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Right now on news4 this week, a false alarm. Well explain what sent joint base andrews into lockdown right before a scheduled active drill. Big money. A bridge in danger of closing finally gets a federal grant for muchneeded repairs. And fireworks in the fall. It wasnt the prettiest show ever. But it did happen, despite a dreary fourth of july. Announcer welcome to news4 this week. Hi, everyone, im chris lawrence. We start with a day of confusion at joint base andrews. A scheduled drill, an armed patrol, and a vigilant person, all lead to a long lockdown on the base. Prince georges county bure...

The traffic is about to get much, much worse. News 4s meegan fitzgerald, how bad is it going to get . Reporter well, you know, ive got to tell you, aaa said now is the time to pack your patience because its going to get bad. Around 2 00 is the hour folks can expect gridlock up until around 9 00 this evening. They tell us some 917,000 people are expected to take a road trip to where theyre going to go. Ill step out of the way and show you the good news. Right now, its pretty smooth sailing on the beltway. But experts say this is not going to last long. Theres no secret about it. Holiday travel ...

That was dysfunctional. And so the commission took years to respond but it finally did and we acted initially to take care of interstate rates a few months ago. We acted again to look at the entire we passed an order looked at entire portfolio, meaning intrastate rates. Right now parties are poised to challenge that. So we have already published in the federal register which gives them a green light to move forward and they are moving forward and we are responding to some petitions for stay. Host so it is in the court system right now but, how much of a reduction in rates are you looking at . ...

The 96 act said we want competition competition. Some places it has worked. Some places it hasnt. This is one place where it really hasnt. We think consumers would have more choices and lower prices if we got competition into that space. The first question is is there a market for set top boxes . The answer is really in terms of what is delivered over the cable network, no, because the box is actually a component of the network. Thats the most efficient way to design and deliver Cable Television service. Its the cheapest way to do it, most efficient way to do it. No market has developed. The c...

A lot of us have been advocating for a long time that the two leaders of this government project that theyre working together and with the internal dynamics and as we say it is unlikely to have been. But there are some things regarding Strategic Communication and People Like Us point out not of government itself. What have we done and what are we attempting to do . And a lot of the frustration with this government is that it doesnt understand that sense of crisis and those uncertainties. That is what helps to power the opposition that there is a lot of politicians that are not so good but they...