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"To grow. Good morning, I'm Mark Lewis. Jacob Kerr is our producer. The top story we're following metro trains have been under manual control for more than a decade following a deadly crash in 2009. Since then, the transit agency says it has implemented a number of safety and engineering improvements, and now it's planning to bring back self piloting trains. Later this week, the metro board will talk about testing the new and improved automatic trains along the red line. The tests of the spring could lead to installing them system wide by the end of the year. Metro leaders say returning to automation should create smoother rides, reduce delays and reduce the chances for operator error. That 2009 crash killed 9 passengers along the red line, and it remains the deadliest incident in metro's history. Another Norfolk Southern train, derailed over the weekend in Ohio. It happened just a thousand feet from nearby homes. It occurred near Springfield, Ohio, on Saturday, and it's coming about a month after that toxic derailment in the town of east Palestine. 20 cars peeled off the track near Springfield, Ohio. Residents nearby were asked to briefly shelter in place, local officials say there is no public risk. According to federal data, rail remains the safest way to move hazardous materials, but after the east Palestinian disaster, Ohio senator sherrod Brown would like to see real safety standards improve. It's clear that their greed and incompetence always takes precedent over making their workers safe and making communities safe that they go through. That CBS reporter Chanel call the national transportation safety board is sending a team of investigators to the new crash site today. Four U.S. citizens have been kidnapped in northern Mexico. The four were in a vehicle when they came under fire in the city of Matamoros, according to the FBI, they driven in from Brownsville, Texas, and were in a minivan with North Carolina plates. They were taken from the scene by armed men, the FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for their return, the U.S. consulate had just issued an alert on Friday because of drug cartel violence in the area. CBS correspondent cammy McCormick. Changes could be coming to fairfax county public schools, sex Ed curriculum, as soon as next year. However, we're learning some parents and teachers are opposed to a key component. The changes include allowing boys and girls in fourth through 8th grades to be together for lessons on topics like puberty and reproductive processes. Currently, students are separated for those units, about 85% of the 2600 people who responded to a survey last fall don't support that change. That's according to a presentation shared with the committee reviewing the changes. Parents, students, and teachers all participated. Some say a push by anti family life education organizations to encourage comments may have skewed the data. The school board delayed voting on the recommendations last spring, calling for more community feedback. There's still no official date for a vote on the recommendations. Scott gelman, news. How long should a school year be? In Maryland, students are required to attend a 180 days of classes, each academic year. However, Ana rundle county wants to drop that mandate, and it wants the rest of the state's public schools to follow. And arundel county school superintendent is backing new legislation that would allow schools to experiment with things, such as four day weeks, or longer school days. This would not actually mean less instruction students would still have to spend a minimum number of hours in class. The Baltimore banner is reporting all of the state's public schools superintendents and local school boards have signed on to the idea of dropping the 180 day mandate, but the proposal still faces an uncertain future in the General Assembly. There is another challenge for displaced residents of the Silver Spring apartment building that caught fire recently. Those residents now say they aren't being given access to their belongings. Unless they give up, the right to sue. A fire that killed a woman two weeks ago at the arrival apartment building in Silver Spring and displaced many others has presented another challenge for residents looking to get their belongings back, MSB says some have been told they can't enter the building until they sign a waiver acknowledging the health risks and agreeing not to sue. And it's causing an under amount of added stress and panic. This piece says frustrations against the property management company, Trinity property consultants are growing. I mean, the longer this draws out, it's just, it's extremely exhausting. Council member Kate Stewart has been in touch with residents. Very distressful. This is something we have to get through together. We have reached out to the management company and are awaiting their response. Melissa Howell WTO P news. Say with us coming up in money news. Once your own coworking desk, that costs a lot around here. I'm Jeff label. And there's a new WTO pet of the week looking for a new home. We'll tell you about all that next. Ten 36. Would you hire your local server pro painters? You get the power of doing it right, detailed project proposals. Excellent customer service, and trusted professionals
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"Mid 40s, partly the most cloudy and cold on Saturday highs low 40s, sunny at windy on Sunday, highs 35 to 40. I'm storm team fours mikes Jennifer. Okay, we're at 42 just 42 in chantilly we're at 44 in Columbia. 42 quarter in downtown D.C. all brought to you by long fence. Save 15% on long fence decks, pavers, and fences go along fence dot com today and schedule your free in home estimates. It's two ten. Many virginians are pushing back against their governor's proposed curriculum change to history and social studies. WTO Shana's stool and was at a public hearing where some people vented about Glenn youngkin's new standards. Here to urge you to vote no on first review of this new draft. Parents, teachers, and others at this board of education meeting say these new standards, glaringly omit and over generalized content, especially those involving marginalized groups, we mandating that our teachers tell our students that we're a racist country. No. Republican delegate, Glen Davis, head of the House education committee tells WTO, it does teach students about the country's painful past and includes lessons such as on the KKK and Supreme Court cases that enshrined white supremacy that weren't included in standards proposed by the previous democratic governor. There will be additional public hearings in December and January. Shayna steel and WTO P news much ado about nothing is one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies. D.C.'s Shakespeare theater has set the story in a TV newsroom here in the nation's capital. Beatrice and benadryl warring anchors of the new show. Hero presents sports and Claudio presents the weather. So it's kind of broadcast news means Shakespeare. Artistic director Simon Godwin says the TV setting unlocks thematic potential. The trappings of media with their social media and news broadcasts and CCTV cameras. So it's really Shakespeare for the modern age. The logo on the news desk reads SN N for Shakespeare news network. There's in Washington capital backdrop and there are screens. There's a news desk. We keep this idea of the epic Washington theme. Find out more on WTO V dot com, Jason fraley WTO news. It is two 12. The Ana rundle county Department of Health issued an alert for people living
