Transcripts For WRC News4 Today 20240622 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For WRC News4 Today 20240622

For the suspect. Jasper spires. Theyre hoping to get some information from the public. If you have any idea where he is you are asked to call investigators. Back to you in the studio. Today, the first day of a trial in Northern Virginia for former day care worker accused of child abuse. This is cara sprigs. She worked at the facility until she was arrested last week. They say the women abused to here her toddlers accused of spraying them with full pressure hoses among other charges. Fairfax is mourning the death of a teenager who died in lake anna. Justin sprigs was last seen on a dock on sunday morning. When the people woke up in the morning they couldnt find him and divers found his body yesterday. We know the problem that caused the deck collapse that hurt more than 20 people. All off duty personnel report to station 45. The investigators now believe decades old nails gave way. This is in emerald isle, north carolina. A family from Northern Virginia was taking family photo on the deck at the time. 24 people fell to the ground including some children and a 94yearold and five of those people still in the hospital right now. Its 6 02. We are watching a number of developments out of greece right now. We are breaking down the headlines. Overnight, greeces finance minister resigned from his post. Now european leaders are scrambling to put together an emergency session tomorrow. We know a lot of you may be watching to see how the u. S. Stork markets will handle the unchartered territory. All markets are rattled today and that means your 401 k can take a hit today. We can see Interest Rates stay low, and for the first time being vacation vacations in greece will be cheaper as they struggle in the economy right now. It will be an emotional day in South Carolina as lawmakers officially debate whether to keep or remove the Confederate Flag from the house grounds. Hundreds gathered on the fourth of july to call for the removal. That began after nine black worshipers were killed in charleston. Today a family of a korean war soldier missing in action will burry his remains at Arlington National cemetery. Joseph snuff jr. Was reported missing in november of 1950. He was captured and died the following moains were not returned to the u. S. For several years and scientists used dna analysis to identify them. Hell be buried with full military honors. Today, a man will accl medal. The man died in 1950 and his son gilbert will accept the award. The ceremony will happen at 1 00 p. M. At indian head. David culver here at the live desk. We told you about team usas win, an exciting night last night. Several tweets have been pouring in. Namely for coach jill ellis. She went to Robinson High School in fairfax. She went to the college of william mary. Some of the tweet, congratulations, coach jill ram pride. Also try pride for her william mary connection. She went on to coach at the university of virginia, coaching there. A lot of folks showing their support for the coach. Eun . Awesome. Thanks, david. A race that went well into the morning comes to a frightening end after this Chain Reaction crash sends a car tearing into the fence. What were learning about the conditions of fans who were hurt by flying debris. An umbrella will be your friend today, scattered showers make their way through the area this morning and more set to follow. When you will see rain where you live with your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 11. And developing news out west where firefighters are finding mixed luck as they try to contain a number of fires burning in several states. What were learning about the damage this morning. Overall, developing right now, a fast moving wildfire forcing dozens of people to evacuate their homes and cabins in idaho. The fire has destroyed three homes near the lake three hours east of spokane, washington. Flames have already chewed up about 600 acres. And firefighters have had difficulty reaching some areas. More than a dozen wildfires are burning across the Pacific Northwest right now. In california, hundreds are waking up back at home after a grass fire forced them out for much of the holiday weekend. The fire started saturday outside of napa valley. In just a couple of hours, 40 Miles Per Hour winds spread the fire over more than 300 acres and threatened up to 300 homes. They were evacuated. Residents were allowed back in late last night and no homes were burned. We are talking about the radar right now. As we look at storm team 4 radar. We can see that there is a chance for rain in a lot of area that is close to home. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein now. Weather and traffic on the 1s. Yeah, we have had this off and on light rain all night. And now its beginning to break up a little bit to our west. Few scattered sprinkles venezuela valley and right around the bay, theres one, a light to moderate shower headed over to the eastern shore. Heres the timing for more rain. A few showers through noontime and then by 12 00 noon, early afternoon, some sunshine begins to break out. But around 2 00 to 3 00, some showers and thundershowers popping up in northern area. Might produce a gust of wind and then pretty much dissipates by mid evening. Well look at the Storm Chances for the rest of the week in the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 21. Melissa has breaking news. Were talking about the orange line. We are singletracking through West Falls Church because of a person struck by a train in West Falls Church. Well have more thought the morning. Off ramp to river road, disabled vehicle is still blocking that right lane. And 270 south inner and outer loop, 95 over to 270. No problems there. No problems on 66 inbound same thing 95 northbound. