Were gettg a look at the u. S. Coast guard stopping smugglers on the high seas. Nbeuspect incredible vi drug smugglers hiding 17,000 pounds of cocaine. Heres abcs pierre thomas. Reporter what youre looking at is a coast guard Interdiction Team in hot pursuit of suspected drug smugglers. A crew member screaming in spanish stop the boat. That boat on the run, a submarinelike vessel called a semisubmersible designed to keep a low profile. It had been spotted by a marine patrol aircraft hundreds of miles off the coast of the ecuadoran colombian border in the eastern pacific. Waves crashing, the coast guard finally pulling alongside. A member of the team dressed in Tactical Gear boards the vessel. Then pounding on the hatch demanding that the smugglers surrender. Inside the coast guard discovers five suspects and in excess of 17,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated 232 million. The same week that cocaine was confiscated in june, u. S. Authorities discovered this ship in the atlantic car
Members of the u. S. Coast guard submarine and pounding on the hatch. What they found inside. The admission from google about whos really listening when you talk to the companys voice assistant. And home grown at the capital. The marijuana mystery this morning. Who planted pot at a statehouse . A good friday morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us. We have a long weekend ahead starting with Tropical Storm barry already lashing louisianas coastal communities with wind and rain. The satellite shows the slowmoving storm still churning along the gulf coast strengthening ahead of its expected landfall later today or early tomorrow. Forecasters say barry is likely to become the seasons first hurricane capable of unloading more than two feet of rain before moving on. Abcs trevor ault joins us from washington. Good morning, trevor. Reporter good morning, tropical barry is taking its m uiacng a punch and it will likely get stronger before it makes landfall. This morning, the gulf is bracing fo
Theres a lot of humidity in place today, so do in the turn your back on a ra chance. Its not going to rain everywhere all day long, but our rain chances are at 80 today. Temperatures upper 60s to around 70. Dry commute in, highs in the low 80s and likely to have a wet commute home. Melissa, good morning to you. Uc good morning, chk. Right now have a new problem here. We did have just the right side blocked by this accident southbound 295 at malcolm x. Right now everything is shut down temporarily. Looks like they may be getting something out of the way. It isat closed this point southbound. Northbound gw parkway pushed off in inbound Memorial Bridge. Think of 110 instead. Looking at 66 and 95, no issues. Had thero earlier pblem in chan tilly. That is gone. Beltway inner loop and outer loop construction has disappeared from our system. 70 to 270 youre going 70eriles p hour will take you 26 minutes. Eun . Thank you, melissa. A richmond woman had to go to hospital over the weekend in domi
Last night, so there will be puddle jumping this morning. More rain likely later in the day but less thunder. Not a big Severe Weather threat for today. Strong storms back in the forecast for your thursday. Right now, you c see the rain from late yesterday its moved out of the region. Its probably not going to stay dry all day. Take your umbrella with you. 68. 64 nice and comfortable in wind chester. 71 in gaithersburg here this morning. Afternoon high near 84 degrees. Warm, humid and rain chances between 60 and 80 later on iy. The da detail more about that Severe Weather threat tomorrow coming up but for now lets hear from melis melissa. Good morning, chuck. Same situation southbound 295 at malcolm x just the left lane getting by the crash scene. This is an all lanes were blocked. Arlington northbound gw parkway puved off into memorial bridge. Use 110 instead. Inner loop, outer loop no problems. Earlier road work but all is now gone. 270 northbound and southbound nice and open right n
I double dog dare Melissa Mollet or not Melissa Mollet, molette green. Lets get to traffic in a second. Would you eat this jalapeno pepper . Not by itself. On to of the pork butt, i will do that. Your forget for today. Not raining now. If youre going to be doing any barbecuing this afternoon, know your rain chances go up, up, up as we get later in the afternoon. Not quite as warm. Thats good news because it ans not a risk for Severe Weather today. That Severe Weather chance does return tomorrow. Well talk more about that in a second. What about you, Melissa Mollet . Do you take the jalapeno pepper challge . If thats a regular hol pain owe pepper . I would do it. Yes, i would take the challengeb easnd 66 after 123 still have left side getting by. Those delays are about three miles long, at least right now. They could get worse, of course. Burke lake road near missionary lane, down the wires. Road is shut down there. 95 northbound, southboud, no problems. Inner loop, outer loop of the be