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"In northwest Washington 63, overcast guys now. It's 1241. Michigan state university's president has announced his resignation just three years after he was hired to help clean up the PR mess after the Larry Nassar sex assault scandal. Samuel Stanley junior says he no longer has confidence in the school boards of trustee. Trustees so that he can know he can no longer serve. Trustees have criticized his decision to remove the business school dean in a title 9 dispute. The faculty Senate and the student government approved no confident votes against the trustees who were picked in statewide elections. And Ana rundle county prosecutor has been removed from his position. The capital gazette reporting police arrested rashawn right last week and charged him with child abuse and assault. Telling county police that her father had beaten her with a belt and police determined that she had marks on her wrists and thighs. His attorney says his client punished his daughter legally. BWI thurgood Marshall airport could look a lot different in the next few years, some big changes are taking off. Maryland's board of public works just to prove the largest terminal improvement project, BWI Marshall airport has ever seen. The 332 and a half $1 million project will bring improvements to baggage handling and connections between the a and B concourses where Southwest Airlines flies out of, about 70% of all passengers at BWI Marshall fly on Southwest, a big chunk of the money also goes to help the airline build a new maintenance facility at the airport. Its first in the northeast region, the major construction on all of this should begin later this year. John dome in WTO P news. A gourd is gone, and now a woman from Virginia is offering a reward for the return of her blue ribbon winning squash. Lydia Nichols planted the Trump encino squash seed back in April. The time that it was growing, I could tell it was just going to be something amazing. It grew to be four feet long. She entered it in the Virginia state fair and won the blue ribbon. But unfortunately, when I went back with my claim ticket, we couldn't find it. It was just gone. Why would someone steal a squash? Maybe for the seeds she thinks to grow another blue ribbon winner down the road. Maybe somebody wanted to see what they taste like. Did she file a missing squash report? Part of me thought, maybe I'm taking it a little too far. I mean, yes, it is just a squash. She's offering a $335 reward. It means a lot to me. It means a lot to my family. Neil ward can stain double you TLP news. 1243. Republican congressman Denver riggleman has a message for his fellow virginians. Listen up. This is not a typical political ad. I'm a Republican congressman saying nice things about a Democrat. Abigail spanberger. And Congress, the party set apart and don't work together. Except Abigail. I'm Abigail spanberger, and you deserve a Congress that works for you. It's why I've stood up to the leaders of both political parties, leading the charge to ban Congress from trading stocks. Against congressional pay raises and supporting term limits. She's trying to change Congress and make it work, and she's ranked the most bipartisan member of Congress from Virginia and 5th in the country. In the CIA, Abigail worked counter terrorism. She puts country first. That's why I support Abigail. I approve this message because Congress needs fixing, but I like a challenge. I'm Abigail spanberger, candidate for Congress and I approve this message. Paid for by spanberger for Congress. At sea DW, we get to be productive. It helps to avoid interruptions. I hate those. Oh, please continue. Well, with an acer Chromebook enterprise device, you create machines. Yes, and they're even better when they're pre configured by CDW experts to
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"The final phase of the massive wharf development in Southwest D.C. opens today. It completes the three and a half $1 billion waterfront development, which first opened in 2017 and transformed the area into a destination spot. The new section of the wharf includes a dozen new restaurants, a fourth hotel, three office buildings, along with condos. Don't blame your dog or your spouse if you were jolted away last night, there was an earthquake that hit central Maryland, it was a magnitude two earthquake, the U.S. geological survey says it struck about 1149 last night about three miles from sykesville. Some people and Ana rundle county and as well as Montgomery county. They felt some light shaking. Some in Howard county reported hearing a boom. NASA says the dart spacecraft that successfully crashed into a small asteroid a couple of weeks ago, succeeded in shifting the space rocks orbit. We all know the dark spacecraft hit the asteroid dimorphos head on at about 14,000 mph, and it was a safe bet that impact was going to change the asteroid's trajectory. Now, based on continuous observations by ground and space based telescopes and radars, dart actually shortened dimorphos orbit around a larger asteroid by about 32 minutes. That's three times more than scientists were expecting. So all in all, it proves it might well indeed be possible to one day manage a threatening asteroid off course before it could impact earth. That is CBS News space consultant Bill harwood. Do you know the safest way to put out a grease fire? Well, you should put a lid on that. Firefighters say they wish everyone. It's more careful when it came to fires in the kitchen. One problem cooking while impaired. If you're tired or on medication, leave the cooking to somebody else. Mitchell can raise D.C.'s fire marshal. Find a lot of times that kitchen fires are somebody's cooking and it's unattended. So don't neglect stuff on the stove or in the oven. We want to make sure that you're not wearing loose clothing or anything that could ignite, you know, if it
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"The WTO studios brought to you by new look home design. The roofing experts visit new lacan design dot com. Coming up, we'll have the latest on a hit and run in Ana rundle county. It's four 21. Hi, it's Jack Taylor and retirement living something everybody thinks about, but never feels they're ready. There's a new name coming to D.C. that'll change the way we think about retirement living. The Carnegie at washingtonian center and Gaithersburg. I had a chance to talk to executive director Jaime pachinko, and here's what he had to say. Carnegie at washingtonian center emphasizes the importance of intellectual cultivation in every stage of your life. There was selection of stimulating programs, our residents love multiple unique opportunities to pursue their passion and purpose, whether learning a new skill language or a new favorite pastime will be offering academic programming and are one of the kind lecture hall, along with unique opportunities to enjoy curated art exhibits and participate in podcast productions in our media room. Residents will also enjoy customizable wellness programs in our state of the art business center complete with an indoor saltwater pool. I invite everyone to experience the Carnegie for yourself our discovery center in downtown crown aether's visit life ethic Carnegie dot com for more details. That's life at the Carnegie dot com. Being heavy was so hard. I would get out of breath just by going up steps. At anova, weight loss isn't just about losing pounds. It's improving your overall health. As a designated center of excellence, a nova's team develops a comprehensive weight loss program just for you. That's why Eric proudly says I have lost 111 pounds. My type two diabetes has been completely resolved. I would absolutely recommend nova's weight loss program. Start your journey today. You have everything to gain. Visit anova dot org slash journey. You listen to WTO for the latest news, traffic, and weather in your car, but what about when you're not behind the wheel? Download the WTO news app to listen wherever you are, eating breakfast
