwart of american political journalism. We look back at the career of the longtime reporter, columnist and t. V. Commentator, jack germond. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macart