Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 Morning News 6 20170302 : vimars

Transcripts For WTTG Fox 5 Morning News 6 20170302

Atio russians. Reporter but if a member of the senate armedter servicec Committee Sessions had two interactions with the russian ambassador. The Justice Department saidst one was a vicisie t similar tolo those that sessions had with diplomats from many countries. An the other in a group settingsetg following a speech at the at the heritage foundation. Oundation. Marylands Elijah Cummings and massachusetts elizabethlizabeth warren among those senators sena calling for sessions to resign. Gn. Democratic house minorityo leader nancy pelosi accused accd sessions of lying under oathd saying he is not fit to servei as the top law enforcementnfoemt officer of our country. Countr now sessions was a policypolicy adviser to the trump campaign. A. He says that he was respondingrg during his confirmationon hearing to questions aboutabout Campaign Contacts with thegn coh russians, not about meetingsabos that he had as a sittingiting senator. He released a statement sayingyi i never met with any russian officials to discuss issues of f the campaign. I have no midea what thisha allegation is about. A it is false. S false there are also calls for the th attorney himself from the ongoingooing investigation being done by by the fbi into russianrssian interference in the elections and also now bipartisanartisan support for an independent prosecutor. Live on capitol hill, im melanie alnwick, fox5 on locall news. Meanwhile the Trump Administration trying acttion tt quickly on a controversiall immigration agenda. It was supposed to release aimme revised travel ban earlierearl this week but the white housewhh scrapped those plans lateed thol tuesday. The revised order willrder wil reportedly lift a ban onnon citizens from iraq. Iraq. Today Vice President mike v pence expected to highlighticex the admipectednistrations effot to repeal and replace the the Affordable Care act and he e could do so during a stop inop n ohio later today. Y. Meanwhile house republicanse re could also unveil a plan tolan o replace obamacare by the endhe of the week. 6 02 now and new thisw his morning, prince georgesing, county police are asking forkinr your help finding a missingms eightyearold boy. Eightaroldy his name is mohamed drame. D he was last seen in the 9100th00 block of lanham severn road. R a camouflage jacket and graya sweat pants. Sweat if you know where younger mohammed is or have any ay information which could helpuld this case, please call police. P. And in Fairfax Countyxunty Police Need Help tracking downho a missing 17yearold who hishos family says has a a developmental disability. Lopmena alex daniel ter is kaos wasos w last seen ought ballston malllsl wearing a black north face hoodie t in Fairfax Countyirfa police and the fbi searchinge Holmes Run Park in the in th lincolnia section of thea secti county for human remains. Remain. Officers got a tip on tuesdayipy night there may be bodies inodii area. Investigators roped off aors roa large section of the park andhen set up a tent in the woods. Nt io so far police say they have have not found any human remains. Ema. Hopefully thats the righte ight picture for this story but sto t they say the search could could continue for several days. S. Today seven baltimoreod Police Officers will appearay lr before a federal judge. Theyre facing federal charges r for an scheme. Prosecutors call the sevent Police Officers thieves in offir uniform and 1930s stylele gangsters. The allegations stem fromations crimes investigators sayes inveo started back in 2015 and continued through 2016 including falsely detaining de people, stealing money fromealim those detained and faking fking reports to cover up their tracks. The baltimore fraternal e rbaellteased thisd this statement saying we are verye v disturbed over the charges t filed against our members by the u. S. Attorney today. Ody these officers are entitled toi due process and a fair trial f in accordance with the acc constitution and the laws ofnd l our state. Cleanup continues after a tornadoes swept through theoes midwest killing threesw people. O one twister in illinois hadistel winds up to 155 mileins an hourr the storm tour the roof off of o a strip mall outside ofef cleveland ohio. Locally yesterdays highd winds and stormllsy ye caused s significant damage as well. Ic this isant video shot by Bonnie Barker from gaithersburg whereer downed power lines started as fire