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"Pneumo ten 23 a man from Clinton stands accused in a deadly shooting last month, 20 year old trevon Cox is charged in connection with the shooting death of 28 year old Stanley Raimi on August 17th. Raimi was found shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex. He was pronounced dead on the scene. Cox is now charged with second degree murder. New developments in the search for a beltway shooter, Prince William county police, found the car believed to be involved in that shooting on fire in Prince William Forrest park early yesterday. Virginia state police want to hear from anyone who may have seen anything suspicious near the park or a long Joplin road late Friday night or early yesterday morning. The 2010 Honda civic was believed to have been involved in a shooting on the beltway on early on August 25th on the ramp to the little river turnpike. No one was wounded in that shooting. We've been telling you about a Chesapeake Bay lighthouse that's being auctioned off by the federal government and now we're getting more details. The hooper island lighthouse sits about four miles off the shore of middle hooper island. It was built in 1902 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It's just a really, really interesting historic property. Obviously, there are challenges. It does need maintenance and repair. Will Powell with the general services administration says bidding starts at just $15,000, but at last word, no bidders have come forward. They may be put off by a bunch of rules and restrictions. For example, you're not allowed to live in the lighthouse. 24 hour occupancy is prohibited. The only time that you can sort of like an overnight there is if you're doing maintenance, you're doing work on White House to repair that kind of thing. The online auction started August 8th in the deadline to place a bid in September 21st, you can see photos of the lighthouse at WTO dot com. The new school year got off to a bumpy start and part of the area. Images surfaced this past week of students packed into school buses and Ana rundle county with some standing or sitting in the aisles. This parent tells W JZ. We know that everyone accounting is having to issue civil positions with bus drivers
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"Will be closed for months of escalator work and the 5 orange line stations that were closed throughout the summer will be back open. There's plenty to do this Labor Day weekend events include a concert from the national symphony orchestra on the west lawn of the capital tonight. The D.C. jazz fest at the wharf continues through today and there are parades tomorrow in greenbelt and Gaithersburg. Four people have been shot in capital heights one of them has died. Meanwhile, shots were fired outside a movie theater in Largo, no one was hit but a woman was hurt running away. Stay with WTO for more on these stories and just minutes. The new school year got off to a bumpy start in part of the area, images surfaced this past week of students packed into school buses and Ana rundle county with some standing or sitting in the aisles. This parent tells W JZ. We know that everyone accounting is having to issue selling positions with bus drivers which is understandable. Everybody's having issues. But to put kids safety at risk, like that is just not acceptable. Some say the bus problems have been compounded by a shift in school schedules as some start times have been pushed back in order to allow teens to get more sleep. The driver shortage just caused many routes to go uncovered as well. It's 8 48. Traffic and weather on the 8s to Steve dresner in the traffic center. In Maryland, we did speak with park police on update and Riverdale on the northbound BW Parkway closure. It's still closed and traffic being diverted onto four ten Riverdale road again. This is the northbound traffic on the Parkway due to the ongoing crash investigation, no access to either side of the capitol beltway from the Parkway view are looking access to the bellway may want to go over to two O one or four 50, but the closure does remain in place gonna be going on for quite some time, so take notice. Southbound is not affected. We're in good shape currently on 95 between both beltways, we did clear up the incident on the inner loop in prince George's county near two O two traffic lanes are open with the crash activity clear, no problems on the beltway currently over in Montgomery county. In Montgomery county, southbound I two 70 looks like we may have an incident, the main line of I two 70 southbound near mantras to use have been a caution. No problems heading eastbound 50 from the capitol Bill way out to the Chesapeake Bay bridge. A good flow in both directions currently two lanes open, eastbound three going west bam. In the district traffic moving well on the freeway with no delays on D.C. two 95 or I two 95, in Virginia, pretty quiet on the belt wing in 66, no problems reported on three 95, and we're in good shape on 95 in both directions, not finding any delays when we do have the express lanes pointing in the northbound direction. Convenient cost effective urgent and primary care is at patient first just walk in, open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., 365 days a year. Patient first for over 40 years, learn more a patient first dot com. Steve dresner, WTO traffic. Storm team four Samara Theodore we've got some changes on the way eventually, but so far so good out there today. Yes, absolutely. Beautiful start now. We'll see some clouds. Maybe even a