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 when you hop in your car. Well have more on the orange line issue coming up in ten minutes. We know about our significant others, but one thing people remain in the dark about is how much they make. Its one area you cant afford not knowing. A fiery crash ends with car parts and other debris in the stands. David culver at the live desk. 6 14. That breaking news coming in on metros orange line. A train hit a person at the West Falls Church station. We know that trains are singletracking through the area. You should expect delays in both directions there. And i was just told that the silver line may be expecting some delays there as well. Orange and silver line possible delays this morning. Were working to figure out if that person has been injured. Well get the details to you and how long the singletracking will last. Eun, on to you. Thank you. And Melissa Mollet have the latest as well. 6 15 now. New this morning some incredible video you might be seeing online just as last nights nascar race was ending a spectacular crash sent a car into the fence. Four fans were treated at the track. One was taken to the hospital in fair condition. The driver of that car went airborne. Austin dillon. He walked away. The race ended before 3 00 this morning after a rain delay. This morning a d. C. Man is recovering from a beating. Hes in serious condition right now. According to police, someone attacked that man around north capitol and n streets yesterday. Were told that the attack probably started as a robbery. It may have escalated because the victim resisted giving up his phone. And four connected deaths right now. Deputies found two people in their 30s and two people in their 50s dead in their house yesterday. There was some gun fire involved but not clear if or why anyone was shot. Investigators said theyre not looking for a suspect right now. Right now the u. S. And iran are up against the clock to curb the nuclear program. Six world programs are trying to help broker the deal by tomorrow. Secretary of state john kerry said several Critical Issues could go either way but the e. U. s top Foreign Policy official said an agreement is very close. President obama said he wont accept a deal that does not hold iran accountable. Keeping the roads smooth for your Summer Travel will be at the top of the list for lawmakers when they get back to work tomorrow. Highway funding runs out at the end of the month. There are also bills in both houses to overall no child left behind. Once again, there will be an effort to avoid a Government Shutdown too. Federal funding runs out at the end of september. 2 million of your money that is how much maryland lawmakers have spent this year on their meals their hotels and mileage while theyre in session in annapolis. The capitalthe Capital Gazette said that was the same as last year. They receive 45 for food and 60 cents per mile for travel. Some who spoke to the gazette said they have no problem spending that money and they say they consider it a part of their compensation. It is now 6 17. An admission from a man accused of shooting and killing a woman at a San Francisco pier. Francisco sanchez tells the station there that he did shoot kathryn steinle, but said it was an accident. He said he found a gun wrapped inside a shirt and three shots went out. At least one hit steinle who was out for a walk with her father and friend. And investigators are trying to figure out what caused an electrical outage. It started in a boiler room. Everyone who lives there had to be eevacuated last night. Crews rescued several people trapped in elevators. An explosion and flash fire on a boat hurt four teenagers. Five were treated for burns. The fire happened after the boat refueled at spring cove marine yesterday. A spark from a water pump and gasoline vapors caused that explosion on the boat. It caused about 2,500 in damages. 6 18 your time right now. A woman in Spotsylvania County is suing a woman. Police arrested e. Davis and they charged her with prescription fraud. She said she was wrongly accused. Your commute on the northern beltway is about to get easier. An extra lane is expected to open tomorrow morning. News4 transportation reporter adam tuss reports that vdot plans to open a rush hour lane at 7 00 tomorrow. It will stretch from the end of the express lane merge. If you have driven that area, you know it can be a rough bottleneck. Right now, hundreds are coming out to see the pontiff. More than hundreds are gathering in ecuador for mass later on today. Thousands lined the streets of the capital city quito late sunday for his arrival. Ecuador is the first stop on the eightday tour for pope francis. He is expected to focus on Environmental Issues and poverty. Drug trafficking and political corruption. Team usa won the medal count, and more than 1700 officers and firefighters are taking home a medal. The torch is on its way to the the to montreal for 2017. 12000 First Responders from 70 countries participated in the games of heroes as we call them. People gathered at wolf trap in Northern Virginia for the closing ceremony last night. They also honored inspector carlos silva from brazil. He died in a Chain Reaction crash while competing in a bike race. A really incredible event. We know that you kicked off the opening ceremonies for us in fairfax. Yeah. So nice to see so many excited folks who are otherwise charged with protecting us every day to get some time to enjoy themselves a little bit. Very nice. 6 21. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. We are talking about the potential for storms today. Lets go to tom kierein to see whats up. And today, its no different starting off with a few of the showers. When you oar away from your tv you can track those on the nbc washington app. And see the latest radar showing some showers mainly just to the east of washington. We have a few sprinkles across Prince William and fauquier and Loudoun County. A few in Prince Georges County but a moderate how is is headed to moderate shower is moving to cambridge and crossing kent island. It will be a mild afternoon with some showers and thundershowers. Low to mid 70s. Mid 70s around the bay. It is a steamy sky over the capital. Live view from our capital camera. Might get sunshine breaking out but overall, cloudy the rest of the morning with a smaller chance of a shower. Likely thundershowers into the metro area before sunset and well be in the low to mid 80s by mid afternoon. Then tomorrow, here comes the miniheat wave. Hot and rather humid. Hot, near 90 or so, and then wednesday and thursday, both days near 90. Afternoon storms possible on wednesday. And again on thursday only a small chance tomorrow. And then toward the weekend friday partly cloudy. A very small chance of a storm on friday. And then maybe a shower or thundershower or a lingering shower, and now the weekend is looking dry. We need a couple of days in a row with not much rain around. Thats the way it looked right now for saturday and sunday with highs in the 80s and still humid. Only a small chance of a shower or thundershower both of those days. Next weather and traffic on the 1s, your drive time forecast for this monday, and now breaking news with melissa. Breaking news on the rails right now. Again, we are singletracking right now on metros orange line through West Falls Church. That is because of a person who is hit by a train at the West Falls Church station. The silver line, delayed both directions there because of that orange line congestion. So a warning there for you this morning. Going to be tweeting about this, going to be updating you here throughout the morning and have more on this from the live desk coming up at 6 30. Wide look at the beltway overall, no major problems on the beltway. You can see 295 a tad slow as you pass 50. 66 the entire way in, looks nice and light this morning. A nice treat for everybody. 95 northbound here just a tad slow there through dale city. About 28 Miles Per Hour this morning. Beltway at kenilworth avenue inner and outer loop everything rolling just fine. Orange line singletracking because of that person that was hit by a train. Going to have more on this coming up. See you back here at 6 31. See you then, melissa. Hundreds of vacationers in florida looking for a new place to stay. A massive fire tore through the resort in orlando last night. Lack at the flames. There were reports of lightning strikes in the area but theyre still trying to confirm the cause of this fire. 500 rooms had to be evacuated. Fire crews say one floor was destroyed. Police in virginia are ticketing drivers for not giving enough room to passing cyclists. Police wrote 12 tickets this is according to the records obtained by the richmond timesdispatch. The minimum passing distance increased from two to three feet. That went into effect last year. Many people took advantage of the free ride home on the fourth of july. 273 people got free cab rides home. Taxi companies provide these services during the holidays and the Washington Regional Alcohol Program runs this service. Especially during the major holidays. All right. 6 25 our time right now. Heres what you need to know to save some money renting a car this summer. You can save as much as 50 if you avoid renting from the airport. Shop online ahead of time. You dont need rental insurance if you have personal Car Insurance and you can bring your own car seat. I know i have done some of those where you can buy you rent online and they give you the option to pay now. Its cheaper than paying once you get to the counter. And they charge you 10 a day for that car seat. Well, a new survey can surprise some of you. How well do you know your spouse . 43 could not correctly identify their spouses salary range. Men and women were both equally wrong. Some were off by as much as 25,000. Maybe you should have a conversation here and there, do some financial planning. Not only that, but apparently one in five admitted to hiding some of their finances from their significant other. Is that surprising . It doesnt surprise me. You think you want money for some extra stuff. Shoes. Right . This old dress . All right 6 26 right now. Lets check in with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. But first, breaking news and Melissa Mollet in your first 4 traffic. More on this in a couple of a minutes. Were singletracking through West Falls Church because of the pedestrian that was struck at West Falls Church. More on this and the impact on another line because of this coming up. Rain threatening to put the brakes on your morning commute. The conditions you can expect on your way to and from work today with your drive time forecast. Plus a story that touched a nerve with many of you after a child is found abandoned along the side of the road in maryland. Some new information we are gathering on th david culver here at the live desk that breaking news on the orange line, a train hitting a pedestrian this morning. Metro police now telling us this appears to be an apparent suicide by the West Falls Church station. We know there are delays in both directions because of this incident. Its where i66 and dulles road meet. Melissa mollet standing by. You think there are wider implications to. Yeah, we are singletracking and we will see some silver line delays because of this situation on the orange like as well. B. W. Parkway, 95 29 into and out of town just fine. Looking fairly typical there in Prince Georges County. 95 in virginia at dale boulevard. Also moving along quite nicely. Then 66 youre fine the entire way in and then through falls church it gets slow. Back in ten minutes with travel times. Some of the pavement is beginning to dry out a little bit after we had overnight showers. Right now, the storm team 4 radar is showing a batch of rain crossing the bay, exiting the eastern suburbs. A line stretches u

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