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"John doman. Good morning. Thanks for being with us here. President Biden is set to announce he's picking air force general CQ Brown junior to serve as the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Brown is a history making fighter pilot with deep knowledge of China. He would replace army general Mark milley in the role. CBS military consultant Jeff mccausland says Brown is highly respected among senior military officers. He ought to be pretty easily confirmed, but I think his hearings will still have potentially some drama as well as controversy. Many conservative senators believe that, you know, Millie may have been a bit politicized and I'm sure that'll come out in the confirmation hearings. If Brown is confirmed, it would be the first time in the nation's history that both The Pentagon's top military and civilian positions would be held by African Americans. A whistleblower says Hunter Biden received preferential treatment during an investigation into possible tax crimes. The Department of Justice has been looking into the president's son for more than three years and last fall. FBI sources said they had enough evidence to bring charges. Now in an exclusive CBS News reporter Jim axelrod speaks to the IRS agent Gary shapley, who is speaking out. Shapley says he decided to blow the whistle. After a heated meeting, last October, with federal prosecutors. It was my red line meeting. It just got to that point where that switch was turned on. And I just couldn't silence my conscience anymore. Did you let prosecutors know you were unhappy? I don't think I can answer that. Hunter Biden has denied any wrongdoing. Like civil servants. The IRS agent told us he is a registered Republican. His whistleblowing is being assisted by an advocacy group with past ties to the GOP. But shapley says this is not about politics. The IRS tells CBS it can't comment on specific cases, but is committed to supporting whistleblowers. Nearly half of the various 71,000 different animal species around the world are heading for extinction at a rate that scientists say is alarming. The study more losers than winners finds that the scale of decline among the animals is a consequence of human impacts on the planet, lead researcher Daniel pincher, dinosaur, says the driving factor is a habit of destruction. He says the disparity between the declining number of species and the increasing number of others forecast a looming 6 extinction. And the last one is the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. Study authors say now it's a time to protect the future integrity of biodiversity. Allison keyes, CBS News
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"I'm John doman. Thanks for being with us Bipartisan negotiators racing to lock in a debt ceiling deal say they've got some new confidence this afternoon that they'll get to a compromise before the nation's economy goes over a cliff. Joining us live, CBS News chief, Washington correspondent major Garrett, who also hosts the takeout podcast good evening major based on your reporting and the conversations that you're having is Lucy about to pull that football away from Charlie Brown. It's a very good metaphor useful one because a lot of us here in Washington have been through these dramatic moments before. Look, all the right people are in the room having the discussion. The president has empowered his top legislative liaison Steve ricchetti and his OMB director shallan young, all the right people are there for the House Republicans. So the specifics are being dealt with. And there appears to be progress. The Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said, go home to the recess, but be prepared to come back to Washington on 24 hours notice. That doesn't mean a deal is imminent, but it's suggest a deal is at least in sight. I talked to Nancy mace, a member of the House Republican conference for the takeout this week just to do this afternoon. She said she's anticipating and many other House Republicans are seeing something materialized by midweek next week. That would give everyone time to read this legislation, have it drafted, have it voted on before June 1st. That seems to be the atmospherics right now. So I think the atmosphere in Washington is net positive and certainly the tea leaves being read by all the stock exchanges today was positive as well because the markets seem to think we're moving in the right direction also. But even as President Biden ends, the House speaker Kevin McCarthy had been talking about progress. It seems like we are hearing members from each party complain about their principal giving a way too much in these negotiations. Is that happening? Well, we don't know yet, but I've been through these since the 90s. And what happens is when hard negotiations are going on. Behind the scenes, those who have a stake in those negotiations make public demonstrations on behalf of things they believe in to tell the negotiators, hey, don't do this. Don't do that. So from the right and the left, you're getting critical analysis of things that they largely don't know about, what's being negotiated. So that's the public facing advocacy, which always precedes a deal, then when the deal is struck, everyone gets into the details, sees what was given, what was taken. And if they can live with it, we're far distanced from that, but that process is moving forward. In the final few seconds, we're told that Florida Republican governor Ron DeSantis is set to announce his run for president. He's obviously very good at throwing out red meat to the base, especially when it comes to the culture wars. But there are a lot of people that have some concerns about just how ready he is for a national campaign. Sure. So there's been a great conversation within the desantis circles about when to announce. It will be either in the next week or week and a half or two weeks. Trust me, it doesn't matter when it matters what. If you haven't figured out the what of your political message and the what of your strategy on the ground, it doesn't matter when you announce. What's happened to Ron DeSantis, Florida governor, he's at a very productive legislator session and lots of things he can take to Republican primary and caucus voters. But while he's been doing that, former president Trump has pushed well ahead of him in the polls, which means this is going to have to be a gradual bit by bit process to close the distance between now and late in the fall early winter next year. And desantis is going to have to be patient and plotting to go through that. I know that's the internal strategy. We'll see if you can pull it off. All right, major. Thanks much, and we've got plenty to talk about in the days and weeks ahead. Appreciate it. Major Garrett is the chief Washington correspondent for CBS News
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"I'm John doman. Thanks for being with us this afternoon. Breaking news on WTO. The sale of the Washington commanders is just about complete. The team and Bayer Josh Harris have now entered into a purchase and sale agreement. The deal calls for Harris and his partners which includes Magic Johnson to acquire the commanders from Dan Snyder's family. The agreement is subject to NFL approval as well as the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The commanders co owners Tanya and Dan Snyder are out with a statement. It says, quote, we are very pleased to have reached an agreement for the sale of the commander's franchise with Josh Harris an area native and his impressive group of partners. We look forward to the prompt completion of this transaction and to rooting for Josh and the team in the coming years. Once again, the sale of the Washington commanders is just about complete. This Dan Snyder has sold the team to the group led by Josh Harris. Is pending on NFL approval, but John doman, this is something that fans have been waiting for for years. For many, many years at this point, and it's hard to think that the NFL owners won't try to expedite this as quick as possible. Maybe not a rubber stamp, but pretty close to it. Absolutely. Of course, they were talking a lot about it during the meetings, the NFL meetings here, the past several ones. This could happen before training camp, right? At this point, I mean, you figure with the extended process of final approval from what it sounds like from a couple of weeks ago, much of that will happen, I guess, in the coming weeks, and then you cross the T's dot the I's in the weeks and months after that, but I would imagine September is going to look a lot different at FedEx field. Absolutely. We will have more reaction and analysis as we go through the day here on WTO. Four 47, the Montgomery county council is making it clear just how far it's willing to go on the school system's budget request for next year. The Montgomery county school system has requested $289 million above last year's budget, citing unprecedented needs. And superintendent doctor monifa mcknight emphasized the issue in a meeting with council members. Our children eat better investments in the classroom to meet their needs. Gets about half of the county's $6 billion budget, council member Kristin mink. We don't need here to convince people to care about our students or to care about our kids. The council did take a vote to adopt a recommendation that reduces the proposed contribution overall, but the vote is not final, another vote on the operating budget is set for next week. Kate Ryan, WTO
