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The crash at Makarewa which claimed two peoples lives and injured Ella Ashley on September 2. A man has been charged in relation to a car crash which claimed the life of a father and an infant in Southland. The crash happened near Makarewa, on the outskirts of Invercargill, on September 2 Matthew Harris, 22, and his infant daughter Ruby Harris died in the crash. A police spokesperson said a 46-year-old man has been charged in relation to the fatal, four-vehicle crash. The man has been charg...

Fire started. had it not been a phone call from his brother, he says he might not have gotten out before it was too late. >> he didnt even think it was bad enough to call, but something in his gut said i needed, to you know, make sure my family know, and thank god he did. >> cole wasnt registered to receive the alerts. >> i -- i immediately started thinking about my doubter. >> in the chaos cole says it took him two hours to find out his 8-year-old daughter had already been picked up from school...

But not everyone got a notification. cole wyatt and his family live here. cole tells me he was asleep at the time the fire started. had it not been for a phone call from his brother, he might not have gotten out before it was too late. >> he didnt even think it was bad enough to call. but something in his gut said i need to make sure my family knows. and thank god he did. >> reporter: cole wasnt registered to receive the alerts. >> i immediately started thinking about my daughter. >> reporter: i...

Cole white and his wife live here and said he was asleep. if not for a phone call from his brother, he might not have gotten out. >> he didnt think it was bad enough to call, but something in his gut said i want to make sure my family knows. >> cole was not registered to receive the alerts. >> i started thinking about my daughter. >> cole said it took him two hours to find out his 8-year-old daughter had been pick peried um school by a family member. he ran out of gas in the gridlock. a stranger...

street car lines in the district, d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is urging her colleagues to come together before the recess. and robert gibbs has a surprise of things to say about the shift of power. well be joined by major garret in the hour. and it was six months ago today that haiti had an earthquake. and half a year later the recovery is moving painfully slowly. emily troutman just returned from haiti and shell join us to talk about the scene coming up in the hour. and ...

>> all right. thank you. right now focus on dc because thats where we have a main tieup. this is an ongoing construction project on 16th street and crescent place. this will take place throughout friday. we are talking 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. where you are losing a couple of lanes in both directions and not going to be able to part going southbound because of the work zone. moving to the outer loop in maryland. the delay is setting in and it is growing from colesville road to georgia av...

to measure distances and angles to get an idea of what took place earlier today. this is what we learned. around 5:00 a texas family arrived in washington, d.c. and begins to enjoy everything the city has to offer. they begin to walk around georgetown and then at 6:10, that family makes a fateful decision. they decide to cross one of the most dangerous intersections in georgetown, and that is when tragedy strikes in the form of that gray car that you see behind me. sources tell 9 news ...

its monday morning, july 12th. lets take a look at what is happening. at the pentagon. >> we are going to get more rain as we get to later tonight and tomorrow. we did get some rain on saturday, but we could use more. farmers lawns need a lot of rain. we have a good chance for it. not so much this morning. nice sunrise out there at this hour. temperatures in the 60s. nice comfortable start to the day. humidity, not bad, right now. it will be bad as we get into the afternoon and night...

and tonight. of lets get to the temperatures. ronald reagan national. ocean city, 75, winchester, 66. high temperature yesterday, low 90s. well probably be a degree or two cooler as well have a little more cloud cover out there. upper 80s to low 90s. yesterday it was a very nice day humidity wise. rainshowers out towards cleveland and west virginia. that is energy that will be pushing this way later today. more clouds and the possibility of showers and thunderstorms, late afternoon and...

last night and her daughter after being rushed to the hospital in critical condition passed away this afternoon. >> it hurts. she just came home from the hospital. and her daughter tried to get her. the daughter tried to get her but couldnt because she was -- couldnt. couldnt. and then the smoke -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: so sad. three firefighters sustained minor injuries as they battled the blaze. maureen, officials tell us there were no working smoke alarms in the house. toni...