Commute. Rush hour, day one, for metro silver line. Into the busying station. The 2. 9 billion rail line has seen delays and great anticipation, but today saw its first weekday riders. Ive been waiting a long time. Walked into the station and got run onto a train. Little more, its a expensive, but im willing to pay for it. Its just more convenient. To hisick is commuting job as a paralegal in d. C. He considers himself the testing out phase of this new way to get to work. I will try it again, a couple of different options to see what works best timewise for me. To see what the different routes work the best for me. Is ae silverlight financial boon for tim buchholz. Taking it will save him 10 to 15 everyday. I take the green line, which is five dollars or more. The bus from loudoun is a dollar. As of 10 00 a. M. , 4700 people enter the system, making it the 12th busiest station in the rail line. It was expected, in terms of ridership projections one year out, but to see that kind of str
Two firefighters were injured in this mornings fire. This is the fifth deadly fire in Montgomery County this year. Smoke poured out of the windows and roof of this home early this morning after a fire level,through the split ultimately claiming the life of an 81yearold woman. This is very sad. Very sad. Montgomery county fire officials tell us the fire started in the basement of the house around 4 30. The man who lived in the basement was able to get out on his own and told firefighters his mother was still inside on the second floor. An old lady. She seemed very nice. Firefighters went in through an upstairs window. Abc 7 cameras were there as the injured woman was pulled from the home. The woman was taken to the hospital where she later died. Two of the firefighters involved in that initial rescue were taken to the hospital as well. Minor injuries and things of that nature. A gas lineters say to the house complicated matters, making it more difficult at times for firefighters to put
Curator at the James Monroe Museum in fredericksburg, virginia. For a presentation which will showcase a selection of original items from the life of Elizabeth Kortright monroe. Elizabeth monroes story is a fascinating one. Through her childhood in new york to her experiences as wife of the minister to france and later the fifth u. S. President. Jarred will illustrate elizabeths life using musuem collections which have been handed down through generations of the monroe family. A bit about our speaker. Jarod kearney began as curator of the James Monroe Museum and library in november of 2011. Previously, he was curator of the Woodrow Wilson president ial library and museum in stanton, virginia. Prior to that, curator of the Rye Historical Society in new york. He has been director of the hallockville museum, farm, and Folk Life Center on long island. Worked at the Greensboro Historical Museum in North Carolina. Jarred received his m. A. In Museum Studies and b. A. In history from the univ
Military wing of a radical religious fundamentalist Political Movement called the islamic courts union. And as essentially the militia for the islamic courts union, al shabaab starting in about 2006, they were doing all the things that we associate with this group and with their ilk. They were stoning people to death, they were cutting off hands and limbs. Doing mass executions. Basically ruling by terror. Declaring a fundamentalist terror state in the parts of somalia where they had control. And it was not long before they got aspirations beyond somalia. In 2010, al shabaab launched all those attacks in uganda against people who had committed the grave sin of getting together to watch world cup soccer matches. Those attacks killed more than 70 people. In 2012, al shabaab formally declared they were an affiliate of al qaeda central. Declared allegiance. Though they claimed credit for bombings and killings and mutilations and grenade attacks over and over and over again throughout this
In syria, were not going to war, have a nice weekend. It was a surprise announcement from the president in the sense nobody knew he was going to make an announcement. When everybody realized what he wasnt going to announce, it was kind of a big deal. And an unexpected one. Well have more on that in a moment. And the Bob Mcdonnell jury is not done yet, but day are done hearing testimony from witnesses. The Bob Mcdonnell jury is now ready to hear closing arguments in that federal corruption trial in richmond, virginia. That means we are on verdict watch very shortly in the Bob Mcdonnell trial. Well have more on that ahead. Also, theres some big news to report tonight on a story that we first brought you here last night. It involves a bribery scandal and a guilty plea and the man who would like to be the next Senate Majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell of kentucky. Federal prosecutors are now reportedly moving on to other new targets in toptier republican politics after securing a key guilty