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"Good afternoon, I'm John doman, Mike chicas is our producer. A denial from Ukraine's president that his country tried to attack the Kremlin in Moscow. It comes after Russian authorities claim Ukraine used a pair of drones to try to attack the Kremlin overnight in an attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin. But volodymyr zelensky rejected that claim flat out as he put it, we don't attack Putin or Moscow. National security correspondent JJ green has more. One of the things that's very clear if you watch the Kremlin and if you know how to watch the Kremlin, you get a good understanding of when he's there and when he's not. And when he's there, there is a ton. And I guess maybe I should say two tons of security around the building because he's obviously the most protected person in Russia and there are times when they're not. It's not at all clear that this was an attempt on Vladimir Putin's life. If it did happen as a result of a decision by Ukraine, it's more of, okay, here's a message for you. Vladimir Putin, here's a message for you for the entire Kremlin, the entire country that we can get anywhere we want inside Russia and that includes to the Kremlin. Moscow claims it stopped the attack and that Putin was not in the Kremlin at the time, stay with us for the latest on this developing story throughout the day. We're going to know in about a half an hour what the Federal Reserve's next move will be when it comes to interest rates, economists are expecting another rate hike, which means mortgage, auto loans, and credit card rates may be going up again. Since march of 2022, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for 9 consecutive meetings, today they are expected to do it a tenth time by a quarter of a percentage point to a new range of 5 to 5 and a quarter percent. This is the fastest hiking campaign that we've seen since the early 1980s and the fed's rationale is simple. Although the economy is slowing down, inflation remains too high. That is CBS, business analyst Joe schlesinger. Now, if the Central Bank pushes its target rate to between 5 and 5 and a quarter percent borrowers would be paying as much as $500 more in interest every year for every $10,000 in debt. In Congress, there's a new urgency to address the debt ceiling with a possible default deadline now just weeks away. The latest from WTO's Mitchell Miller today on the hill. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer wants the debt ceiling to be raised soon ahead of a potential June 1st deadline and not for a short time period. We should not kick the can down the road. I believe we should go for the full two year extension. In the house, Democrats have quietly set up legislation for a discharge petition, which could potentially be brought to the floor from committee, but only if they can attract some Republicans to go along. For their part, Republicans point to the bill they've already passed and house speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet with President Biden next week. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell. The president and the speaker need to reach an agreement to get us past this impasse. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller, WTO. Another effort on Capitol Hill to ban members of Congress from trading stocks in the latest bill introduced in Congress is sponsored by two lawmakers at opposite ends of the political spectrum. That would be New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Florida Republican Matt Gaetz. This is titled the bipartisan restoring faith in government act. It would restrict trading and ownership of financial investments by members of Congress as well as by their spouses and dependents. Now, despite significant bipartisan support in Congress last year, a similar bill never got a vote
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"And 1800s, as well as their descendants, keeps getting bigger. John doman has the latest developments. Row after row of little pink and orange flags line a patch of grass behind the chapel and an awarded hillside facing Maryland route four 50, many, many more have been added. The area of probable cemetery is a lot bigger than we thought. Father Michael Russo says in recent weeks, the number of graves they believe they found has more than doubled. All right, hundreds, three to 500 somewhere in there. Sometimes there's difficulty determining what sexually a grave marker and what's just a rock. Since the burial markers here are largely field stones, they're natural stones. We have to look at every rock that we see in the ground and determine, okay, is this likely the marker for a grave? Catholic university anthropologist Laura Missouri is leading the archeological aspect here. Or is this potentially a naturally occurring rock? Meanwhile, on the western facing side of this hill, crews have started clearing out fallen trees and anticipation that more of the property will be studied with ground penetrating radar. But the warmer weather that's coming will make this effort harder, not easier. There's a lot of foliage starting to come out of the ground, and so we have to be on top of everything that's going to grow back that we have cut back. It's now clear that this is only the first few months of what will be a year's long effort. We need. And a building up a group of volunteers from the parish and from the descendant community who are going to take on different jobs and roles for us, forming committees. To tackle different parts
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"Has lowered its flags to have staff across the region, double DTP's John doman reports from the scene. Police say it began when someone with a gun followed another writer off a bus in into the station, the intent of which he's trying to do is clear at this point, but he shot at this individual striking him in the legs. A system police chief ash on Benedict says someone trying to buy a fair card was also shot. Again, in the leg, then a woman on the platform waiting for a train is confronted by the same guy. There's two metro transit employees that are watching what's happening. One of them attempts to intervene to protect this young lady. That employee was shot and killed in all four people total were shot here. Incredibly sad day here at metro metro general manager Randy Clark. One of our employees quite frankly, I think will be will be known as a hero. Another employee in other metro customers were able to tackle the shooter with Benedict saying they saved lives. At the Potomac avenue station in southeast, John dome in WTO news. Thursday morning at one O 5 on WTO improving education, keeping military retirees in Maryland ending childhood poverty in his state of the state address his first this week, Maryland's new governor, Wes Moore is now calling for cooperation from both sides of the aisle for those ambitious goals. Maryland governor Wes Moore, a Democrat, took pains to push the idea that his agenda doesn't require an either or approach. We put a plan forward to make Maryland the first state to end child poverty and we kept 10% in the rainy day fund. On education we're told lawmakers in his state of the state address that due to the pandemic, teachers are tired. They're strained. They're overworked. So he said, that is why I am calling on the General Assembly to pass the Maryland educator shortage act to strengthen the pipeline of qualified teachers in our state. Moore is also pushing a plan to provide tax breaks to retired veterans fill thousands of vacancies in state agencies and extend the earned income tax credit, cake Ryan, WTO news. Maryland's health minority leader delegate Jason buckel delivered the Republican response to Moore's address this week. Buckel says that members of his party object to a 20% cut to a program that provides scholarships to families to send their children to private schools. Our legislative package includes a series of bills, focused on improving education, reducing crime and restoring our economy. Buckel says the governor should increase penalties for certain crimes, including stealing guns and should cut the state's corporate income tax. It is no secret Virginia's top prosecutor is an abortion rights opponent, but the state's Republican attorney general says he will not go after women who seek an abortion. The whole life message is one of compassion. And the Commonwealth's attorney general Jason Millar has told a crowd at the Virginia March for life enrichment. There have been some voices in this country saying, we should prosecute women who make the decision to have an abortion. That is not right. Instead, he told abortion rights opponent at the event streamed by W SCT TV enrichment that now in the days after the overturning of roe versus wade by the Supreme Court. We need to focus on supporting those charities and groups that work with those struggled mothers every day. There's those volunteers that stand in the gaps. Mike Murillo WTO news cancer
