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"Most likely be funded in the city's budget this spring. If you or someone you know needs help, you can call the national suicide prevention lifeline at 9 8 8. Acacia James WTO P news. The White House is seeking bipartisan help from Congress to support veterans. Federal news networks, jewelry heckman, has more. The Biden administration is promoting its goals for the Department of Veterans Affairs as an area of bipartisan compromise in a divided Congress. The White House says the VA is on track to hire 280 pure specialists by the end of 2023. Those are veterans with mental health experience trained to assist other veterans going through mental health challenges. The VA processed an all time record of 1.7 million veterans claims in 2022. It also delivered $128 billion of benefits to veterans and their families. President Joe Biden says the VA is also tackling veteran suicide. VA is doing everything he can, including expanding mental health screening. Joey heckman, federal news network. People in Ohio and Pennsylvania who live near the wreckage of a derailed train are still not allowed to go back home, but authorities in Ohio say they have not detected dangerous levels of fumes where crews released and burned toxic chemicals from that train. Jamie cosa worries, she and her family won't be able to live in east Palestinian anymore. For their own safety. And I think I owe that to my daughter. No matter how much I want to stay. What makes us the hardest? My daughter. It's, you know, is all the kids in town. It's, you know, thinking about their future. Schools and businesses in east Palestinian remain closed, and there are continued to be checkpoints coming in and out of the area. CBS roxanna saberi reporting
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"Top news traffic and weather. The WTO producer's desk. His wired by IBW local 26, where electrical contractors come to grow. Good morning, I'm more clueless. And I'm sandy causal Acacia James is our producer. The top story we're following is the weather and the cold air that's coming in a dramatic change has occurred this morning across our region, a dangerous wave of frigid Siberian air is coming in, some strong winds along with it as well. The wet roads in the area from yesterday's rains and the showers we saw this morning could become icy and spots as those temperatures nosedive. Let's get the latest now from storm team four's my extent of Mike. What do you have? Good morning, Mark, as you mentioned, there's a lot of standing water on area roadways thanks to the heavy rain from yesterday and last night. Now the gusty winds are trying to dry the roads in some areas are seeing dry roadways, but there's a lot of runoff and that's freezing because temperatures are already tumbling into the 20s across much of the region. So a flash freeze will occur this afternoon, any leftover standing water is going to freeze. Temperatures will continue to fall for the next several hours later the cheese to lower 20s by late this afternoon wind gust of 40 to 60 miles an hour will mean a lot of trees coming down some power lines coming down to them will be some power outages. You might want to go outside and take a rag and wipe down your car's doors if your park's outside. I just did that, one of my
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"And I'm Bruce Allen, Acacia James, is our producer. The top story we're following for you this morning. The federal government is run at runs out of funding in 5 days. Congress has to determine this week how it's going to avert a government shutdown as we hear from WTO's Mitchell Miller. Today on the hill. We're running out of time. This only so much you can do with the time that's left. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, who initially indicated he wanted a long-term spending bill, but who now concedes a short term plan may need to be passed by this Friday's deadline. The house's top Republican Kevin McCarthy has pushed to wait on a long-term plan since the GOP will take over the house in January. Senator Bernie Sanders, the chair of the Senate budget committee, tells CNN he's critical of that Republican effort, and worries about possible budget cuts if lawmakers kick the can down the road. Short term extensions are just the temporary solution to the ongoing crisis we face. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller WTO. In two days, the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates about a half percentage point at its meeting. In an effort to fight off inflation. And that would be less than the other increases the fed has put through at its recent meetings. Meantime, treasury secretary Janet Yellen is speaking with 60 minutes. She says she thinks we'll see a significant reduction in inflation by the end of next year. I believe inflation will be lower, I am very hopeful that the labor market will remain quite healthy. So that people can feel good about their finances. Yellen says she's doing everything in her power to avoid a recession. And that the U.S. has learned a lot of lessons about the need to curtail inflation after high prices seen in the 1970s. A significant development in the bombing more than three decades ago of a passenger jet over Scotland. The Justice Department says the man accused of making the bomb that killed hundreds is in custody. And he's expected today and a federal court in D.C.. We're hearing this morning from relatives of the victims. Nicholas varenius was one