on the road. N the ro thankfully no major injuries ins reported here in hey, tuck. Tuk. Hello. Hi. It feels like breaking newsa when you do that. Does it . Breaking weather news. Reak okay, hi, gooind morning. Hello. Just got blown in. I know, rig jhust, high win yesterday still blowing inblo you. Still wind advisory out there early. Ll w hther ue s, u,still wit although theyre going to bere i lighting up just a little bit ul today but we gotit much coolero air to look forward to. T did you get blown around ablo little bit yesterday. Litt i wasle really nervous alln day yesterday. Sterday the lets do a reenactment. E. Okay, the storms are coming. Comi theyre gone. I was waineting for theorh second round to come through. Ou they never really camend t through. I put lady bird on a o tranquilizer but she didnti need it. Need it. Got to get that thunder thune shirt for brownie or is itor ist lady. La lady. But we really didnt get itt gt yesterday. Didnt need it yesterday. Yesr 20 to 25 degrees colder today. Yeah, actually there was a lotra of wind damage yesterday andrdaa falling into houses. Fa saw a lot of video ofll it. T. So although the thunder and lightning didnt materialize, m which is good for lady. Ich is yes, and all of us. U there was still a lot oftillf wind damage. All ight. 20, 25 degrees cooler today. To current numbers 49 in washington, 46 dulles, 47 in 47n baltimore, bwi marshall. Ars front has cleared the coaste cot and little bit of lake effecto snow thef re in pennsylvania. Ens well get a mix frankford of su. Daytime highs with breezyre conditions still in the sll in h mid50s. Let me mention the winds areds e still more than just breezyst b early this morning. Earl gusting to 45. So, it will be windy thisdy th morning, then breezy thishen brs afternoon. We will feel it no doubt to thanuck. Uck. Yes. Lets say good morning to say erin como get a look atin traffic this morning. C hi, eriomno. Traffi hey, good morning, a lot ofol breaking news tracking off the top of the 6 00. 00. Southbound five in charlesnd fin untyty closed. C theres a serious crash scene sc at jones lane. Es la thats also impactingmact northbound lanes. Traffic getting by on thenottin northbound side but veryth slowly. Significant delays in bothican directions so please use Charles County this morning. Orn. Avoid leonardtown road androd ad southbound. Outer loop right now we have aea crash. Its moved over to the the shoulder o at kenilworth butth we have huge delays back to to lanham. That yellow line is quickly going to turn red. Go right now dealing with just ag a line of parked traffic tryingar to get past thatke crash scenea so be prepared for the outerther loop issues were dealing withg this morning. Aside from that college parklega typical outer loop delays just t past 95 over to georgia. Eo. About a 10 minute slowdownlowdn there. 270 we do have building volumeoe from 70 down to the truck70 dowo scales. You can see that line ofcan thal yellow coming down fromn from frederick through urbana thisugu morning. About a 12 minute slowdown there. Pete perringer letting us know wind advisories through 10 00. O0 wind gusts could make windsd mad feel up to 50 miles an hour. Ho. Use caution and watch for some debris. Trash cans down on secondaries. Tr second not really is the trend allndall throughout virginia marylandut and the district v. The dist just use caution as you head h out of your neighborhoods thisht morning. Once you get to the bottom oft the beltway youre in goodltwa shape through oxon hill thison h moing. G. And 395 still looking good. 295 southbound very big delayses from 50 down to pennsylvaniao pa were getting reports of attinga crash by Eastern Avenue. N avenue well let you know when weu know have anything confirmed thereth and thenther also usual volume e building on 66 eastbound byou sudley road. Sudl metro is on time. Time. Steve and allison. Alison. Coming up next an update onp a deadly crash in frederick f county maryland last nightlast i shut down a part of 270 for70 fr seral hoururs. Plus, former Vice President e joe biden back in the districtdr just months after leaving leavig office and he is speaking outut about the currentthe currt administration. Were back in just 30 seconds. [000 08 29;00] back now with new details about what was a violent crash in Frederick County last nignoht that killed two people on 270on0 at baker valley road. E state policer v say a corvettee was travel tag very high rateh r of speed when the drivere driver changed lanes and strucklane