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"Help clean up church grounds in an effort to uncover more grave sites. Joining us now live to tell us more about the effort is WTO's John doman who's been you've been hearing his story on that this morning, John, give us a little background on this just how surprising is this discovery here? I think in recent years, it's become less surprising. I know that one of the descendants I spoke with who knows that he has ancestors buried on those grounds says that, you know, he first sort of heard about it around 2016 or so. And that was sort of around the time there was a talk of a development project going in nearby. And people who have been associated with that church for a long time started speaking out a little bit more about the fact that they knew not everybody was accounted for over there and I think that's just sort of lingered in the air around there for the last few years now. Talk about how many grave sites we're talking about and how old they might be. So right now we have a 180 or so that are confirmed over there and they expect it could be hundreds more. I mean, this is still a pretty big piece of property and it was first settled back in like 1722. So you figure when you have about a 130 or so years, 140 years of slavery happening on that, what was also a tobacco plantation. And then those who ended up getting their freedom and becoming sharecroppers stay there as well. These are in some cases going to be centuries old remains. So what is the vision for the site, long term? That's still up in the air right now. A lot of the descendants who know that they have ancestors buried there. They speak with the archeologists that I spoke with from Catholic university, roughly once a month or so. We know they do want to kind of clean up the grounds, get rid of all the dead leaves and everything else there. And actually come up with something that acknowledges that these were grave sites. They don't want this to become a secret anymore. They do want to uncover those in out of them and respect them. But as to what a memorial looks like, that's still open ended right now. That's something that's still being talked about. It could be so much as like a little prayer garden. There could be other types of markers. It's still an evolving situation there. Thanks so much, John. Thank you. That is WTO's John doman, who has been on the story. We've been running his reports all morning. Still ahead, we are learning more about what caused flights in the U.S. to be grounded this week. It's 9 13. Every small business owner knows business can happen anytime anywhere. The office
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"To WTO neighbors. Ten 52, we continue. To follow the breaking news out of Montgomery county where there's been a residential building explosion and partial collapse that happened in Gaithersburg. It led to a two alarm fire at a residential area near quince Orchard boulevard and rabbit road. A news conference there has just ended, let's find out what the latest is. We'll go live to the scene now. And we find WTO's John doman. Deb, so what we know so far is that there were 12 people injured so far, 8 people taken to the hospital with injuries that are not considered to be serious or life threatening and includes four adults four kids, two adults, were also taken to the hospital with some really serious injuries and two were treated with here at the scene and they seem to be fine. But we don't know is just how many more people are still unaccounted for. There are 9 apartments that the fire department has not been able to get into just yet. And so we have no idea whether people were inside those units or if they had already left to go to work to school whatever else. So there's still a lot of unknown right now that we do know that this appears to have been started by some sort of a ghastly people talking about smelling gas here earlier this morning. Issues in the past with gas and that runs in line, which is a massive explosion. The fire department saying that they got no 9-1-1 call about a gas leak. The only 9-1-1 calls they got were about the explosion. And again, that massive two alarm fire that resulted from it. We're live in Gaithersburg, John dome in WTO P news. Election 2022 on WTO, we now have a winner in
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"Ten 41. On Thursday, D.C.'s attorney general, Carl Racine, announced he is suing the Washington commanders, team owner Dan Snyder, the National Football League, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. The consumer protection suit alleges all parties colluded to mislead D.C. residents about an investigation into the commander's toxic workplace culture. WTO reporter John doman was at racings news conference and he joined Sean and Hillary with more. Well, if you've been following the commanders and all their different scandals over the years closely, you didn't really learn much about that, but what you did learn about was how broad the city's consumer protection law apparently is because that's what's being used in this case. It is a civil action, but basically the idea is that any time a company misstates the truth, lies to you about something or it just isn't forthright and straight up, they can find you for that. That's worth a monetary infraction up to $5000 per infraction, and basically that's what the city is going for in this case. Where there are any indications from racing's announcement that may be more legal action could be coming. Well, there's the whole situation involving the team's finances and things that may or may not have been reported, second books, that kind of thing. He did sort of hint that more on that could be coming in the future. He also did lobby the attorneys general in Virginia and Maryland to maybe do a little bit more with their investigations into the team and anything that may have happened in Virginia or Maryland. But I think most of what's alleged just happened in Virginia. That's WTO's John doman, coming up on WTO. The wizards get the win, sports is next. And then after traffic and weather, a late night host has a little fun at Maryland's expense, ten 43. We've been together for 30 years. 35. 35 years together. And never an argument. Oh, we fight a lot. Is that we couldn't settle. But we finally agreed on cannabis of all things. Our Friends had had a good experience with it. So we decided to give it a shot. And we both agreed we didn't want to go sit in some doctor's office with a bunch
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"My chillier than yesterday, good morning and Bruce Allen. And I'm Joan Jones, and our top local stories this hour? It is election day and pole zoom, Virginia, open in just under an hour at 6 o'clock. They'll open in Maryland and D.C. at 7. WTO's John doman begins our team coverage from prince George's county. Democrat westmore and Republican Dan Cox aren't the only choices for governor on the ballot, but they're the two with the highest chances of succeeding outgoing, but still popular, governor Larry Hogan. More would become the state's first black governor ever if he wins, the state's first black attorney general could also be elected in the race between Anthony Brown and Michael perut cup. All 8 congressional seats and a U.S. Senate seat are also on the ballot. The makeup of the legislature in Annapolis and of various county level governments will also be decided today, polls open at 7, you can register today too. John doman WTO news. Yeah, you can register to vote while you're at the polling center in D.C. and in Virginia, just bring any document that shows proof of residency with you. Prince George's county in Maryland and Prince William county in Virginia are two of the dozens of places across the country that are drawing attention of federal election monitors The Justice Department says its team of poll watchers will work to ensure that federal voting rights laws are repelled in 64 jurisdictions in 24 states. In our area of the monitors that were assigned to the city of manassas, the city of manassas park, Prince