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"6 three O four WTO P is the traffic zipline. I'm Carlos Ramirez, WTO V traffic. And here's storm team fours, Steve prince of alley with your holiday weekend forecast. Overall, good news is we roll into the second part of the holiday weekend, Sunday is looking great, but Monday Labor Day will turn a little bit unsettled. Well, of course we could use the rainfall and we will see some back in the forecast. Now, through the night, no problems just partly clouded a little patchy fog as possible, low 70s in Washington 60 suburbs, partly sunny hot steamy tomorrow, highs upper 80s to near 90. We're rain free tomorrow, not on Labor Day, as mentioned, mostly cloudy labored a middle lady showers and storms from afternoon onward. It'll be warm and humid otherwise, more showers and storms lingering on Tuesday highs lower 80s on storm team four meteorologist Steve prince valley. 78° in Annapolis, 69 and buoy, and 77 in Leesburg. Brought to you by long fence, say 15% on long fence Dex pavers and fences go to long fence dot com today and schedule your free in home estimate. It's 1111. Many school districts in our region are battling a shortage of teachers, but one solve the issue with some unusual adjustments. Montgomery county school superintendent Monika mcknight says they went to perspective candidates. So we could very well have a pop up shop at a shopping center versus in the past, you know, advertising our positions and expecting everyone to come to us. At the start of the school year, the district had 99% staffing. Counting executive Markel rich also credits the nearly 6% raise for school employees past earlier this year. Being able to attract new teachers at the recruit from other systems. One hole in staffing for the school system is special education teachers. There were 89 vacancies on the first day, but they hoped to fill those spots with the newly passed $5000 incentive for teachers who transferred to special education classes. Some parents are not happy about the way the school year began in part of the area. They say their kids were put in unsafe situations. Images surfaced of crowded school buses with some students standing or sitting in the aisles this past week in Anna rundle county. It, like many other areas, is dealing with a school bus driver shortage. Still bob mosher with Ana rundle county schools tells W JZ some kinks were simply being ironed out in the new school year. The crowding situation on buses, right? Is going to get better every single day. But some bus routes have remained uncovered. The number of buses without drivers is a more difficult problem to solve. Some say the effects of the driver shortage have been made worse by a shift in school start times in the county this year. John Aaron WTO P news. No doubt you've seen or heard people going off at school board and other public meetings. While in Prince William county, officials are considering changing public comment procedures at board of supervisors meetings, public input, which sometimes does go off the rails has stretched the length of public meetings sometimes by hours. Inside nova says the longest meeting recorded over the last 20 months lasted three hours and 13 minutes. Now, state law does not require local governments to hold public comment Sessions, although legislators have periodically tried unsuccessfully to change the law. Coming up on WTO P, a good night for home team best baseball fans in our area. It's 1113. The NFL regular season is almost here. Kick off week one with FanDuel sportsbook. When you place your first $5 bet, FanDuel is gonna hook you up with $150 in free bets guaranteed. Just sign up with promo code big G if I had a 150 bucks in free bets, I'd be taking a look at sprinkling some action on the packers laying a short number against the Vikings. Aaron Rodgers has been throwing touchdown passes on this Vikings franchise for years and I think he's gonna be just fine and I definitely wouldn't feel comfortable backing Kirk Cousins. Get $150 in free bets win or lose with promo code big G must be 21
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"Is at 800 to 7 three 82 55. Christy king WTO P news. Moving forward, it looks like you might not have to pay traffic fines to reduce your license in the district, The Washington Post reports lawmakers moved forward with a plan this week to end the practice of blocking license renewals for unpaid fines, several council members always concerns that leniency encourages unsafe driving practices like speeding. Others counter argued that the current practices perpetuates inequity. They argued blocking driver's licenses creates too much of an economic hardship on the individuals for lower income residents in specific who can't afford to pay off steep vines. It Wednesday morning July 13th. Welcome to WTO P where the time is three O 8. Traffic and weather all the gates, good morning to rich hunter with us in the WTO feed traffic center. Hi, good morning, dean, for now not a bad ride as you head to or from the eastern shore, no worries on the bay bridge early three lanes westbound two lanes eastbound no report delay, rest your trip inbound on 50 through Annapolis buoy headed toward the bellway and lanham, continuing inside the beltway toward the district no additional issues in your way And Ana rundle county still have two closures in effect. Davidsonville road remains closed south of four 50 defense highway that as a result of downwind from yesterday's storms and again, the anaerobic county police indicated that BG and E said at least another four hours until that works completed, so it looks like that's going to be with us for a good part of this morning. We will keep you posted as we hear more. And it also been a stretch of four 50 defense highway closed between hermitage hills, hills drive and saint Stephen's church road that was due to a tree down across the roadway that may now be reopened so that's some good news. Last check in Bowie one 97 remained closed each way north of old chapel road, the Iraq led row that was due to down wires from last night's storms. Again, a generally in that area the power is on again, but again, the issue is with a one 97 being
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"Reagan national airport Look for updated terminal and gate signs on your next trip Now it's easier to find your way Visit fly Reagan dot com Bob emler WTO traffic And as bob mentioned we do have more rain moving through our region tonight Let's get the latest now live from storm team four Steve princip Hi Michelle the good news is nothing is severe out there but bob is exactly right There are some raindrops certainly where you're dealing with one batch of rain from selby on the bay and shadyside and deal and Ana rundle county over towards marlton brandywine Clinton and prince George's county clipping northern Charles county like St. Charles and la Plata and then back across 95 with some lighter rain Now farther west a more significant activity Potomac and really north Potomac seeing a few raindrops there That's a shower or thunder shower And also back towards haymarket the planes and middleburg were watching an area too It's a strong storm just off to the west of the Sterling airport that's moving eastward as well So I expect that next batch to arrive into the district as we head after 10 o'clock tonight And then behind that drying out nicely and that's behind the cold front So I expect certainly around or before midnight showers and storms will end and then just mostly cloudy overnight with lows in the 60s Friday will be tremendous Early clouds giving away to sunshine a beautiful day with low humidity What a great day with highs near 80° Saturday and Sunday will both bring plenty of sunshine with low humidity highs in the lower 80s Monday is partly sunny a little warmer into the middle ladies with a little uptick in humidity as well and then some rain showers maybe a thunderstorm will move in Looks like late Monday night into early Tuesday Quick look at temperatures right now 72 in manassas park and 73 in beltsville Michelle All right Steve And this is brought to you by dulles glass for all your glass mirror and shower door needs visit dulles glass dot com Tell us glass.
