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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6am October 19, 2015

Only during the afternoon hours but the evening hours as well. All ahead of our next cold front. Here you go, 32 for leesburg. 30 for frederick, even upper 20s. Highs today into the 50s. Sunshine and not as breezy. Pretty nice out there. Heres larry miller. Thanks. Your time 6 01. We had earlier issues in bethesda. Were giving you the all clear for the accident on the inner loop of the beltway between 355 and connecticut avenue. Want to give you a live look and show you how things are shaping up. Sky 9 is other the scene to show you is over the scene to show you how things are shaping up. The accident all but cleared so good news there. Your next traffic update in ten minute. Well send it over to you. Were following a developing story out of northeast d. C. This morning. Overnight a man was shot and killed in the 1900 block of West Virginia avenue. Its near mount olivet road. The name of the victim hasnt been released just yesterday but investigators still searching for suspects. Its is it ever okay for a Police Officer to punch a suspect . That question is being asked this morning in Prince Georges County. Police are defending one of their own who was recorded on cell phone video wrestling a suspect to the ground and punching him in the jaw. Delia goncalves is live outside Police Headquarters with a video and explanation. Delia . Reporter the leadership here at the Police Station are standing behind their officer saying it doesnt represent him or the department at all. Theyre refusing to press any charges or even discipline this officer telling us that his actions indeed were justified. But take a look at the cell phone video yourself and i guess you can decide. This was captured on saturday afternoon. The officer wrestled this handcuffed suspect to the ground and then punched him once in the jaw, but police say that doesnt tell the whole story. Were hearing that 21 yearldz giovanti young assaulted officers and was wanted on several warrants. Dash cam video released yesterday shows his First Encounter with police where they say he was being very aggressive, even kicked officers. He said he was hurt, went to the hospital for treatment. On his way back, though, thats when he unbuckled his seat belt, rolled out of the car and then had that encounter with the officer. Theres a one dimensional picture of this officer being painted to people across this country that doesnt represent who he is and doesnt represent who we are. Reporter coming up in the next halfhour, hear from the man who pressed record on his cell phone and captured that encounter where the officer punched the suspect. More on that in the next half hour. Were live outside of Prince Georges County Police Headquarters, delia goncalves, wusa9. In the news right now secretary of state john kerry is calling for reyesly and israeli and palestinian leadtories exercise restraint and Work Together to end the violence in the region. The latest count shows 40 palestinians and eight israelis have been killed. Overnight Israeli Police shot and killed a jewish immigrant from the east african country during an attack at a bus station. Officers opened fire on this man during the attack thinking he was an assailant. The actual assailant was identified as an israeli citizen. Secretary of state kerry is expected to meet with middle east leaders separately this week in an effort to ease tension in the region. The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is promising milita cooperation when it comes to fighting extremists in syria. Marine general joseph doneford made a promise to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after increasing concern about iranian involvement in the syrian war. The two leaders said while they disagree over the Iran Nuclear Agreement, both sides are committed to dealing with iranian influence in the region. The Iran Nuclear Agreement formally took effect yesterday. New information today metro will have big changes coming soon. They will be under direct federal oversight, at least their safety part will be. This move comes after the smoke filled incident here at metro at the Lenfant Plaza station back in january where one person was killed and dozens of others were hurt. The federal Transit Administration will soon roll out a new plan for metro that will include surprise inspections and specific deadlines for working to make safety fbis. If metro face to comply, they could lose funding. One thing that will not change, the current administration. Although metro still doesnt have a permanent gp, the interim g. M. , the interim leader has been in place for a few months. According to our News Partners at the Washington Post, if there is a crash or another incident at metro, metro will be required to immediately notify the fta and the fta will decide what happens next. The fta will be meeting with metro officials within the next few weeks to explain their new plan to metro. What impact will these changes have to your daily commute if any . Ill tell you coming up at 6 30. Live at Lenfant Plaza metro station, im nikki burdine, wusa9. D. C. s long delayed Street Project could be on track by the end of the year. Our partners at the Washington Post reports thats the latest prediction. The h street corridor project has missed deadlines for years and there have also been design and construction problems. The redskins have taking a lead into the locker room at half time in five of their first six games but you know how this story ends only to be outscored 463 in Third Quarters. The show not so pretty after intermission. The game against the jets turned on this play yesterday. Kirk cousins taking way too long to go through the progressions and dur rel reads him like on book. Now jay gruden calling code red for the redskins. The headline youll probably see this morning colts deflate themselves hosting the patriots in a rematch of the deflate game, heres the play everybody will be talking about. Sixpoint game in the 3rd when indy tries to get cute lining up for a fake punt. New england not falling for t. Patriots take over on downs and tom brady would take other the game from there. Hooks up with mustnt. Threw for 312 blunt. Threw for 312 yards. Patriots take care of business. While europe tries to cope with its own migrant crisis, there are new questions about how the u. S. Handles families in its Detention Centers. Coming up firefighters finally get a handle of the most destructive wildfire out west this year. Its pretty cold out here for sure. It even feels colder than the last time i was outside. 