William and prince George's counties. The Justice Department did not say why these sites in our area were selected for attention. Such federal monitoring has been taking place since 1965, monitors watch for any signs of disruption to voters abilities to cast ballots. So when will we know the results of the elections? Well, in some cases, The Associated Press could declare winners the very moment the polls close. In either cases declaring a winner could come in the following days after the election. And here are some of the factors deciding who wins their race. The AP doesn't make projections at only declares a winner when it's determined that there's no scenario that would allow the trailing candidate to close the gap. And whether a candidate declares victory doesn't affect that call. In some cases, declaring a winner could take longer to give extra time to count mail in ballots. Either way, WTO follows The Associated Press's election declarations and will bring you results as soon as we know them. Since early this year, emergency work on the Roosevelt bridge has caused delays for drivers on I 66. Even though it's taken longer than expected to complete, it appears an end to that work is in sight. Like a repair project with a home when you get in there and you start tearing down walls, you see, oh, there's actually more work that may need to be done. And D.C. Department of Transportation director Everett lotz says when emergency work on floor beams on the bridge got underway, they found serious issues that needed to be addressed with other support beams. Then tack on to that, the delays in getting materials shipped in and a September completion date was missed. And so that ultimately is what has extended the project to the completion date which we're anticipating will be the end of this month. After that, all lanes and ramps will be back to normal. In foggy bottom Mike Morello, WTO P news. The national average price of gasoline went up in the last week, but only part of this region is following the trend. Triple-A says the average price per gallon in the U.S. reached three 80 yesterday and increase of four cents in the last week. Gas buddies weekly survey had similar results saying it's the first price increase they've seen in a month. Triple-A says the average pump price in D.C. matches the national average of three 80, and that's actually down one cent from a week ago. Virginia's average is three 48 a gallon down two cents, only Maryland has seen a price hike, the average there, three 76, an increase of four cents. Michelle bash WTO P news. Coming up after traffic and weather. Veterans find a new way to serve their country at the polls. I'm Kate Ryan. It's 5 O 7. And
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"D.C. to the Chesapeake Bay. Thursday and Friday, plenty of sunshine upper 50s to middle 60s. I'm storm team fours, Chad Merrill. 35° in Sterling at 7 41 next Sunday thousands of people will gather for thousands of different reasons to run the 47th Marine Corps marathon. And every year, WTO profile, some of the runners who explain why this race is so special and important for them. Nearly every mom out there can relate to Jessica's an ecosystem Sterling. COVID was a really challenging time. I work full time. I have two kids under 6. So there's no such thing as free time. Whether it's, you know, kids or appointments or your house needs something or your work needs something. There's a project. There's a deadline. In recent years, balancing all of that led her to start running more. But of course, with everything else going on, who has the time, stressing about that, she realized something. On days I wasn't running, I was maybe not as friendly with my kids or not as patient or didn't have the time or didn't take the care to be a parent or maybe I couldn't focus at work. Sure, running benefits, her physical health, but more importantly for zenni cos that bigger impact has been on her mental health. As she realized if we do not take time to take care of ourselves along the way, then we are not going to be the best people that we can be to support everyone else that's in our lives. Like many moms, the stresses and responsibilities of life compete with the time it takes to train. Doing those ten, 15, 20 mile runs, it's a lot of time. And it can feel selfish. The biggest thing that came from it was learning the last couple of years to not feel guilty to not feel guilty for taking the time and the space to help myself feel better. This is Jessica's first ever marathon and she swears it'll be her last. And I'm sure at the end I'll say like, oh, that wasn't so bad. I could do that again. But we'll see. John doman WTO news. Coming up police in prince George's county looking for hit and run driver who killed a man. It's 7 43. Republican congressman
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"This is WTO news. Ten 23, the board of education chair in prince George's county is charged with incompetency, neglect and misconduct in office. The charges were handed down by the state education board earlier this year. As WTO's John doman reports, when this case goes to trial, she might not be chair anymore. The case against juanita Miller is now scheduled to go to trial before an administrative law judge the week of November 28th. However, it won't finish until days before Christmas since lawyers involved in the case have other obligations through the first few weeks of December. By then, Miller might not even be the chair of the school board. Since the new board that takes office in December can pick their own chair. In addition, the judge could issue a ruling by summary decision in late October, regardless of whatever the judge ends up ruling, the state board could still act to remove Miller. John dome in WTO P news. Miller is not reelected to her chairperson post she would stay on the board if she's found guilty. She could lose her seat. In Virginia, a former state worker convicted of ripping off COVID relief programs is headed to prison, Sadie Mitchell was sentenced to nearly 6 years after pleading guilty to fraud. Prosecutors say she used her job at the Virginia motor vehicle dealer board to gain access to a government database. She took people's social security numbers and dates of birth, used the information to file fraudulent claims through the pandemic unemployment assistance program and then collected the benefits. This exploitation of government programs meant to assist our most vulnerable community members is appalling and inexcusable. Jessica ebert, U.S. attorney for the eastern district of Virginia. In all, prosecutors say Mitchell got away with $1.8 million in COVID relief money, Nick Ayn LE WTO P news
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"John John doman Christopher would be high on that list but apparently it's not 1118 traffic and weather every ten minutes on the 8th to rich hunter near the WTO traffic center All right they're with the crash on the interloop of the beltway Marilyn just before two O two landover road at one point they had two left lanes blocked as well as the right lane block to temporarily stop traffic moved everything over to the right side So now they just have a single right lane blocked You get by three lanes left but watch out for a brief but abrupt slowdown A lot of equipment on scene for the two vehicle crash Now elsewhere on the beltway in Virginia on the inner loop approaching I 66 for now just the exit ramps to both eastbound and westbound 66 are closed follow the posted detours You'll take you up to week 7 there supposed to be setting up between Arlington boulevard and I 66 Unfortunately I haven't been able to get a good visual whether or not that is actually going to be in place but be aware that is the plan and then on the inner loop approaching 66 in the express lanes you get by the work single file right add a loop approaching 66 in the express lanes single left lane gets you by 66 east pounds still with the disabled tractor trailer right as you pass nutley street Again that takes up the right half of the roadway and then on the left side is where the work soon begins headed toward the beltway where you're eventually down to one single length that writes the works and it is slow there as a result Also working on 66 westbound between the rest area manassas and subtly road to single rat lane gets you by eastbound in that same area also down to one single lane to ride through the works on Transform your smile with G four by gulf of precision implant dentistry technology schedule your consultation today and get 5% off your procedure There's a G four by gulpa dot com rich hundred WTA traffic Four day forecast Overnight temperature dropped to the 40s We'll be looking at 60s much cooler tomorrow and rain begins The Rain moves in for the late morning hours and we'll see a chance of rain Wednesday afternoon through Thursday There's a may.