another vehicle. The driver of hether corvette lost control hit a guardrailur and several trees. Tes. That driver and one passengerssr were pronounced dead at theronod scene. The crash is still under investigation. A dramatic crash caught oncrn camera in louisiana. Ouisia youll want to see that. T to se. Look at that, airborne. Airbo a high speed chase ended with ih a truck flying nearly 50 feety in the air. It was an 18yearold driving. R he was being chased by policecho after escaping from a workrk release program. At one point speeds reached up to 115 Miles Per Hour. Hour. That teen eventually lost lst control crashed went flying in i the air landing on a car car parking lot car parked in a restaurant lot. He was surprisingly notly no injured. Not surprisingly, steve, was, 99 custody. Ody. Surprisingly stuck the landing, too. Small community in rurall cl oregon mourning the loss of four children killed in a house fire. Fi ages of those kids ranged fromdr four to 13. Ur to 13 one of them a foster child. Fos the mother husband and teanother child were critically burned. Bu. The widow of the orlandohend nightclub gunman could beman cob freed from jail as soon asfrom tomorrow. J a judge granted noor salmanor sl bail ruling that theres noing e evidence she hass connectionsns to isis and said it isi debatable whether thebatable government has enough evidence s to convict her of helping herpir husband plan the rampage. Ampage. The government has untilovernmes friday to appeal that ruling. G. If released she would be she woe required to wear a tracking device until her trial begins. I dozens of pepsi workers inwon philadelphia will lose their wie jobs soon. The company says its layings i off up to 100 people. Peoe. The company blaming the citysys soda tax for the cuts. Cuts. The soda giant claims its claii seen a 40 percent drop indrop business since that tax wasax wa strong words from former president george w. Bushent geoh warning of a isolationistationt tendency in the united statessa which he says system dangerous g to national security. Curit speaking, the former president e says he does not intend toint criticize his successors butccet hes concerned that president neh trump may beat promptingpro isolationist policies and inandn return have caused europeanopean nations to become skeptical ofef the u. S. s commitment toomi al ral relations. Former Vice President joe v biden back in d. C. Ic takingta center stage last night at theah museum where he received the the congressional patriot award. A this award recognizes leaders ls who demonstrate political policl courage and exceptionalcepona leadership throughout theirship careers. The former vp also took timetook to speak about president pe trumps address toak a congress this week. W last night we heard a lotd a about how we will continue to disagree but there was talk ofaf bipar the proof of the pudding is in i the eating. [laughter] but my [ wish is my wishh is we find some way, some way, some way to make progress andred bipartisanship even in this atmosphere. Atmospere. Joe biden went on to say hesh has always believed we arere strongest when we are one one america. Er well, its a huge day forfor snapchat. T to expect aso epect as the Company Goes Public today. Ty no filter. No it. Get it. I do. Thank you. W noive look outside righ ht nw o too much. Too m live look outside as we head wed to break. Brea youre pretty good. Weather and traffic on the yu 5s next. 5s next. Its early, al. It will do. Theres a look at traffic on the outer loop right now and you gets a outer the traffm jour. Outer loop of the beltway isop o jammed right now. Ight nw. Well check in there in a minute. Mi heres tuck. Thank you. Lets get to t it. Lots of weather to talk about. All about the winds overnight. V. Your bus stop forecast,orcast, chillier temperatures. Il yesterday we made itli to 80. T0 wont be that warm today. Toay. More like mid50s today soy s dress accordingly here. It will feel likess a early marm rather than late april likethant yesterday. 49 now in washington. Hingtn. 