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"Time to buy new furniture with incredible savings bring your style to life and save 40% off store wide plus an extra 30% off this weekend and model furniture since 1955 Good Wednesday morning march 30th of two 18 I think I'd rather all the aids first to rich hunter and the WTO traffic center All right 66 westbound is approached to be beltway You were already down to a single right lane getting through the work zone Two vehicle crash occurred right at the beginning of that works on so for now all traffic stopped 66 westbound approaching the beltway so be aware last chance to bail is that route 7 otherwise you'll be in stop traffic unclear how long they'll be at they'll have that lane closed The only one that was getting by will keep you posted Also dealing with the crash Norfolk on the Baltimore Washington Parkway north of route one ID 8 south of 32 right now the prince George's Ana rundle county line again squeezing by single fonts left has to crash with response on scene and don't forget the works and remains up near the exit for I one 95 There you can buy the work sending single file that's left but as of late delays Arab and brief If you're traveling on the bellway in Maryland see Montgomery and prince George's counties it remains quiet Eastern shore westbound 50 on the bay bridge all lanes are closed The westbound span closed for overnight maintenance eastbound carries two way traffic one lane for each direction to travel delays have been brief over upper Marlboro a stretch of wood yard road between downer house road Marlboro pike They were alternating traffic one direction at a time to work some that was causing some delay so be aware 95 southbound and shed south to center poor Parkway toward U.S. 17 between montmartre's one 35 and one 34 at getting by the work center in single files right The good news is for now you get by without delay Rich on our WTO traffic We've got a storm system moving our way that will bring a wintry mix especially well north and west of the city from the city south and east It's mostly a rain event for the morning commute but make sure.
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"Check in the forecast now from the shell Grossman A mix of sending clouds today breezy and milder highs upper 40s to low 50s Tonight rain developing we'll see temperatures dropping into the low to mid 30s and then early Thursday morning around 6 a.m. 7 a.m. We'll see that rain changing the snow Snow ends by noon but before that we could see an inch or two possible during the morning commute Otherwise it's a mainly cloudy day windy and cold with highs low to mid 30s It'll feel like the 20s though for most of Thursday Friday it's bitterly cold once again mostly cloudy skies and breezy The temperatures in the mid upper 30s it'll feel like the teens for most of Friday Then we are watching our next storm system late Friday into Saturday Now most models have been trending more south and east with the heavy snow but we will certainly continue to watch this storm Otherwise it's a cloudy and cold day on Saturday with highs in the upper 20s to near 30° I'm storm team four meteorologist Michelle Grossman 44° and Hyatt's villa it's 37 in Fredericksburg Virginia brought to you by Len the plumber trusted same day service 7 days a week It's 1121 knew this morning and Ana rundle county judge has denied a temporary restraining order that would have blocked the county's mask mandate County executive Stewart Pittman released a statement saying he wants to thank the court for its wisdom in the ruling Yeah it's keeping the requirement in place a bit longer will help reduce the strains on hospitals and healthcare workers and save lives 39 and arundel county residents have lost their lives to COVID in the past week A hearing on the preliminary injunction is set for next week The Montgomery county council heard from residents and businesses about the proposed vaccine passport that's being considered The proposal to require proof of vaccination to enter restaurants theaters and other public venues in Montgomery county continues to raise a number of questions for businesses Mauricio Vasquez with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Montgomery county the county would do well to work with businesses to develop strategies that make sense Ellen corin with the greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce We remain concerned about the imbalance we see between the cost of this proposal and the limited actual benefits it may produce given our very high vaccination rate The county council has scheduled another session on the issue for next Tuesday and the council acting as the board of health could take a vote at that time Kate Ryan wtop news More help is coming for D.C. homeowners who are facing tough times.