41 by 9 00. Still below 50 just before the lunch hour into mid to upper 50s today. The winds are turning. Thats making all the difference in the forecast. Southwesterly winds are going to bring some nice weather. I its ten minutes after 6 00. Hopefully you know where your heavier jacket is this morning. Pretty cold out here. It will be at the below freezing mark for a lot of people. Above freezing for leesburg, 34. 26 degrees as you head to nokesville. 27 for manassas. Looft places into the 20s a lot of places into the 20s. Waldorf 29 degrees. Mid to upper 50s today. Yesterday when the sun was out and the winds calmed, it felt okay. Thats going to be the case today. Lots of sunshine. Barely any clouds. Its not as breezy. We are looking at 70s on the sevenday. Ill have those details in just a bit. I want to let you know right now we have route 1. This is in virginia. Its blocked and closed between lockheed road and beacon hill road where we had a power pole go down. Utility crews are in place. But this is going to cause some delays this morning. Also be mindful that detours are in place as well. If youre going to be heading in the area. Add additional time to your morning commute. Cones as well as signages around are up to get you around the situation. Well have a live update for you shortly. In the meantime over to you. Workers continue to clean up from last weeks mud slides in california. And which celebrity name is being mentioned as a possible president ial candidate in 2020 narrator puerto ricos economy is in a death spiral. To make matters worse, washington has plans to cut another 3 billion from the islands healthcare budget. Puerto ricans pay the same medicare taxes, t bureceive less than half the funding of mainland states, leaving the system on life support. More cuts will push the economy to the edge of disaster and put every Puerto Ricans care in jeopardy. Washington needs to act now to save healthcare for the three and a half million us citizens of puerto rico. Its from virtually anywhere. Rn of danger its been smashed, dropped and driven. Its perceptive enough to detect other vehicles on the road. Its been shaken, rattled and pummeled. Its innovative enough to brake by itself, park itself and help you steer. Its been in the rain. The cold. And dragged through the mud. Introducing the allnew mercedesbenz gle. Its where brains meet brawn. I dont know about you but i slept like a bear last night. A bear or a baby. Hibernation mode. Put the windows up, cold air. Its nice to stay under the covers. A couple more covers. I think a lot of people on sunday slept through the really cold morning. You cant escape it this morning. Its very cold out there. Below freezing for almost everybody and were going to see a nice little warmup by the mind of the week. Take a look how were starting off on your michael son camera. Clear skies. My car had a little bit of frost on it, not too much. 37 degrees. Of course were above freezing in the district and down through the Northern Neck but almost everybody else below freezing for much of us. Winchester 30. 26 for martinsburg. I think thats the coldest spot on the map. Westminster at 25. Annan liss up 37. 30 for annapolis 37. 30 for gaithersburg. Were headed to the mid to upper 50s which is a few degrees warmer than yesterday. Sunshine, walker winds. The sun will feel pretty good. Going to be a great day. Kind of cold out there. Tonight were staying above freezing for everybody so we are warming up. Even though well still be pretty chilly tomorrow morning, it will be a little bit better. Back off to the west, its 80 degrees in iowa. We have warmer weather headed our way. As High Pressure pushes off to the east, the winds stay out of the southwest starting toondz and it stays out starting tonight and it stays out of the southeast for a while. 58 today. 69 for tomorrow. A lot of 70s tomorrow. Mid70s for wednesday and thursday. Warm weather fans, you have a few days to enjoy enjoy. Our next cold front doesnt drop temperatures as drastically. Your 7 for the up youre 70 for the upcoming weekend. Your time right now 6 16. Metro riders, we have a delay on the red line. Delays two shady grove because of an earlier train malfunction at fort totten so add additional time for your morning commute. Sky 9 will be making its way down to route 1 between lockheed boulevard. If we can go back to the maps. Lockheed boulevard near that area because of a power pole that came down. Sky 9 does right now actually giving us sky 9 is right now is actually giving us a look at beltway. Traffic flowing freely on both the inner and outer loom. On our trafficland cam, no issues on Eastern Avenue and kenilworth avenue as you approach the 11th street bridge. All lanes are traffic are open. You will see some volume inbound. Your next traffic update roughly in ten minutes. Over to you. At 6 17 heres some of whats in the news right now. Rescues are under way in the philippines following a slow moving typhoon there. Hundreds of villages