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"The district Well the war in Ukraine now entering its fourth week Russia's defense ministry says it used hypersonic missiles to strike a munitions warehouse in western Ukraine Friday If confirmed it would be the first time such a weapon which is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead was used in the conflict WTF national security correspondent JJ green talked about it to John doman through Skype It was used in a place called in western Ukraine And this is a missile that is very fast And part of what this is about is testing whether the U.S. or the west can actually detect this missile with their radar systems because this is the first time to my knowledge that they have been used in a war situation We know Russia has been using them to test for a while for a few years So again they're likely looking to see what the response would be if they fired one using them they continue to try to show the military prowess by doing things like this but it's not going to erase the many failures in the Ukraine war They've lost a lot of generals They've lost colonels They've lost a lot of troops 10,000 or more are close to that And it's not going to cover up for their failures what it does do is show perhaps their desperation And this particular launch is worrisome because they may do it again And again Well now some of those attacks have started moving closer to some neighboring NATO countries as well Are you getting any indications that eventually NATO allies are going to advance their involvement from just strictly weapons and humanitarian support to maybe combat support Well we know that they're preparing for it I haven't heard anything from anybody that I speak to about them making that change But we know that they're preparing for it And I also know that most of the NATO allies are very seriously considering what they would do if it happens because they believe it's probably going to happen sooner than later The reason is because of missile launches like this And as I mentioned to you the Russian military has not been very proficient and very good at what they're doing So mistakes happen So if there is a mistake and if something goes off track of course into a NATO country then article 5 kicks in automatically And these countries are preparing to do exactly what they need to do if that happens That's the WTO national security correspondent JJ green Ten 43 Reliable transportation.
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Voting Rights and D.C. Statehood Lead 58th Anniversary of March on Washington
"Of the march on Washington. Voting rights activists from across the country gathering downtown to mark the occasion with another March and rally. This year's event is called the March on for Washington with the March in D. C aimed at raising support for a new federal voting rights law as well as D C. Statehood, But Piper D C. Statehood. It's certainly a fight for voting rights, and that's why this march is so vital. Jamal holds his elite organizer for 51 for 51, which advocates for D. C. Statehood were not just marching. All Washington were also march of poor Washington. The event begins at eight a.m. downtown. With a walk from McPherson Square to Black Lives Matter Plaza were March off around 9 45 10. O'clock will land at the National Mall. Speakers on the mall include Martin Luther King, the third D. C. Mayor, Muriel Bowser and a litany of Democratic lawmakers and others. John Doman w T.
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Washington DC area schools expect higher enrollment in fall
"Prince George's County has kids back in the classroom again on a hybrid schedule, But many students are choosing to stay all virtual and others have left the system altogether. School leaders think classrooms will fill out in the fall, though overall enrollment is down this school year in Prince George's County, we saw the con in a Roman of about 2000 students. But many of those who are younger students where their parents could actually do that all that home teaching experience. But Monica Goldson, the CEO of the County school system says that's likely to reverse back in the next school year. We're expecting that those families will come back, and we'll still see a percent about a 1% increase in student body as well. And that also means the county expects to hang a help wanted sign outside of schools this summer. Definitely every increase of students that we have will cause an increase in the number of staff that we hired John Doman w T O P News.