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"Just made his way home to Alexandria from our studios here in friendship heights I have to say I didn't feel comfortable going much faster than 25 miles an hour The reason being the contrasting road conditions you might have some bare pavement for a while that is pretty easy to navigate Then you get into some slushy areas some snow covered areas and it really is quite tricky if you're going too fast So I would say keep it to 2025 miles an hour I got on to the southbound GW Parkway right around Reagan national It was pretty good but then farther south going into old town Alexandria it was much worse Snow covered and very slippery And then once I got to old town I saw several vehicles including a minivan spinning their wheels desperately trying to get off north Washington street and trying to get onto one of the side roads and they were stuck in very deep snow So a bad night for driving all the way around if you have an essential job you've got to get out and about I would recommend taking it slow Reporting from old town Alexandria Dmitry sodas WTP news Dimitri thank you and as bob imler has said tonight many drivers were stuck for hours and still are on some snow clogged roadways at the height of the storm Talked with one of them Healthcare worker Marcel west day of Waldorf sat in his car for 5 hours on northbound route 5 and prince George's county The snow is coming down and the roads were just real bad The traffic stopped when cars in both lanes could not quest a snowy incline in the roadway Hour after hour people waited some stepped out to chat People started to get out and they were cordial West nieces he had a full tank of gas and had something to eat When I go to work I usually take a bunch of snacks I had my fruit and my Apple He lent some drivers his snow brush and people helped each other Everybody was pitching in you know some people had shovels so they would shovel the cars that were stuck So the worst of weather brings out the best in people Ten 23 now we told you earlier about the power outages in Virginia now to update you on what's going on in D.C. and Maryland Pepco is reporting thousands of outages more than 1300 of its customers are without power in the district 5500 have no juice in prince George's county BGE reports 4100 in prince George's county and over 2000 in Calvert county and over 8000 now in Ana rundle county smeco reporting more than 13,000 outages in Charles county more than 4000 in Calvert county Controversial Virginia stay senator Amanda chase is ending her campaign for Congress She said today she no longer lives in the 7th district now represented by Democrat Abigail spanberger who also now no longer lives in the district Chase now lives in the redrawn first congressional district in Virginia but she told her supporters in a letter she will not challenge and come at Republican congressman rob Whitman legislative maps approved last week by the Virginia Supreme Court redrew some of the state's legislative and congressional districts Coming up in muddy news the Dow begins the new year with a record setting rally ten 24 If you've been talking about remodeling your kitchen while now is the best time to get started while the memory of the holidays is fresh in your mind This is Elaine Nick owner of cabinet discounters suggesting you make a list of what worked and didn't work in your old kitchen during the holidays Think about the countertops Was there enough space for all the food Were you bumping into each other while you were Did you have enough storage and is it in the right place Then bring your list to one a cabinet discounter 7 showrooms in Maryland Virginia for free consultation with an.
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"You could expect for your Monday as we look at the winter driving conditions tomorrow morning First Michelle sent it back to you All right thank you and the forecast of course producing some school closings and delays in our region In Virginia we will start public schools in Arlington fairfax county falls church fuck year county Fredericksburg city manassas Park City and Prince William county all closed tomorrow loudon county public schools will be on a two hour delay tomorrow Alexandria city public schools will switch to virtual learning now in Maryland public schools in Ana rundle county Howard county Montgomery county prince Georges county and saint Mary's county all closed tomorrow Calvert county Carroll county and Frederick county public schools in Maryland will be on a two hour delay D.C. public schools are also closed and the federal government is closing its offices tomorrow in the D.C. area emergency employees and telework employees can continue to work for our complete list of closings and delays just go to WTO P dot com You'll see them there In response to the expected snowfall metro bus will operate on a severe snow service plan tomorrow bus service will be limited to major roads only writers should expect increased wait times and delays will modest says that no weather related impacts to rail service are expected at this time New tonight Montgomery county says snow clearing may take longer than normal on residential streets tomorrow morning This because of a shortage of available snow plow drivers a county spokesperson telling wtp it has about 350 county and contracted operators and they're down about 25 to 30% because of the impact of the pandemic Crews and contractors start mobilizing started mobilizing rather earlier this evening in preparation of the storm Keep it here on TLP for updates on that situation Appearing on MSNBC today D.C. mayor muriel Bowser looking back on the January 6th riot at the capitol and renewing her call to empower the D.C. mayor to call up the National Guard They're going to be a lot of lessons learned Bowser said a major issue was not being able to call in the National Guard as part of her role as the mayor of D.C. The mayor of Washington D.C. has to have full control of the D.C. National Guard full stop She said being limited as a mayor made the crucial step take too long My request having to circle through the secretary of the army and all the way to the president And when the president is part of the problem that is a big issue And she said moving forward I think another key lesson that we learned is how vulnerable our country is at times of transition Thursday will mark the one year anniversary of the riot at the capitol and capitol police chief Tom manger says he's dealing with an officer shortage Manger says the department lost more than 130 officers through retirement or resignation since January 6th We've got a plan for this fiscal year to put over 280 police officers through the academy and hopefully get ahead of attrition He tells Fox News Sunday that they're really about 400 officers short of where they need to be Major also responded to the legislation President Biden signed into law allowing the capitol police chief to request assistance from the D.C. National Guard or federal enforcement agencies in the event of an emergency It's crucial if you have a situation like we had on January 6th And you need to be able to request those resources and get them as quickly as possible A case of James W TOP news Meanwhile the committee digging into the cause of the capitol riot continues its work January 6th House committee chair Benny Thompson says after nearly a year of investigation one thing appears clear about the capitol riot And it appeared to be a coordinated effort on the part of a number of people Republican and committee vice chair Liz Cheney says where former president Trump was at the time is more disturbing The committee has firsthand testimony now that he was sitting in the dining room next to the Oval Office watching the attack on television Both were on ABC's this week The committee insists more questions will be asked and more subpoenas issued Scott Fox News Twitter has banned the personal account of congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for spreading vaccine misinformation CNET's Ian sure says the move was an easy call for the social media site Even though Twitter has made it clear what their rules are around coronavirus misinformation around disinformation even around elections issues at this point There are people who want to walk as far up to that line and tiptoe across it as often as they can And that is what's happened here In a statement green blasted the ban calling it un American 1137 COVID counts are still surging but could start to drop in a matter of weeks and some hard hit parts of the country correspondent Tom Hanson has details New cases are averaging over 350,000 a day fueled largely by the highly contagious omicron variant Former FDA commissioner doctor Scott gottlieb predicts omicron infections will peak in the U.S. in the weeks ahead I don't think you're going to start to see a national peak until we get into February because there's parts of the country that really haven't been hard hit by omicron yet and the virus will spread around the country Hospitals are concerned the latest COVID surge could stretch resources to their limits Tom hits in CBS News New York The White House's top medical adviser says the CDC is considering changing its COVID guidance again Doctor.