48, good morning leonardtown,en 43 frederick, 46 dulles, windse are still with us. L with u you might have heard them overnight. Still blowing out of the west here at about 20 well, well, got a gust here in washingtonwas 25 but notice plenty of 40s s there dulles gaithersburgt 43 Miles Per Hour wind gustser s at last look baltimore, too. Wind advisory continues untilntl then clock this morning. Cloc10 oclock this morning. S m. Little bit of lake effect snow e off to our north. E a mix of clf oudsto oand sunshe today. Toda it will be a breezy day no day doubt about it. Doubt abt it. Windy at times and cool and daytime highs in the mid 50. Mi. Goin early tomorrow morning. M have a little clip per system sm that will pass through thethe neighborhood. Well haveell how a very wintry feel around here with clouds and a couple of snow showers, snow flurries in,s the forecast tomorrow afternoon as High Pressure builds in and daytime highs will be in the low 40s. In an t its going to be chilly aroundld here both friday and saturdayd a and overnight lows below lows bw freezing. So, dont put away the winterwir coat quite yet. Show you where if you are traveling, a few of these will e get over the mountains earlytai tomorrow morning. Moring. Thats tomorrow morning ating 4 00 a. M. You know, this is not going to be enough to Cancel School oroor even cause any delays but iays t just want to throw it outt ut there well have a few snow showers tomorrow afternoon and a then we should be warmer bymer y the weekend. How much snow are we lookingookg at . This is sort of the ofthe upside as much it. Up a spotty coating on a few grassy surfaces although youurfa can see in futurecast werein fs not offering up mucht w of anything here as far as as f as winter. Makes me sad. 47 tomorrow. I want to mention those cold thd temperatures again thisin tis weekend. We particularly in the morningly in and cool afternoons but wellnsl have sunshine both saturdayboth and sunday to look forward toaro and theres our springtimeour st warmup next week. Erin, back to the 70s bys by early next week. Eek association the snow thats s supposedly coming tomorrow islyc not going to be a biomg problemm right. Not a big deal at all. L. Good. Okay. I still dont like the cold d weather. Look at the outer loop right now, super jammed up athse youu make your way from 50 to to kenilworth because we have ausea crash now blocking theocking the shoulder at kenilworth bumperilr to bumper traffic there. Af inner loop is heavy as wellfi. E you can see those taillights t brake lights rather makingts rag their way down toward 50 astowds well. So some heavy traffic both trafo sides of the beltway right now. Well switch to our maps andmapn show you that that crash. Tha you cant see that long line off yellow back to 50. 50. That will turn red soon because of that crash. Causof tha 295 southbound bw parkwaypak southbound we have someve soe heavier volume as you passou p powder mill. Powder m through college park we have a a five minute delay just after 95 to georgia avenue. Avenue updates for you in county. County. Southbound all lanes hadad previously blocked because of bc a serious crash on five. Five. Reopened now. Left lane gets by at jones joes road. Traffic getting by northbound and southbound. Sout that huge delay in charles in ca county in both directions isctis starting to dissipate. Sipate. Aside from that power linespowe down right now in dumfries. Dumf. Weve been telling you aboutel the heavyli winds. Right now mine road closed atm main street and that isin just t east of 95 closer to route oneoe so give yourself some extrael s time to get through thattht intersection. Again use caution this morning. We do hn ausvee this crash confirmed 295 southbound. Outhbo. Its after eastern a youreyo jammed solid from 50 down to50 o the 11th street bridge. 50 inbound through cheverlyh slows. Suitland parkway very heavy vera traffic towards alabamaalabam avenue. Back to you allison and steve. S. Fight for state hood koontzt for d. C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes norton n officially introduced a state hood bill again with mayorbill bowser and others at her side ar on capitol hill. Hi introduced a similaren bill in n the senate. But critics say its more of itf the same old approach thatsoacs produced no results so far. Ar. Most republicans oppose stateppo hood because of course d. C. Heavily democratic. Maryland governor larryd govy hogan declaring a state ofri emergency in response to the states heroin crisis. Cr the governor announcedann 50 million in new fundingf over five years to helpe years p address this problem. S this prom the money will be used toe usedt support the states prevention recovery and enforcementment efforts. Effo well, there are a lot oflotf happy investors this morningto after another record day on wall streetrs. Anothell st can we expect a repeat today . T Business Beat is next. Xt. Tough to bet yesterday. 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