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Park Service warns about Cherry Blossom crowds on the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
"Blossoms is next week. But with the pandemic, there's concern that big crowds could gather. And there are some crowds gathering there this morning public access maybe cut off. If too many people go there. Crowd sizes will be monitored closely around the tidal basin in the National Park Service is warning it could be shut down two people driving or walking through there. If too many people show up. The scenario exists where if everyone follows the suggestion and pays attention and stays away that we won't have to close it. Mike Literacy is a spokesman for the National Park Service. They saw what we saw last year. We expect that those crowds could be reached before people in arrives. If they have to close things once, then things will stay closed. Even during the normally less crowded hours. We looked at the possibility of whether we could open it in the morning and the evening, but ultimately, if you do that, you just move those large crowds to those times. John Doman
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Washington DC Cherry Blossom Festival access will be limited this year
"Popping along the tidal Basin. But the park Service doesn't want too many people coming down to see them and they mean it. Fences are now up to keep you from driving near the Jefferson Memorial or into West Potomac Park, and there will be no Cherry Blossom Kite Festival on the National Bone Mall this weekend. Yet despite the pandemic, the theme of the show Years. Blossom Festival is step in this spring, and you still have a chance to enjoy some of it in person. We're trying not to make this 100% virtual as society is the whole starts to open up, but not quite all the way yet. They hope you'll skip the tidal basin and see Peak bloom from the Blossom Cam and Cherry Blossom Festival President Diana Mayhew says You can also go out to other parts of the city. Instead, the vessel itself has planted over 1000 cherry trees in the last 15 years around the city. They might want you to do the kite Festival from your backyard. But then Lot and explore homes decorated for the ports Parade, the special art displays or the restaurants with special cherry blossom menus. There are things to come out and actually do and have the spirit of spring because you need to be outside John Doman. We've all been inside long enough. W T O P news Look at sports is next on
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Washington DC launches Arts IN Bloom display
"Because of the pandemic, many events that are part of the National Cherry Blossom Festival or going virtual this year, but a new way to celebrate we'll take you all across D C. New to the festival this year is something called Art in balloon. 26 sculptures set up around the area, including three here at the Smithsonian's Hops gardens. Diana may use the president of the National Cherry Blossom Festival there all five ft. Well, sure, it's shaped like a giant cherry blossom. Julie All day was of Northeast D C sculpture is a radiant pink with the main monuments along the tidal basin on the front and back throughout the year. The monuments and memorials sort of center stage in the city. But just one time of the year, the cherry blossoms takes center stage. The other 23 sculptures are set up around D. C as well as national landing in National Harbor at the Smithsonian John Doman WTF The news
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Maryland COVID reopening: State to lift limits at restaurants, stores; large venues to allow 50% capacity
"Pre pandemic Normal Today, Many of the restrictions throughout the state are about to be loosened capacity limits and most gyms, churches, businesses and restaurants will start to ease up in five PM the restaurant's still need to have 10. Abel's distanced out six FT. Apart in Prince George's county hit the hardest in the state. All that I just mentioned will still be capped at 15% capacity in Frederick County gyms and those sorts of facilities air. Still, captain 25% limits on gatherings very more broadly in some parts of the state. They've been lifted entirely. But indoor gathering limits or his lowest 10 in an Iran will county to 20 and 25 in Prince George's and Frederick counties. Outdoor limits are higher. John Doman
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Even post-pandemic, distance learning may stick around for Washington DC public schools
"School systems around the region are working to get Mork kids back into classrooms for in person learning. But some parents and educators are asking whether distance learning could remain an option. Even when the pandemic is behind us. It was a question posed to D C public schools Chancellor Lewis Fair be during a town hall back on Wednesday night, a parent is asking are saying that their high school student is really enjoying the virtual learning environment so well distance learning being Option in the fall. When the chancellor thinks all kids will be back in classrooms therapy did not dismiss it. I've seen some progress. I've seen some of the benefits of the remote learning posture, he says. It's something that actually has been done in the city before and suggested they probably will happen again. We haven't made a determination of whether or not that would be school base or centralized. Next year or whether or not we will offer. The full spectrum, of course, is John Doman. W T O P
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Even post-pandemic, distance learning may stick around for Washington DC public schools
"Now, school systems around the region are working to get more students back an area classrooms. But even when the pandemic is behind us will distance learning remain an option for some going forward. It was a question posed to D C public schools Chancellor Lewis Fair be during a town hall back on Wednesday night, a parent is asking are saying that their high school student is really enjoying the virtual learning environment so well, distance learning be an option in the fall when the chancellor thinks all kids will be back in classrooms. Therapy did not dismiss it. I've seen some progress. I've seen some of the benefits of the remote learning posture, he says. It's something that actually has been done in the city before and suggested it probably will happen again. We haven't made a determination of whether or not that would be school base or centralized next year or whether or not we will offer. The full spectrum, of course, is John Doman. W T O P News
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Washington DC man charged with beating father to death with baseball bats
"A murder charge accused of beating his father to death with two baseball bats. The attack was violent, Police say. 28 year old Christian arms came home from the hospital Thursday morning. Marched upstairs and battered is 54 year old father to death with a pair of metal baseball bats as he slept inside their Cleveland Park home. Court documents hints at a household already strained then further stressed by alcohol and mental health issues. The younger aren't had spent the night before in the hospital with his mother telling police she thought an anti anxiety medicine he had been given their led to a psychotic episode. Now he's behind bars Charged with second degree murder. John Doman w T. O P News two murders
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Washington, DC man charged with beating father to death with baseball bats
"Charge accused of beating his father to death with two baseball bands. The attack was violent, Police say. 28 year old Christian arms came home from the hospital Thursday morning. Marched upstairs and battered is 54 year old father to death with a pair of metal baseball bats as he slept inside their Cleveland Park home. Court documents hints at a household already strained then further stressed by alcohol and mental health issues. The younger aren't had spent the night before in the hospital with his mother telling police she thought an anti anxiety medicine he had been given their led to a psychotic episode. Now he's behind bars Charged with second degree murder. John Doman.
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"Reston and 44. In Washington at 7 11. Police arrested two more people this weekend their security checkpoints in Washington 22 year old Guy Berry of Gordon's Ville Virginia, is charged with carrying a pistol without a license, possession of a large capacity, ammunition clip and unregistered ammunition. Ah 63 year old Connecticut woman was arrested yesterday morning She showed police a military challenge coin and claim to be a police officer. She's charged with Impersonating a law enforcement officer and fleeing police. The man who authorities say trying to get through a capital security checkpoint on Friday with a gun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition is facing serious charges. Leslie Allen Bueller a front row Virginia tried to drive through a police checkpoint in his truck when he was stopped by U. S Capitol police court documents. That dealer showed a non government issued inauguration credential near North Capitol and E Street Northeast. Police say dealer had a pistol and 500 rounds of ammunition during the search. Police say an officer noticed his pickup have multiple stickers on it with firearm based quotes, including assault life, and if they come for your guns, give him your bullets first and an interview with NBC Washington dealer said he got lost heading to a security job and was looking to ask for directions when police stopped him. Everything that I've done every job that shows it has been there to protect people as much as possible. I don't want to be amazing and Maybe that revolts of YouTube. The news Getting around downtown D C is nearly impossible, and restrictions are only going to get tighter. W T. O P s national security correspondent Jake Jake Green joined W T. O P s John Doman on Skype to break down What's happening? They're actually four reasons for so much security won the inaugural. They want to make sure That there is a peaceful transfer of power from President Trump to President elect Biden. And we have to remember not only are their domestic concerns but as a regular thing on a regular basis. Whenever there's an inaugural, they're always international concerns, so the inauguration is first. Secondly, the capital riot is still fresh in everyone's minds, especially law enforcement, and they want to make sure they send the message that this will never happen again. And then there's significant intelligence as you mentioned about eminent threats, and they want to deal with that. They have to make sure that if there are threats that they won't come to anything, and the fourth thing is sending a message to those that are sitting on the fence, perhaps looking at everything and possibly thinking about planning something for the future, and the message is, don't do it because if you do, this is what you will get. There are a lot of local agencies on age a lot of federal agencies on edge. What of a bracing for today? Intelligence reports that we've seen and law enforcement have talked to us about about this as well that there are almost 20 distinct events that are being planned, at least on social media or in other chat rooms and other sources of against extremist conversation in Washington by militant groups between today. And the inauguration, and they're after many more planned nationwide, so that's what they're planning for the possibility that there might be these protests and what they're looking at is the fact that some of these protests will none of them really have a shadow of a chance of being successful because of all of the overwhelming overwhelming support and personnel there, But there may be some who are looking to make unexamined of themselves for its suicidal but it would be a message to comrades. That they hope would embolden them. Is the open nature of the capital and much of downtown D C. Ever going to come back again, or are things changing for good here? So a couple of people I've spoken to from the law enforcement community, both in contingent in the law enforcement community now and person who is retired, they say, we can expect some level of this. To stay in place for a while. Not all 20,000 troops. Not all this fencing, but we should expect a high degree of security for the short term, at least until the temperature in the nation is lowered a little bit and perhaps even until after that report, or at least investigation that the House is launched with General Honore to get to the bottom of what happened at the Capitol. Riot, GOP national security correspondent J. J. Green on Skype It's 7 15 sports at 15 and 45, powered by Red River technology decisions aren't black and white..