of the 259 people aboard Pan Am flight one O three when it went down, over Lockerbie Scotland, he was from D.C. and was among 35 Syracuse university students heading home for the holidays. He was just 20 years old. No conviction or anything like that will change the course of events. His brother Chris, speaking with NBC four, Abu ago Muhammad Moshe kair Al Marini is accused of making the bomb. He's the third Libyan to face charges, but the first to appear to U.S. courtroom for Chris, it's all very bittersweet. You can't bring back lives of people who were lost. We can only imagine the potential of so many of those people. Loved ones will gather for an annual memorial service honoring the victims at Arlington cemetery on December 21st, the anniversary of the attack. Melissa Howell WTO P news. More members of the far right extremist group, the oath keepers go on trial today in federal court. For their role in the January 6th attack at the U.S. capitol, the four are charged with seditious conspiracy. Prosecutors will try to convince jurors that the men plotted with the group's founders to arose and others to use force to stop the transfer of presidential power to Joe Biden. Two weeks ago, roads and another man, Kelly megs were convicted of seditious conspiracy and three others were acquitted of it. Roads and megs were the first people in decades found guilty in a trial on that charge, they could get up to 20 years in prison. Virginia governor Glenn youngkin's proposed policy to require a student to use the sex listed on their birth certificate has some concerned about what that'll do to young people's safety and privacy. Let's just say a child is questioning their sexuality. That's a moment when a parent very much needs to be involved. Tiffany Johnson with moms for liberty says the idea that governor youngkin's proposed model policies take away protections that schools were somehow providing is nonsense. It is clearly politically driven. Dwayne Wright is director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at George Washington University. They don't have somewhere to turn to. This Northern Virginia high school student says the new policy doesn't take into consideration what young people are saying. For politicians to just consider parents views as opposed to students ever. Harms the students in the long run. The award can stay in double P news. Hear more from students, parents and the state of Virginia in our in depth report at WTO dot com. Up ahead a confederate statue is coming down in a Virginia community. It's 8 36. Hi, I'm Patrick Bengals owner and nula con design. Most people aren't thinking about replacing their roofs around the holiday. You're decorating the house and you're planning for the season. 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"John Aaron Acacia James as our producer, the top stories we're following for you today. Former president Trump is now responding after a prosecutor was named to look into possible charges against him. The former president attacked the appointment of a special counsel. This horrendous abuse of power is the latest in a long series of witch hunts. He started a long time ago. Trump repeated his longtime claim that the 2020 election was fraudulent. This is a rig deal just as the 2020 election was rigged Say a crash is imminent in those left of the company or overwhelmed overworked and likely to make mistakes. Just two weeks ago after buying Twitter, Musk fired about half of its staff, including the top leadership. Just a head on WTO, we've got a chilly Saturday ahead and then a frigid Sunday in store, it could feel like it's in the teens at times tomorrow. Full weekend forecast is next. It's ten 36. This is George Wallace, and I know how it works, folks. When it comes
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"Morning, I'm Mark Lewis. And I'm Gigi Barnett, Acacia James is our producer. The top story we're following the bird is freed. That was the tweet sent out overnight by Elon Musk after completing his takeover of Twitter and making his first moves as its new owner. The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO is said to have fired multiple top executives, including its CEO, chief financial officer, and chief legal counsel. Twitter has not responded to a request for comment from CBS News. Musk said he envisions the social media platform as a digital town square where a wide range of beliefs can be debated, but adding it quote can not become a free for all hellscape. That CBS correspondent Naomi rakam closing the deal ended a months long saga in which the world's richest man conducted a hostile takeover and an inflated price and then attempted to back out of the deal. A 15 year old boy was shot aboard a metro train this morning. It happened just before 8 45 on the green line train at the George avenue petworth station. Metro hasn't provided the boy's name, but says that he was hit in the leg and taken to the hospital. Doctors say he should be okay. Metro police say it appears his shooting occurred during a dispute between minors. Police are searching for a suspect service was partially suspended on the green line for the investigation, but has since been reinstated. The driver of a charter bus is facing a long list of criminal charges, accused of being drunk while driving around a busload of D.C. elementary school students. 44 kids from D.C.'s merch elementary school were returning from a field trip to the Cox farms pumpkin patch in centerville, Virginia when their bus went off the road and blew out a tire. No one was injured, but police say the driver 48 year old Troy Reynolds was drunk. Ronald was tested and had a blood alcohol concentration of .20. More than twice the legal limit. Fairfax county police captain Rachel levy says it's the second time in recent years that Reynolds has been charged with driving drunk. He's also charged with 9 counts of gross wanton or reckless care for a child. Nick alley doubled your TLP news
