Our western and northern suburbs generally down into the low to mid 20s, Eastern Suburbs upper 20s including Prince Georges County. And our western suburbs, arlington, forecast, also the upper 20s under this partly to mostly cloudy sky. By later this morning, becoming sunny, a Sunny Afternoon with highs reaching 40 degrees. Sunrise, 7 27. Sunset, 7 5 59. We have a Traffic Alert for travelers in northwest d. C. Theres a water main break on wisconsin avenue a block from the Friendship Heights metro station. An eightinch line that broke about 6 00 last night. All three of the southbound lanes were closed as a precaution. Wssc crews spent the night working to fix the main. Right now one of the southbound lanes is open. No word on when the other two will reopen. For more on the commute, heres Alexis Davies in for danella. Reporter overall the beltway is running smoothly. Theres a water main break as you mentioned. Two southbound lanes closed between cumberland and dorsett avenue. Elsewhere,
These cars. This was a part of the effort to locate michael powe who went missing after ringing the new year in with friends at an adams morgan bar. The took a tragic turn when investigators discovered powes body at the bottom of a ventilation shaft at a Apartment Building here and they believe he fell to his death through an opening in the roof. A sad close to a missing person case. The Police Confirm the body of a man found in a ventilation shaft on built more street is that of 23yearold michael powe. Powe has been missing since new years eve when he parted ways with his friends at shenanigans bar. Friends say at around 2 45 a. M. New years day poe powe called a friend and said he was celebrating on a rooftop which they thought he meant he wassen a rooftop bar. That was the last they heard from him. A 911 call from a resident brought investigators to this building Late Wednesday night located a block from the bar where powe had been with friends. What he was doing on the roof and how
Hello, im ros atkins, this is outside source. Ethiopias government steps up its three week offensive in tigray, with an assault on the regional capital mekelle. It is not a war crime, it is a Law Enforcement operation taking care of the civilian lives and institutions. Think about the children and the women who are currently trapped in mekelle with very little access to communication, with very little access to communication, with a very dire humanitarian situation, and no access by the international community. Half a Million People live in mekelle and local forces who control the city are vowing not to surrender. Also in the programme thousands are paying their respects to football legend Diego Maradona. Hes laying in state in argentinas president ial palace for the three days. A Million People are expected to visit the site before
hes buried next week. Almost all of england will be facing stricter covid measures when the country comes out of lockdown next week. Borisjohnson is urging
Reporter thats right. Im told the Vice President is now playing a direct role in these negotiations, trying to get to a deal, a lastminute deal, a key player in the final hours. President obama set off the highstakes weekend scramble friday night, imploring congressional leaders to take action immediately. The American People are not going to have any patience for a politically selfinflicted wound to our economy. Reporter with that harry reid and Mitch Mcconnell launched a lastditch effort to craft a bipartisan plan to that would at the very least, protect most people from a big tax hike going into effect on new years day. The senators and their staffs negotiated all day saturday. Saturday night republican leader mcconnell made his offer. By this morning, a clear sense of optimism and warnings that failure would be unthinkable. There are certainly no breakthroughs yet, but theres a real possibility of a deal. If we are not able to reach an agreement, it will be dire. Reporter but the m
General john allen in charge of the efforts to build a coalition that takes out isis. Something the white house is hoping will have bipartisan support. We have seen public statements from democrats and republicans in senior positions in the house and senate i wanted indicating they support giving the administration Necessary Authority to ramp up assistance to the Syrian Opposition by training. The white house has a warning for syrian president alas sad if she fires on planes in the area that fight isis his own forces will be targeted. Peter doocy live for us in washington. A potential game changer in the benghazi investigation one day of the first hearing of the benghazi Selection Committee a bombshell report involving hillary clinton. Doug mcelway explains. In a stunning allocation Investigative Reporter Cheryl Adkins watch documents in advance of independent investigation. This involves former clinton diplomat assistant secretary high official in the diplomatic world ray maxwell who