From pennsylvania Avenue Northwest to madison all of the way to independence. The u. S. Capitol police is advising people to avoid this area. Again, the man drove up on the National Mall and, believed he was exposed to anthrax and those tests came back negative. A robot was deployed and its inspecting the pickup truck and the area around third street between jefferson and madison is blocked to vehicles and pedestrians. Very popular area here even on a rainy day like today. A lot of folks like to take pictures of the capitol especially from the National Mall. Thats not happening right now because it is completely blocked off and as of now, police also tell us that this man has not made any threats to anyone and that public is not in danger in any way. Theyre just trying to deal with this situation and ascerta but again, that test for anthrax came back negative. Live here on the National Mall. Im shomari stone, news 4. Now we turn to our weather which has turned wet again and the rain is
Days after retiring. We remember a legendary worker of 60 minutes. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There is an especially uneasy feeling tonight about what may have brought down an egyptian airliner over the ocean today. The our bus with 66 people on board vanished from paris to cairo. There was no distress call. In cairo anxious families waited for hopeful news that never came. At sun up, planes will resume searching for plane wreckage where near officials said there was indications of an explosion. Tonight egyptian authorities are suggesting it might have been an act of terror. If true, it leads to the flightful frightful possibility an explosive device somehow went undetected through one of europes busiest air hubs. We have full coverage and analysis starting with nbcs tom costello. Reporter in the mediterranean, ships and planes searching for debris from egyptair 804 afte
Hours. But even as we speak, the agency is testing some new technology that hopes to not only get you to your plane faster but also more safely. Only on news4, transportation reporter adam tuss gets rare access to the tsa testing facility. Reporter welcome to tsip, this is the transportation centimeters integration facility. Tucked away in a small corner of Washington International airport, theres nothing ordinary about whats inside. The primary mission here, safety and security, but the focus is also on efficiency. Our threat is constantly changing so our equipment has to keep up as well as stay ahead of it. Its a virtual Amusement Park of hightech gear and tests. There are tech savvy body scanners. The public can actually see that there is something on he and thats where i would have a targeted patdown instead of a full patdown. An endless sea of travel bags. The tsa wants to know every type of bag thats being constantly changing, but bags are constantly changing. Exactly. Rows and r
The folks who take metro. Todays major delays stem from track problems in Medical Center and woodly park ask it backed up the entire red line and big crowds started forming at the start of the morning rush. All of this is happening as metros top leaders were on their way to face lawmakers on capitol hill. Transportation reporter adam tuss is live at one of todays trouble spots in bethesda. Adam . Reporter thats right, pat. We asked the general manager why this started along the red line and he said basically it was a water issue. Of course, we have documented the water issues here at the Medical Center station and how every time it rains the water just goes into the station. Crews have cleared out of here right now. There are some maintenance personnel still lingering around here, but we are told that the single tracking is now gone. Nevertheless, it was an ugly morning commute for a lot of people frustrated by what they were finding as they were trying to make their ways to work. Dela
The time. This is one of several closese calls weve had thanks to rough weather. The weekend did not put Mother Nature in a bad mood. The weather has been so bad thed past couple of weeks. I guess this is the last thinglt to p to it of on. At the national zoo two downed trees stopped folks in theirir tracks. I was going to try to come upe and run out this wayment the ground here already soft fromm the rain when the winds started gusting. Elsewhere even bricks were no match. We sent our dog in there just as a precaution to make sure no one was trapped or injured inside. Thankfully and luckily no oneo was inside. Firefighters point out thehe building is under constructioncs and its open air in the back. Bk something on the back side putut enough pressure up against that brick wall and it spit up and it spread out onto fence which can street. The grumbling bricks snapped aae power line and rained down on a parked car. Its not the worst damage to ato vehicle weve seen look what happen to t