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"Good evening, I'm Sarah Jacobs, with the top local stories we're following this hour. It's been a sweltering Sunday, much of the country though, is dealing with these dangerously high temperatures. We're under a heat advisory in the DMV until 8 p.m. temperatures are in the upper 90s, but some of us are into the triple digits, feels more like a 105 when you factor in the humidity. The hottest temperatures are east of I 95. If you have to be out and about, be sure to stay hydrated, stay in the shade if you can, as the sun starts to be lower in the sky, that becomes less of an issue, obviously. Now we could see some scattered storms throughout the evening, but not expected to cut the heat. Dot com has a list of cooling centers in the area if you need a break from the heat. D.C.'s heat emergency plan, which activates those cooling centers is in effect, and of course we're going to keep you updated with traffic and weather on the 8s. So how are people holding up in this scorching weather? I spoke with doctor Gupta he was just walking on the sidewalk before he took a seat in the shade. He says people need to take precautions when this kind of heat comes around. A lot of people don't appreciate it and they continue as if life is going on as before. He tells me back in the day he can't remember it being this hot on a regular basis. This city itself changes in terms of new growth of treason, feelings, so all these affect the temperature. And he reiterates that people should stay hydrated and wear loose clothing and also. They didn't shade. In Chevy Chase, Acacia James WTO P news. 6 O 5, teachers in Montgomery county are being moved to different
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"Trump 32 good afternoon I'm Jenny glick, Acacia James is our producer, the top story. We are following for you tonight. I guess I should say this afternoon. We'll be campaign 2022 on WTO P. Democrat Wes Moore has won his party's nomination for Marilyn governor, the former nonprofit CEO will face off against Republican Dan Cox, a hardline conservative endorsed by former president Trump. More defeated a long list of Democrats, including former U.S. labor secretary and ex Democratic National Committee chair, Tom Perez, as well as Maryland comptroller, comptroller, Peter franchot. Elected Moore would be Maryland's first black governor. President Biden is continuing to recover from COVID. The more White House updates are expected through the weekend on how President Biden is doing as he's being treated for COVID-19 as of Friday. The symptoms remain characterized as runny nose and fatigue with an occasional non productive now loose cough. White House press secretary karine Jean Pierre. The president is tolerating treatment well. We will continue paxil of it as planned. Mister Biden was shown on a video working from isolation in The White House residence, Tom fody, CBS News Washington. New today, the World Health Organization says monkeypox outbreaks in more than 70 countries is now a global emergency. Declaration could spur further investment in treating the ones rare disease and increase the scramble for scarce vaccines. A global emergency is who's highest level of alert, but the designation does not necessarily mean a disease is particularly transmissible or even lethal. The World Health Organization's top monkey puck's expert said this week that 99% of all monkeypox cases beyond Africa were in men and of those 98% involved men who have sex with men. Meanwhile, two children have been diagnosed with monkeypox. One is a toddler in California. The other in infant in Washington, D.C., both are described as in good health and receiving treatment. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking at how they got the virus, while most of the 2500 known cases of monkeypox in the U.S. involve men, at least 8 are women, and now these two children. Health officials say monkeypox is most often spread through skin to skin contact, although it also can be spread via towels and bedding. Linda canyon, CBS News. Former Homeland Security secretary J Johnson says former president Trump could be charged for inciting people to storm the capitol on January 6th. News correspondent Christina ruffini with more. Now it will be up to the Justice Department to decide if it will take the unprecedented step of bringing charges against a former American president
