Well see you then, melissa. Thank you. 6 01 now. New this morning the governor of South Carolina expected to sign a bill today that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state capital grounds there. The South Carolina house of representatives passed a bill, that was after hours of emotional, sometimes tearful debate. Once Governor Haley signs the bill, the flag should come down within 24 hours. Haley and a lot of her fellow lawmakers are responding to calls from across the country to remove that flag after the racially motivated killing of black worshipers in charleston. At 1 30 this morning after a vote there, haley tweeted its a new day in South Carolina. Now a lot of folks seem to agree with her, there was a cartoon posted showing the flag and it said, going, going gone on that cartoon. Another person tweeted finally. One state, one flag. Efforts here on capitol hill to ban the Confederate Flag in federal cemeteries is proving controversial as well. The measure was added as an a
Upper 70s by 11 00 or near 80. It wont be raining all the time, so have the umbrella handy. A look at your drive time forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Melissa, what subpoenais happening on the roads right now . No problems northbound or southbound right now. For all the folks on the road this early morning. Beltway at indian head highway rolling along nicely. No major problems now that were in the 5 00 hour. That road work has wrapped up and gotten out of the way. 66 and 95 overall no major issues as well. Live picture 95 at 123 gordon boulevard, northbound and southbound rolling along nicely. See you at 5 11. 5 01. Breaking news d. C. Police are on the scene of a shooting not far from h street in northeast. We got an update from police. Megan mcgrath is live now. What have you learned . Reporter well, we have confirmed that this is now a murder scene. That one person is dead as a result of shots fired in the 900 block of third street. Look behind me, you can see th
Southbound at 108. A report of an accident blocking a lane. Trying to get some more information on this one for you. 270 at falls road, no problems there. Looking pretty good here as you look at the inner and outer loop. And Brunswick East 870 we are 16 minutes behind still at this point this morning. Back in ten minutes with travel times. Thank you, melissa. We are following breaking news right now in the district. A man is dead after a shooting on third street northeast. Police are still on the scene collecting evidence. That shooting is just a mile abray from the know away from the nomagallaudet metro station. And news4s Megan Mcgrath has more details on the shooting. Megan . Reporter well eun, you can see behind me here that investigators are still here on thscene. They have got the block still cordoned up here. This is the 900 block of third street here at the intersection of third i. One person is dead. An adult male shot to death. This happened after 10 00 last night and the sea
Ballots. The end of today the total number of early voters currently at 432,000 in clark county is anticipated to get near a half million. That means clark county is on track to beat the amount [ lost audio ]. From 2012 when 51 percent of registered voters voted early. Most of those earlier voters i spoke with say the biggest reason for coming out early is avoiding those lines. I spoke with this is his first time voting early. Its no secret this election so far has been historic. Like so many others, he wants to make sure his voice is heard but he wants to do so in a timely manner. Part of the fun was waiting in the big lines and, you know, booing part of the being part of the process. As ive gotten later i dont like to wait in lines and those lines get pretty lengthy. Kyndell of course we know that people are busy. Youve got work, kids. Coming up in 30 minutes live here on news 3 ive got tips and tricks and preparation notes for you to come here and make sure you can vote early and th
Good morning, molette. Reporter good morning, yeah. Im here at this commuter lot here in woodbridge off old bridge road. We saw a whole lot of folks rush on to two omni ride commuter buses going into d. C. , one to the pentagon, the other to the state department. They were in a hurry to get out of this dangerously cold weather. Were dressing in layers on a morning like this is a must. And there is also great concern for those who are without shelter in these kinds of conditions all around the region. Local hypothermia plans activated and to offer some shelter, iing centers and emergency housing to those in need. If you see someone at risk, call 311. That will activate someone to go to those in need in d. C. , prince georges, and montgomery counties. Thats the latest live from this lot where people are sitting in their cars, waiting on the buses to ride up, before they jump out to get on a warm bus to go into the city. Mellissa mollet has another loo at traffic this morning. Breaking ne