Good afternoon and welcome to the washington institute. I am the executive director. Im delighted to welcome all of you to this special event. Before i begin, if i can please ask everyone to take your iphones or samsungs or whatever and turn them on silent because we are broadcasting ve on cspan1. Please watch your language, speaking clear towns so people tones so people around the world can hear us. You are free to tweak as much as you like. Todaysager to get discussion out far and wide. It is not often that one can time the publication of a new propit for viciously iously to an international event. It is not often that one can time a referendum to a faraway country perfectly with the release of a new book. We have today this confluence of events. Turkey the referendum in. Although the results and process were provocative and remain controversial and subject to great debate, and im sure we will hear more about that, the result seems to be to elevate the existing president of turkey on
Industrial or maybe closer to whip. Well get an update as chp arrives and i want to show you the rest of the bay. No real surprise of their than this. The peninsula is where things started to get troublesome this morning. There is chp pursuit started on the peninsula. Came across that san mateo bridge. Went back and forth on 880 through downtown oakland. And then even though we ended up over here just off of highway 24. The crash did end over here on tunnel road just off of highway 24. Thats in the Oakland Hills where our own pete suratos is. Pete, you continue with the investigation. Yes, we just spoke to chp and were off tunnel road off 24. I want to show you the car involved in the slow speed chase on whats left of it. You can see the windows were busted out. Chp gave us an update. Used a bean bag gun to get suspect from that car. Then you have the tires. Successfully spike stripped the car where the eventually stopped here. But we do have video we want to show you guys when those b
Least 96,000 children are starving in the conflict torn country. This news hour, we will tell you about the toxic gold mine that is choking a community. And in sports Serena Williams is closing in on claiming all four titles this year, we will hear in serena, she gets ready to take on her sister venus at the u. S. Open. The United Nations says europe should have ruled forcing all countries on the continent to take their share of refugees. Germany has taken to majority, but the world body says it should be an e. U. Wide operation. And that more should be allowed to arrive legally. The white house has said it is considering steps to help europe deal with the crisis. Meanwhile, theres little sign, if any, that the exodus is slowing down. The United Nations High Commissioner for refugees say there are now 30,000 refugees on greek islands alone. A record 7,000 Syrian Refugees arrived in neighboring macedonia on monday. And germany says it expects more than 800,000 people to apply for asylum
Very heavy downpours with showers and storms. Warm today. Highs upper 70s and low 80s. Larry miller, its tuesday, 6 00. Volume is on the way up. Youre right. The unfortunate part is i still have yet to get anything pumpkin and i still dont have a cup of coffee. Disgruntled right now to say the least. Metro riders, we had an earlier issue on the orange line. Thats resolved now. On the blue line want to let you know trains will only service only blue line trains will be servicing stadiumarmory. Shuttle buses are in place for other commuters, especially on the orange line. Around the capital beltway issue and problem free. 395 and 295 on the d. C. And maryland side free and clear of any issues. Want to give you a live look and show you how things are shaping up at 50 and 410. No issues in this part of town. Your next traffic update in ten minutes. For now well send it over to you. Reporter breaking news from overnight. A violent night in d. C. That ended with a double shooting literally j
Terror suspect returning home to the u. S. Telling us about that life or death moment. Good evening, im tom llamas in for david. Great to have you with us. We begin with the bombshell verdict in the case that has captured national attention. Emerging from court, the former student accuse of raping a classmate. A jury, nine men, three women, finding him not guilty of the most serious charges. But then collapsing as he learns his fate, guilty of one felony and other charges. Sparking a conversation about teens and sex. First, gio benitez, who was inside the courthouse. Reporter the face as he was acquitted that he forcibly raped his 15yearold schoolmate in the science building. She testified that she said no. Sobbing in court today as the verdict was read. The jury were not convinced. But also rejected la bries claim that that didnt have sex at all. They convicted him on charges of having sex with a minor, and using a computer to entice her to the senior salute. Theres something i want t