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"In the cold foods cold and use a food thermometer instead of using color taste and firmness to determine if the food is fully cooked. Acacia James WTO P news. Many news at 25 and 55 years Jill Schneider. This is a Bloomberg money minute. We've all found ourselves on the losing end of an argument, whether it's at work at home or online, author Bo so, learn to have a good argument as a child on his school's debate team. Everybody gets equal time in which to speak. They're not interrupted while they're speaking, and they're given turns so that when I speak and I give you a chance to speak, there's no need for me to interrupt because I know I'm gonna get a turn back. The two time world champion debaters has learning that lesson changed the way he communicates. To someone who had been used to being spoken over and interrupted, that seemed to me a kind of a life raft, but I've really been writing it ever since. So says disagreements aren't always bad and can in fact be a force for good, but here's the key. Every disagreement starts with an act of agreement, and that's often about what the discussion is about. And if tempers flare, step back and reevaluate your words. Without that kind of a check, what begins as a debate can devolve into something worse. From the Bloomberg newsroom, I'm Jill Schneider on WTO P and coming up on WTO P, the latest in the track of this storm that knocked out power to thousands and brought us lots of rain in the area, ten 56 of all the multitudinous manifestations that water can take. In oceans and ice cubes, in glaciers and streams, vapors and rain. Double black diamonds lapse wings and brains. Of all that water water everywhere,
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"Samara Theodore. 88 in hyattsville now 90 in Fredericksburg, 83 in Easton, high hitting the low 90s today. It's now four 41. Efforts to strip the names of confederate generals from buildings and roadways continue in our area and WTO's Acacia James has more on what drivers and fairfax county think about changing names to numbers. The survey which had a small sample size found that the public prefers to just go with the road's numbers, so the new name for Lee highway named after Robert E. Lee would be route 29 and for Lee Jackson memorial highway named after Thomas Stonewall Jackson, the name would be route 50. I mean, I know this is a small sample set, but frankly people already refer to these by their route numbers today. So it would be a less dramatic change in terms of lifestyle marketing, the daily lives of people who live and work in these two corridors. What a supervisor's chairman Jeff bouquet, the new signage could cost the county anywhere between 1,000,004.2 $1 million. Acacia James WTO P news. While it is still a killer on your wallet, we are continuing to see gas prices go down in our area from peaks earlier this month. In the district average gas prices are at 5 O four. Down over 20 cents since peaks about two weeks ago, Maryland and Virginia are down a little over 15 cents in that time. Regina Ali with triple-A mid Atlantic says it's due to drops in crude oil prices as well as demand. People are still traveling. They are still taking road trips, but just over the past week, we did see a slight demand drop in gasoline. All he says, 4th of July travel, this upcoming weekend is likely gonna raise prices once again. Phil hop now, if at all possible, we're expecting record travel is about 42 million Americans. Gas is up around a dollar 85 cents over this time last year. Luke luker WTO P news. In recent years, more churches are closing than opening as church members are getting harder to find. For the first time in the 80 year history of the Gallup poll, church membership among American adults has fallen below 50%. Part of this is connected to growing disaffiliation in general from institutions. So particularly young people have less connections with institutions than they have in the past. They think public life John goring also sides right-wing Christianity. Churches and Christian leaders entangled with right-wing politics and the culture wars has really driven people away. Stephen Kauffman, CBS News. Coming up on WTO P, we have a new champion at the women's PGA Championship in Bethesda, also the nets and O's playing this afternoon. Four 43. Take a clean commute and get cash back with the eccentric app by commuter connections or in points each time you use the app to commute via ride sharing transit or biking, redeem points for cash up to $600
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"Indices in the low to mid 90s. In advance of a cold front showers overnight tonight into Monday, much cooler weather for Monday, high temperatures, low 80s, Tuesday, just 80°. Storm team four meteorologist glands or son. Now 85 outside the WTO studios, highs in the low 90s this afternoon, it's two 41. Efforts to strip the names of confederate generals from buildings and roads continues in our area and WTO piece Acacia James has more on what drivers and fairfax county think about changing names to numbers. The survey which had a small sample size found that the public prefers to just go with the road's numbers, so the new name for Lee highway named after Robert E. Lee would be route 29 and for Lee Jackson memorial highway named after Thomas Stonewall Jackson, the name would be route 50. I mean, I know this is a small sample set, but frankly people already refer to these by their route numbers today. So it would be a less dramatic change in terms of lifestyle marketing, the daily lives of people who live and work in these two corridors. Where do supervisors chairman Jeff bouquet, the new signage could cost the county anywhere between 1,000,004.2 $1 million. Acacia James WTO P news. While gas is still a killer on your wallet, we are continuing to see gas prices go down from peaks earlier in the month. In the district average gas prices are at 5 O four. Down over 20 cents since peaks about two weeks ago, Maryland and Virginia are down a little over 15 cents in that time. Regina Ali with triple-A mid Atlantic says it's due to drops in crude oil prices as well as demands. People are still traveling. They are still taking road trips, but just over the past week, we did see a slight demand drop in gasoline. All he says 4th of July travel this upcoming weekend is likely gonna raise prices once again. Phil hop now, if at all possible, we're expecting record travel is about 42 million Americans. Gas is up around a dollar 85 cents over this time last year. Luke luker WTO P news. Up ahead a check on sports and we're going to check in on the Baltimore game and the Nats game getting underway. It's now two 43. This is important news. If you have unfiled tax returns, the IRS is shifting