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"I'm John Doman. Findem long. He is our producer and coming up. Security is extremely tight downtown, with the inauguration just days away now. There's a long list of actions. President elect Joe Biden plans to take as soon as he takes office in a 9 42, the latest on any security threats around the region. And what law enforcement is bracing for today on the days ahead of you. T OBY news time. 9 31 Kamila Harris is quitting her current job soon, but obviously will not be an unemployed for very long as the nation and its capital city start inauguration week under near crisis circumstances, what with a pandemic and unprecedented security precautions following the January 6th riot. We're also starting to get timeline information from the Biden Hours team on eight for the vice president elect, says Kamila Harris is going to resign from the U. S Senate tomorrow with a formal announcement expected then, But Senator Harris has notified California's governor Gavin Newsom, and California's current secretary of state Alex Padilla, is expected to be sworn in two days later as Harris's successor, Tom Foti, CBS NEWS Washington In his first hours is President, President elect Joe Biden plans to issue executive orders that roll back some of the most controversial decisions that came from Trump administration as well as actions he hopes will help address the raging corona virus pandemic. Some of those details were outlined by Biden's incoming chief of staff, in a memo that was released yesterday. They include an end to the restrictions on immigration to the U. S from some Muslim majority countries. Biden also plans to move to rejoin the Paris climate accord. And he'll mandate mask wearing on federal property and during interstate travel. Days two and three will also include executive orders related to the Corona virus pandemic worldwide. Now there's more than two people confirmed dead because of the pandemic. It took about eight months to reach one million deaths on Lee four months to reach the second million. Here in the U. S. We're approaching 400,000 deaths. CBS is Daniel Bacchus has more a nation on the brink braces for another threat. The CDC now warning that the highly contagious UK covert variant could dominate the U. S. By spring..
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"John Doman is our producer. Coming up. Goodbye, 2020. Hello, 2021. The new year is finally here. But the celebrations were very different. The son of a Maryland congressman has died. He was just 25. I'm Michelle Bash. Why a Potomac man has spent the pandemic fixing more than 600 bicycles for free. I'm like Morello in Washington. It's 5 31. 2021 is here in New York's Times Square, where we normally see shoulder to shoulder crowds was practically empty last night because of pandemic restrictions. Still, the ball fell in the hope of a new year arrived. Some celebrity performers did take the stage set up mostly in the empty square to sing a small group of masked essential workers. They're in the final minutes before midnight. Jennifer Lopez sang the Aerosmith Classic Dream on 2021. Finally here, the New Year will also bring a new president. But the nation heard from both the old and the new last night at the end of a turbulent year. New Year's message approaches from the incoming and outgoing presidents recorded for Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve With Ryan Seacrest. President elect Biden was looking ahead, optimistic about America's chances and I've ever been, and I've been around this for a while. Back at the White House from Florida President Trump was looking backwards in a social media video of year and claims I froze. Student loan payments stopped evictions suspended payroll taxes, We have slashed the unemployment rate from 14.7% all the way down to 6.7% Tom Foodie. CBS NEWS Washington Ice president. Pence, meanwhile, is asking a judge to reject the lawsuit. The name's to expand his power to use a congressional ceremony to overturn the presidential election, arguing that he is not the right person to sue over the issue of filing will come as a disappointment is supporters of President Trump, who hope that Pence would choose to set aside some of the president like Joe Biden's electoral college votes when Congress meets next week's to certify the November election. Violent came in response to a lawsuit from Congressman Louie Gohmert of Texas and a number of Republicans in Arizona, who argued that in 18 87 law that governs all Congress certifies presidential elections is unconstitutional. Congress is ending a chaotic session with a rare rebuff of RA by Republicans of President Trump..