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"News The fight over congressional redistricting in Maryland entered a new phase today after governor Hogan vetoed a plan passed by the democratically controlled General Assembly and then both the House and Senate overrode that veto Hogan had threatened the veto because lawmakers did not consider a plan put forward by his Maryland citizens redistricting commission Marilyn matters Bennett LaCroix joined me earlier to talk about the map plan Governor Hogan and Republican lawmakers oppose this map because it creates potentially an 8 O configuration It moves the first congressional district which is currently solidly Republican into parts of Ana rundle county across the Chesapeake Bay bridge to create a district that would be sort of in tosso territory favoring Democrats around 51% to 49% And what are Democrats saying in response to the accusations from governor Hogan Democrats say that they wanted to keep as many people in their current congressional districts as possible Some including senator Paul pinsky Democrat from prince Georges county said they can't really afford to unilaterally disarm because you can't separate what's happening in Maryland with what's happening when the rest of the country So now we're headed for legal action Yeah fair maps Maryland which is a anti gerrymandering group aligned with Hogan has said that they plan to pursue legal action against this map And what does this compare to legal action that's going on Let's say in other states such as Texas I know that some Republicans have called on the U.S. attorney general to investigate Maryland because they say you know issues with compliance over the Voting Rights Act but democratic lawmakers have said that they actually put the Voting Rights Act before anything else in terms of drawing up this map What do you think in terms of next steps for the governor here We're talking about legal action right but the governor has come out and said that he's strongly opposed to this And this is not going to stand Well it'll ultimately be up to the courts and one thing to keep in mind is that the lemon case which actually dealt with Maryland 6 congressional district went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court who sort of punted on it and opted not to weigh in on state level redistricting disputes and Republican lawmakers have said that most likely this is going to deal most heavily with state courts That is Marilyn matters Bennett lacrosse Coming up on WTO P when will metro rail increase service again the latest on that coming up Ten.
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"It's Cleveland 75 Washington 48 that we got some minutes left in the third It's 8 30 watt on wtp Roughly a week since it was first identified overseas three cases of the COVID omicron variant have now been confirmed in Maryland Kate Ryan with more All three of the omicron variant cases have been found in the Baltimore region according to governor Larry Hogan Hogan said two cases involve people in the same household One a vaccinated person who had been traveling in South Africa the second a close contact who was not vaccinated The third case is unrelated to the first two that person had also been vaccinated but had no known travel history according to the governor's statement Hogan urged residents to take every precaution against the coronavirus including getting vaccinated and getting a booster shot Kate Ryan W TOP news It nearby Ana rundle county executives tour pitman and his health team are urging everyone to take the necessary steps to protect themselves Pittman says in a statement please vaccinate boost mask and test and plead with the people you love to do the same That's how we'll continue to save lives The words of Aaron rental county executives Stewart Pittman On WTO P tonight the president's chief medical adviser doctor Anthony Fauci says the news out of Maryland was expected Doctor Anthony Fauci says you can expect to see more states report the same So when you hear of the case that comes up in Virginia or in Chicago or New York I don't think that there should be an extra level of concern He says while oma cron might have a transmission advantage over Delta but we don't know that for sure or if it causes more severe cases we're waiting data from South Africa to figure that out He also says we don't know how well vaccines and boosters stand up to it So for right now he says get vaccinated and boosted also When you're an indoor congregate setting wear a mask Mike Morello toop news Breaking tonight U.S. intelligence has found that Russia is planning an invasion of Ukraine early next year According to a document obtained.