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"Once again we do have a severe thunderstorm that is at over fairfax right now real close to wolf trap It's moving south towards Vienna and oakton with some pretty hefty rain and even some lightning So if you're out and about be mindful of that and just keep an eye at the sky Currently it's 90° in grove tenants currently 90° in Springfield and right now in green belt we're sitting at 88° All right Ryan thanks so much now 7 40 in Washington some disturbing news out of Prince William county and infant died yesterday after falling out of a car in woodbridge Lisa around one 15 in the afternoon the mom placed the ten month old girl in the backseat on restraint before driving a short distance when she returned to the home of a family member someone opened the back door causing the child to fall into the road She rushed out of the car to check on the baby but the car's transmission was still in drive which led to the child being hit The infant sustained a serious head injury and died later at the hospital so far no charges have been filed against the driver Acacia James WTO P news Arlington county police arrested a man they say made threats and tried to force his way into Thomas Jefferson middle school while it was on lockdown Police say the man told them later he thought there was violence happening inside the school The school went into lockdown Friday at lunchtime because of an assault involving a weapon at a nearby business Police say Alexander setta Yahoo satay came to the school to pick up relatives who are students when he found the school locked police say he called 9-1-1 and said he was armed and needed to get into the school Police say setau kicked the door down broke glass trying to force his way in He did not get in then he left police eventually caught up with him arrested him according to police the man thought violence was happening in the school because of text messages that he got from a relative inside Last month Boeing moved its headquarters into north of Virginia which is now home to most of the country's biggest military contractors Today the company announced a new partnership with the state aimed at helping veterans succeed in their post military life All right how much fun is this Virginia governor Glen youngkin was all smiles as Boeing announced the center for veteran transition and military families which will be housed at Virginia tech's innovation campus The innovation campus was just an idea many years ago and it is absolutely in Boeing fashion rocketing Into the future to make this big move with our veterans has deep meaning to Virginia tech Virginia tech president Tim sands says it'll help provide tools for veterans looking to move into tech fields They will have access to our programs with a to be certificates or master's degrees and they'll.
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"Washington Mayor muriel Bowser recently released a road map outlining plans to improve the three mile corridor that extends from Florida avenue northeast to South Dakota avenue Some of the goals are to advance racial equity and create more jobs as the city continues to recover from the pandemic So the work that we have ahead is serious It's complex but we have the tools and the resources and definitely the talent Acacia James the WTO P news Some kids getting a special play area to learn about environmental efforts in the anacostia The muscle beach play area will be part of the 11th street bridge park D.C.'s first elevated park It's going to celebrate efforts to repopulate the river with native muscles There will be sculptures of muscles slides and sea grass climbers Thousands of muscles have been reintroduced into the river to help clean it up Muscles can filter ten gallons of water a day The park is a partnership between the city and the ward 8 based nonprofit building bridges across the river It's located on the piers of the old 11th street bridge it's expected to open in early 2025 Shayna stealin WTO P news And still ahead walking a mile in king Tut's shoes 7 43 Hi I'm Patrick finger's owner a new look home design Sometimes it's nice to do half of something now and the other half later Like Queen and half the house now and then doing the other half later or shoveling hands the walk now and then the other half later While half now half later is cool You know what's really awesome And new look through March 31st when you buy a new roof you can pay for half the roof later and then the other half never What Pay for half the roof later and then the other hand you'll never pay With our half later half never sail you save 50% on all roofing materials and you pay the other half later with interest refinancing Plus we give you line by line pricing so you see exactly what you're paying for Schedule your own site or virtual estimate now Getting a new roof has never been easier Call 802.