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Washington, DC credit union, Safeway spread holiday cheer — $50 at a time
"Ever. So a local credit union has teamed up with the Safeway Foundation to try to spread a little holiday cheer. cheer. Even Even though though his his beard beard is is mortgage mortgage ray ray than than white, white, Chris Chris Martin Martin and and I I T T worker worker at at the the United United States States Senate Senate Federal Federal Credit Credit Union Union sure sure looked looked like like Santa Santa as as he he gave gave up up presence presence at at the the Safeway Safeway in Southeast Today's the Day of giving. I would like to give you $50 gift card to pay for some or all of your groceries. If you'd like, in all $20,000 worth of gift cards that could be used anywhere. We're being given out $50 at a time here and at another Safeway nearby For some customers. It was a pleasant surprise to see you next Christmas, but it really a Gavin's who says she lost her mom and her sister to the coronavirus plans to give her card to someone else as she commutes into work today, everything in this universe is reciprocal, and I think the more we give to others, the more we get Blood in Southeast John Doman. W T. OBY new 10
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Is it safe to put kids back in classrooms? Washington DC Auditor issues report
"Is still working to bring Mork kids back to the classroom. And now there's a new report focusing on whether the science supports doing that. The report from the office of the D C auditor looked at closing classrooms as a pandemic mitigator so that our council members can be as well informed as possible. Kathleen Patterson is the district's auditor. And, she says, because school shutdowns coincided with other shutdowns in the spring, it's hard to come up with the defense. Of answer. What is possible is to weigh the benefits and risks of what is known about the impacts of school closure policies to assess what risks a community is willing to undertake, the report says. Those assessments need to be guided by what drives community transmission. Other mitigating factors put in place in the weighing of the risks and benefits of in person schooling. John Doman w T. O P News or 13,
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Washington DC's National Zoo extends panda deal with China through 2023
"People love to see the National Zoo lately are here as a result of an agreement with China. That deal ran out today. But the zoo says the pandas aren't going anywhere. At least for now. No deal has been reached. That will allow the nationals who to continue the house May Jong and Gen. Tien giant pain does that have called the zoo home for 20 years Now, pandas are amazingly charismatic, and they're cute. There's no way that many buddy could look at a panda bear, especially a cop, and not just sort of have their hearts met. Steve Mon Ford is the director of the National Zoo. Shashi G is gonna be also with us, at least until mom and dad were sent to China. And that will happen at the end of this new three year deal, and at their age, he says it should be expected new pandas would mean new agreements in the future. It is certainly our hope that we will have giant pandas long after 2023 John Doman
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National Zoo extends panda deal with China through 2023
"Panda fans out there? Yeah, I thought so. Some good news for you. The National Zoo in China have agreed to allow the bears to stay in D. C for three more years. They did it with a new deal that was signed just in time before the old deal ran out. A new deal has been reached. That will allow the nationals who to continue the house made young and Gen. Tien giant pain does that have called the zoo home for 20 years Now pandas are amazingly charismatic, and they're cute. There. No way that anybody could look at a panda bear, especially a cop and not just sort of have their hearts. Mel Steve Mon Ford is the director of the National Zoo. South CG is gonna be also with us, at least until mom and dad were sent to China and that will happen at the end of this new three year deal And at their age, he says it should be expected new pandas would mean new agreements in the future. It is certainly our hope that we will have giant pandas long after 2023 John Doman w T o P News with
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Washington DC downtown businesses ditch the plywood
"Up up storefronts storefronts they they were were worried worried about about violent violent protests. protests. Those Those protests protests never never materialized. materialized. So So now now the the city city is is helping helping those those businesses businesses take down the plywood. On some blocks. It seems there's more plywood than glass windows here, his businesses shelled out big bucks to cover up their glass storefronts. Now that easy government wants all this plywood outta here, some of the boarding have already started to come down and think will be coming down over the next week or so, Leona accurate. This is the executive director of the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District, she says. Third party contractors Hired out to put all this wood up. Now they need to get scheduled to get it all down. D C is working with downtown business groups to to provide provide dumpsters dumpsters for for this this plywood. plywood. You You could could also also drop drop it it off off a a DPW DPW facility facility on on betting betting road road downtown downtown John John Doman. Doman. W W th th the the news. news. We've We've been been talking talking about about a regional spike in Corona
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Washington DC businesses remove boards from storefronts
"Demonstrations turned violent. But that didn't happen. And now the city is helping businesses take all that plywood down. On some blocks. It seems there's more plywood than glass windows here does business is shelled out big bucks to cover up their glass storefronts. Now that easy government wants all this plywood outta here, Some of the boarding have already started to come down and think will be coming down over the next week or so, Leona accurate. This is the executive director of the Golden Triangle Business Improvement District. She says Third party contractors were hired out to put All this wood up. Now they need to get scheduled to get it all down. D C is working with downtown business groups to provide dumpsters for this plywood. You could also drop it off a DPW facility on betting road downtown John Doman W T V News. Now the very latest on the corona virus
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More than 96 million Americans have voted with one day to go until Election Day
"Of Americans have already voted. Millions are are going going to to the the polls polls today today to to vote vote in in that that person. person. We We begin begin our our team team coverage coverage in in Virginia. Virginia. That's That's where where polls polls open open at at six six o'clock o'clock this this morning. morning. They're They're going going to to stay stay open open until until seven seven tonight. tonight. Heavily Heavily GOP's GOP's Neal Neal Augenstein Augenstein is in Prince William County. Voting began here at six o'clock at suddenly, United Methodist Church. If you're voting in Prince William County somethings to know this year, there's a drop off box in the parking lot. If you asked for and received a mail in ballot, but didn't send it back. You can line up 6 ft apart and vote inside as usual, And this year there's curbside voting You park in the area designated for curbside. A poll worker will bring a ballot out to you to fill out and you could watch the worker scan your vote into a machine that's brought out here into the parking lot. And Prince William. Counting the Lord Constant W T o P knows w t O P is John Doman isn't Maryland this morning where the polls are opening soon, Voters can start cranking Laver's and marking ballots. It's 7 A.m. in Maryland, on top of voting for president and members of Congress, Maryland voters are being asked about changes to the state budget process in the legalization of sports betting. Each county has some referendum questions to the polls close at eight tonight and just be aware some of the normal pre things aren't going to be used this year because of Corona virus. The full list of polling places in Maryland can be found at w t o p dot com In Maryland, you can register and then vote today as well. John Dome and W T O P News.
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Washington, DC schools prepare for in-person learning
"Hearing more from D C public schools Chancellor Lewis Farabee on the district's plan for bringing students back to in person learning next month, Farabee spoke at a D. C council hearing schools were supposed to start bringing some students and teachers back November 9th you know, learning at home is not working for every family in D C. Schools Chancellor Louis Fair be says The plan is to bring one in person elementary school classroom into each school with other staffer supervising students who will Virtual learning inside a physical classroom. Teachers and members of the D C council are worried about safety. There are very generous Cove it related need that will be provided to any individual that can't work as a result, otherwise only teaches with pre existing conditions or a complicated family situations continued from home. John Doman w T o P News