are trapped on rooftops and in their homes. More than 16,000 people are displaced. At least two people have died in the storm. California fire authorities have fully contained one of the most destructive wildfires in state history. The valley fire is just north of san francisco. Reporter when the valley fire exploded in early september, cal fire battalion chief paul dunkin was on the front line 25 miles away from his home. Speed of the fire was incredible coming down off the mountain. Reporter but he thought his wife courtney, their daughters page and rose, and their house were safe. I still didnt believe it would make it all the way down here. Reporter the family thought they add at least an hour to evacuate. Instead within six minutes the fire had raced through middletown. I text my dad, aim so scared. Where with dough go . She said there are cars in front of me on fire. Theres fire beside me and behind me. I said you know where the road is, step on the gas and drive through the fire. Reporter four people died in the valley fire but fire crews say many more were saved as they worked frantically to evacuate thousands from their neighborhoods. The Fire Department is just trying to get people out of the way, you know. Its life over property. Reporter Justin Galvin was battling another wildfire when he heard middletown was being overrun. Youre a firefighter out on the fire lines and your home is on fire and theres no one to protect it. I know. Whats the alternative . Bring a bunch of resources over here, save my house and have people perish down the street . Thats not an option. Ive been seeing burnt houses all day. Knowing this was mine and there was nothing i could do, its surreal. Also in california emergency workers are cleaning up following mud sides that consumed part of highway 58 last week no injuries are been reported but the highway was the scene of many dramatic rescues. About 2 hup cars and 300 people were left 200 cars and 300 people were left stranded. Ive been through hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, but this is a first for me after 31 years of driving. Officials say the cleanup could take months. The Los Angeles County department of public works estimates theyll have to move 300,000 cubic yards of mud from the road. Theres a new push this morning to reform refugee Detention Centers in the United States. 2,000 women and children caught trying to cross the border are currently being detained at detention facilities in texas. Mohammad abdallah is with the immigration center. He says the facilities are not set up to provide children with basic services. We really call on the Obama Administration to recognize that families in these centers are folks that are fleeing immense violence and should be given protection. In a statement Homeland Security secretary jay johnson has said, quote, we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children. While we all wait to see if vice. Joe biden will join the 2016 race for the white house, there comes news after potential candidate in the 2020 race. Guess what . Weve got the newlywed. Ariana thompson Arienne Thompson back in this morning. Looking sharp. Talking about this new hopeful. It looks like Lindsay Lohan thinks she might be able to run in 2020. Kanye obviously started kanye started a terrible trend of making people think they can do just about anything. So she went on instagram and said, you know, i think im going to run in 2020 and one of he her platform issues was to end the suffering of children all over the world which is a noble cause but can we get a little more specific . Are there any details youd like to share about how youre going to do that . She continues to be a disaster obviously. Any notable feedback for that yet . The reaction is what you would imagine it would be. This is ridiculous. She even instagramed a picture of her and she did a screen shot of her and gandhi comparing herself. When you think lindsay hoe han, lohan you think gandhi obviously. Right. Moving right along. During the x factor in the u. K. Last nights, there was a commercial and it was a 30 second teaser of what sounds like new adele music. Shes very private. Shes the anticelebrity celebrity. We never see her anywhere. She doesnt do a lot when shes not promoting her music. Everyone thinks theres going to abnew album this fall in november. She seems to the song is kind of sad. She is in a relationship, has a kid. Everyone is exciting about this. Shes just amazing. We know goose bumps was at the number one spot. Nick went out and saw it. Maybe one day. Were working on it. To be determined. Congratulations again. Thank you. Lindsay now running for president and adele dropping new music potentially. If you have a drone, be prepared to register your device with the department of transportation. This morning Prince Georges County Police Defending an officer caught on cell phone video punching a suspect. Their story coming up. Reporter something new will soon be coming to metro and it hasnt happened at any train system in the entire country. Ill explain coming up. Lots of sunshine and calmer winds today. Its going to feel okay. We just have to get through this chilly morning. Freeze warnings in place till 9 00. A few more hours. 54 to 59 today. Well get to a warmer pattern coming up. Were doing really well around the metro right now. Again just a few issues here and there but youre looking live at kenilworth avenue at Eastern Avenue where we have traffic starting to pick up as you approach the 11th st pumpkin excitement is back at dunkin. Pick up your favorite pumpkinflavored baked treats and beverages, like the new pumpkin macchiato before pumpkin season is over. Like the new pumpkin macchiato change is on its way. And with change, comes opportunity. 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