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"Local 26 now recruiting experienced electricians to join their ranks Good morning I'm John Aaron Luke is our producer the top story we're following for you today is that nasty winter weather out there this morning Joining us for the latest is storm team fours Mike's And good morning John We are watching snow and sleet across much of the I 95 corridor right now It's mainly snow to the west and roads are slick snowfall amounts of stuff all rights of one to two inches per hour half slick in that roadways Over the eastern suburbs southeastern suburbs still just rain right now but that's going to change over to snow fairly quickly And we could see anywhere from three to 8 inches of snow across the northern western suburbs already tuition snow with loudoun county and we could see anywhere from one to four inches of snow across the immediate metro area Obviously rosa become quite slick over the next several hours already slightly across the northern and western suburbs and I'll be back just a couple of minutes with your complete forecast All right Mike and WTO's Acacia James has more on the road conditions out there she is in Gaithersburg Now conditions are changing really quickly around here as they drove up to Gaithersburg the snow was really coming down making it pretty hard to see And I could tell that it was super windy and those roads they were pretty slippery You can sort of see the shift in cars going to speed limit and then realizing that they may need to slow down to be safe Now right now I am parked and all of the cars around me are covered in snow So if you're out this way you'll definitely want to have that ice scraper on you But after seeing these conditions I'd recommend staying home right now if you could On road patrol and gate this bird Acacia James WTO P news.
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"Of you too he knows What exactly are the truckers protesting WTO's Acacia James visited the convoy in Hagerstown to get answers And if you're driving by the way a warning you will be hearing some car horns in this story This father from Wisconsin tells me why this protest is so important to him I mean coronavirus is the flu It's just a different version of the flu If you look at hand sanitizer from ten years ago on the back of the bottle it'll say that it helps to kill coronavirus not growing over 19 He says they're also protesting other things like corruption voting laws and the hot topic in Virginia children's education Reporting from Hagerstown Acacia James WTO P news Truck convoy organizers say they'll continue their protests throughout the week Virginia state police spokesperson corinne Geller says troopers are ready Part of our operational plan that we've had in place is we've got additional troopers Virginia troopers and our motor carrier safety teams out across the highways at the northern capital region That's part of our department's operational plan for this situation And of course these efforts are really to mitigate the impact of additional traffic volume on already congested roadways which are very commonplace obviously to the National Capital Region The trucker convoy was estimated to have hundreds of vehicles ranging from semis to standard sized cars Nearly 5 years after the deaths of two women and maclean a family member is scheduled to go on trial tomorrow prosecutors say the motive was greed In July 2017 when 63 year old Pamela hargan and her 23 year old daughter Helen were found dead in their maclean home investigators were quick to declare it a murder suicide They believed Helen had shot her mother and then herself The Washington Post reports an investigation spanning 16 months turned up evidence that a second daughter Megan hargan had withdrawn $420,000 on July 13th the same day she was to close on a new home Prosecutors say she killed her sister and her mother to cover up that theft and staged a murder suicide scene Megan Hagen faces two counts of first degree murder The trial could last 6 weeks Sarah Jacobs news Straight ahead here on WTO P traffic in weather and then the significance today of the number 6 million It's 9 O 7 You know the Washington Wizards are not just my team but they're on my team This is Dave Johnson and the wizards are helping to fight multiple sclerosis Sunday march 6th is MS awareness type with the wizards As I've shared with you my mother lost her battle with MS when I was a teenager Now I'm living with MS but I'm going to win the battle My mother lost to help go to Washington Wizards dot com slash MS awareness because $10 for every ticket.
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"You as the day goes on Gallery bonk WTO V news Acacia James was in western Maryland where the trucker convoy started She tells this drivers seem to be protesting not just COVID mandates but other issues as well Heads up if you're driving you're going to hear some car and truck horns honking in this report Tired of corruption These men here at Hagerstown speedway tell me that they are protesting more than COVID-19 mandates They say it's about voting laws freedom and education It really kind of concerns me how many liberal point of views are being forced on our kids in school So I have a real problem with that too But when it comes to vaccine and mask mandates he points to what he describes as a low death rate But I mean come on people You know 99 point whatever survival rate I've got a better chance of getting run over by a bus Walking out of my house Drivers should anticipate some delays and expect to see a stepped up law enforcement presence Stay with us at WTO for the latest and Hagerstown Acacia James WTO news Two O 5 and Amtrak freight train derailment has led to some major service changes this weekend including no Amtrak trains from the district of Philadelphia Amtrak says a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed yesterday 20 cars loaded with coal went off to tracks impairment Maryland That's about 20 miles north of Baltimore Now no one was injured but the incident means service changes for several trains all service between D.C. and Philadelphia is suspended today There will be a modified schedule for trains heading from Philly to New York Crews are working to repair the damage and hope to restore service by tomorrow but Amtrak says repairs could take longer Melissa Howell the BTP news a ride share driver who was killed during a carjacking in temple hills Maryland is being remembered as a hero because several years ago he came to the rescue of an Alexandria police officer Retired officer susanne watts wants people to know that 71 year old Lyft driver Abdul Khan saved her life in 2017 and was duly honored by the Alexandria police department for his courage and bravery Watts told news four she was being beaten badly by a man with a pipe when con intervened and helped halt the attack The fact that no one was there for him is just absolutely the most horrific news I've ever received The 17 year old who police say confessed to the shooting is being charged as an adult facing charges of first degree murder and carjacking Coming up after traffic and weather we'll talk with national security correspondent JJ green about why he thinks chances of a ceasefire in Ukraine are slim right now two O 7 We made USAA insurance for veterans like Liz and Mike An army family who's always at the ready someone Liz's ultrasound showed twins.
