Balcony of the white house. Were thrilled to bring it to you. How beautiful. We begin this morning with todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Th it was insane. S erea tornado cinrossg the road. You can see the dark clouds twisting and it just looked like a scene from twister. Dyeadlrm stos sweep through the heartland. The initial hit was the loudest thing i ever heard. It is heartbreaking and upsetting to say the least. Recovery efforts are under way following a string of severe weekend storms. The Severe Weather threat does push primarily to the east as we go through monday, monday afternoon and evening. You said to interviewers and writers you thought it would be easier, why . Its a tough job, but ive had a lot of tough jobs. Ive had things that were tougher but ill let you know better at the end of the eight years. Never thougiht d pray for again. Theres been promise after promise thats been either unfulelfil d orbroken. They dont have the presidency, they dont have the house
We wanted to make it clear out gate. And there was a lot of anticipation for today a lot of people counting down to this and weve seen senators speaking all throughout the afternoon aboutiates and everything else. A lot of testimony there and interesting testimony. Tom fitzgerald joins us now. So, fitz, i saw Washington Post headline today it said yates throws white house under bus. Well, the bus not only went under over the white house and backed up a few times and wept along the route as this went there were good things and bad things in here you have to imagine from the white house prospective. On the one hand you had president obama former director of National Intelligence doubling down on that statement he told meet the press that up until this point he still snows of no evidence showing that the Trump Campaign directly participated in or had knowledge of russian interference in the 2016 election. So theres that. But make no mistak what sally yates had to say today was eyeopening.
As you know, Prescription Medications have become a major problem here in washington area. So earlier today, down at 300 indiana avenue, a dc police headquarters, the mayor and chief came together to talk about addiction and enforcement. Hours before the mayor and chief came together to announce what they say is the successful work of narcotics end Enforcement Unit, they released videos of two violent robberies. Last friday, three gun men entered and announce add robbery. According to a police report, the men wanted promethazine, percocet and octobers si could the tin. In the other robbery 25 minutes later, two men jumped the counter with bags also looking for drugs. While standing in front of a table full of pistols taken off the street, chief newsham said the dangerous wor thieves and dealers is beginning to pay off. I must note that the men and women on this unit face some of the most difficult dangers that Law Enforcement faces. Theyre involved in high risk operations. But they do
Buddy. Its not raining now, although as you can see, relatively thick fog across the area early this morning. Visibilities down to only a quarter of a mile now in winchester, three miles in manassas and three miles in washington. So that is the main issue here early this morning. The overall weather impact on your day will be fairly low. Fog and maybe patchy mist or drizzle early this morning. We will see breaks of sunshine today, its not a guaranteed dry day, though. Most of the rain is coming to an end for this morning, but there could be a shower chance coming in after 3 00 or 4 00 this afternoon. So the next 4 hours, foggy and 58 now. By 7 00 this evening, showers if not in the area will be on the way. Temperatures near 70 today. And rain likely to get your friday started. But there will be improving weather as we get towards the second half of the weekend. Weekend forecast at 5 21. So right now inner loop after New Hampshire avenue, tw the only construction still hanging around to
Across the u. S. Today. Senator Bernie Sanders has three events in south dakota. Voters there weigh in on june 7. Hillary clinton is in brooklyn. Bill clinton will campaign on her behalf in kentucky. Voter tls there cast polballots tuesday. We need to focus on the positive. The sun has to come back out, right . Yes, it does. Tomorrow . No, not tomorrow. Well get peeks, peeks of sunshine possible early to midafternoon today. And then just at the tail end of your friday height get a little sunshine behind some thunderstorm chances early tomorrow. Yesterday day 15 in a row with measured rainfall. Today day 16, this one will be close, everybody. Not raining out there now, hasnt raped since midnight at national airport. Well get peeks of sunshine today before more rain chances come pack in on us. Thick fog this a few spots this morning. Keep your low beams on and speeow future weather carries the first chances of rain out, but timing it out, there could be more opportunities for rain coming