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"Deep concerns about Russia's plans for renewed aggression against Ukraine Secretary of State Antony Blinken made those comments seated alongside the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov ahead of a meeting in Stockholm Moscow insists it has no intention of invading Ukraine but blinken warned if Russia decides to pursue confrontation There will be serious consequences The Kremlin accuses Ukraine of increasingly provocative action and Lavrov warned against any further NATO expansion eastward saying the west is playing with fire when it argues that Russia doesn't have a say in NATO plans I'm Ben Thomas Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they wait for immigration hearings The Biden administration reluctantly announced plans tonight to bring back the Trump era policy and agreed to Mexico's conditions for resuming it Revival of the remain in Mexico policy comes even as the Biden White House is maneuvering to end at once and for all legally President Biden scrapped the policy but a lawsuit by Texas and Missouri forced him to put it back into effect Now to difficulty and fallout of charting school districts through pandemic times Many superintendents will be stepping down but the school's Boston and arundel county is being replaced Kate Ryan says it's happening after 8 years on the job In his letter to Ana rundle county school staff families and the community Doctor George or lauder wrote it is with appreciation and sadness that he was announcing he's leaving in June and he explained it wasn't his choice Our lotto said he wanted to stay on but that the board of education opted not to renew his contract He did say that the past 21 months have been difficult and that everyone has been impacted by the pandemic A lotto's among a group of Maryland school chiefs that have recently left or will be leaving the difference is those superintendents in Montgomery Calvert Talbot Carroll and wacom counties made the decision on their own not to stay on Kate Ryan W TOP news And arundel's board of education president Melissa Ellis issued a statement saying the board decided it's time for a new leader to bring different experiences and vision to the school system Alice says the board is grateful for a lot of leadership and looks forward to working with him for the rest of the school year Still I had tonight on WT in money news have you ever given.
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Suspect Allegedly Stabs Man Multiple Times in Anne Arundel County Near Washington DC
"Police call it terrifying. A man attacked a driver, her son and police on Saturday afternoon with no apparent motive. It happened in a residential neighborhood of Arnold, a woman called police after a man who blocked her way on a road through himself against her car, claiming that she had struck him and then stabbed her 20 year old son when he got out of the car. Officers arriving on campus Green drives saw his six inch knife and a bloodied shirt, police say when he refused to surrender. He was taste but continue to fight. That's when an officer used his card to knock the suspect to the ground. 30 year old Theodore James Buffington had to be tased again before he could be taken into custody. He faces numerous charges. Stabbing victim has serious but non life threatening injuries. Sandy
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Second-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments In Anne Arundel County Canceled As Officials Wait For Doses To Arrive
"7000 covert 19 vaccine doses from the state. And that means a bunch of vaccine appointments for second doses have to be rescheduled. Dr. Anil Eshkol Yana Rahman says it's okay if your appointment is is rescheduled because you can wait up to six weeks for that second dose. But this is leading to a domino effect. It's gonna take well into March. To get through this group. So really ask her, Ask folks for their patients. I know it's difficult, but we're recommending is for everybody to get pre registered when you do that. Remember that it's still important to wear your mask, distance and avoid gatherings, and Randall County executive Stuart Pittman says the 3400 doses that they did get will be prioritized for senior citizens and teachers. Pittman also says he's quarantining as a precaution because he may have been exposed to Cove it he has so far tested negative. There is a new push in Maryland to get folks and
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Several Capitol police officers suspended, more than a dozen under investigation over actions related to Washington DC rally, riot
"Several U. S. Capitol police officers have been suspended and more than a dozen others are being investigated for possible involvement or inappropriate support of last week's violent mob attack at the Capitol. Washington Post reports. Eight separate investigations are underway. In some cases, officers posted messages supporting the attack on social media or posted inappropriate images across the country. Police officers and at least one police chief for facing termination or discipline, including one officer from Anne Arundel County,
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COVID-19 impacts Anne Arundel County youth sports near Washington DC, hundreds being asked to quarantine
"Positive coronavirus cases on various teams. Ah Maryland County is pulling the plug on youth sports more than 800 athletes and coaches and Anna Randall County have been asked to self quarantine due to positive coronavirus cases this fall. According to the Washington Post. There have been 39 people connected to youth sports in the county that have tested positive for the Corona virus. So the counting decided to halt youth sports completely. The counties and cities can opt out in Maryland winter sports are set to begin on December. 7th in Arrundell, Howard and Baltimore have already stopped youth sports completely. Montgomery and Prince George's counties have restrictions based on the amount of contact Virginia is limiting Spectators. But allowing sports and D C is expected to announce guidance on sports soon Valerie Bonked w
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Person of interest arrested in connection with shooting of 2 Anne Arundel County police detectives
"Police police have have a a person person in in custody custody this this hour hour in in connection connection with with that that shooting shooting this this week week of of two two Anna Anna Rundle Rundle county county detectives detectives but but they they are are so so far far not not see see much much else else in in making making the the announcement announcement and and around around the the county county police police added added that that they they believe believe there there is is no no longer longer a a threat threat to to the the community community this this all all started started Wednesday Wednesday when when police police investigating investigating a a murder murder in Glen Burnie found the victim's car missing hours later police say a person was spotted driving that car and when a detective attempted a traffic stop he was shot another detective who took up the chase was also shot and the driver fled on foot one detective is in critical but stable condition the other is
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Anne Arundel County delegation approves bills on littering and use of haul seines
"No one likes litter bugs sand in and around the county they're planning a crackdown state lawmakers from that area have passed a bill in the Maryland Senate that would allow enforcement of litter and illegal dumping laws that would let the county council formally banned littering and impose criminal and civil penalties for violations on state maintained highways the bill passed in the Senate last week and is now in committee in