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"Union station Acacia James WTO P news Keeping kids from getting into criminal activity is the goal of a new program One of the prongs prince George's county executive Angela also Brooks hope collective initiative uses is something called the violence prevention task force Similar to what are known as violence interrupters community activists there are teachers veterans and even parents of gun violence victims Also Brooke says while crime might be higher now it's not the first time she's faced high rates noting back when she was first elected state's attorney in 2010 A number of us came together and we were able to see a 50% reduction in crime over those years and how did it happen It happened because we made investments So as she argued fixing this can't be solved just with policing all of those things were things that we did alongside holding the people who couldn't be convinced in that way holding them accountable John dome in WTO he news There's a new push to bring attention to a Baltimore woman who was pregnant when she went missing Sean wilkerson's 21 year old daughter akia eggleston was reported missing may 7th 2017 She was a mother and pregnant with her second child And she was excited about that And it's just unfortunate that the gentleman that she was dating was the one who harmed her Akia was never found Her family's been working with the black and missing foundation We need the community to rally Natalie and her sister in law Derica cofounded the organization in 2008 We can no longer turn a blind eye The mission now is to send a message to other parents I didn't know some of the things that she was going through Make sure that you surround your child with positive influences Melissa how WTO penis 1243 Are you single and all your friends are married Maybe you're new in town and the only people you know are the people you work with Do you find yourself wanting to go out but you don't because you have no single Friends and you're so over the bar scene atmosphere Then it's time you joined my social calendar My social calendar is a nationwide activities club for singles that's been around for over ten years Meet people face to face while hiking hot air ballooning going to concerts cooking classes or attending wine tastings You name it plus there are lots of exotic trips and cruises to go on Best of all it's better than a dating service They plan about 30 events a month for single people to get out of the house and make new friends Seriously when is the last time you went out and had a blast and everyone there was single like you Believe.
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"Good morning I'm Bruce Allen And I'm Joan Jones Acacia James art producer and just ahead What we're learning about a new fast spreading COVID sub variant that's been given the nickname the stell foam across There's free money to help cover COVID funeral costs but few are applying I'm Christie king This may be a first one California city has voted to require gun owners to carry liability insurance 6 31 Scientists are closely monitoring a new type of the COVID-19 omicron variant Sometimes referred to as the stealth omicron we get more on this new variant from a W N CN TV reporter Maggie newland RTI epidemiologist doctor pia MacDonald says evidence from Denmark shows it may spread even more easily than what we're seeing now In very quickly overtook on its way to being the dominant variant for example Denmark And while scientists need more time to study the sub variant doctor Wolfe says so far it doesn't appear to cause more severe illness There's no early signal to say that this is dramatically different than standard armor So far this so called stealth Ooma cron appears to be much more common in Asia and Europe although there have been confirmed cases here in the U.S. A change in strategy for the Virginia Department of Health moving away from trying to investigate every COVID case and trace all contacts and instead focusing on following up on outbreaks and cases in high risk settings State health officials say the now dominant oma crown variant is spreading so quickly it's not possible or fruitful to try to track every case and thanks to vaccines most people who get it are only mildly sick The department says the sheer number of cases is straining Virginia's healthcare system The COVID-19 funeral assistance fund gives away to families money to cover the cost of funerals related to the coronavirus Up to $9000 is available But we've learned that fewer than half of those eligible have applied People need to get on.