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"We're hearing of an announcement from the Supreme Court today. Travel northbound 95, it's been shut down From an independent state agency I'd venture to say most of us never heard of it before. The Maryland environmental service. What made this raise alarm bells was his assertion that governor Larry Hogan in immensely popular governor said it was okay. Governors Hogan's spokespeople said he had no idea about this and he most certainly did not sign off on it. That triggered a number of checks and probes and that ended up in a federal case with allegations of wiretapping, fraud and falsifying documents. And again, the whole thing about this is you've got a bureaucrat. A mild mannered guy who seemed to be tailor made for the job of chief of staff in a government operations behind the scenes sort of person who ends up in this very public criminal manhunt and eventual death. His attorney says it's a terrible tragedy, and that he never, ever wavered from his innocence. That's WTO's Kate Ryan with Sean and Hillary. A quick look at the top stories we're working on for you here at WTO, access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the U.S. is uncertain this morning after conflicting court rulings over whether the drug
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"A former top aide to a Maryland governor is dead after an FBI manhunt. Roy McGrath was at one time the chief of staff for former Maryland governor Larry Hogan. He became the subject of a three week manhunt when the Florida resident failed to show up for trial in Baltimore on corruption charges on March 13th. Attorneys for his family confirmed that McGrath died Monday after a confrontation with FBI agents in a commercial area on the outskirts of Knoxville, Tennessee. An FBI email said McGrath was wounded during an agent involved shooting and taken to a hospital. He resigned in 2020 to 11 weeks into his job for Hogan and pled not guilty to an indictment in 2021. He was accused of lying about the governor's approval for a severance payment of over $230,000, as the head of Maryland's environmental service. In addition to allegedly embezzling roughly a $170,000 in expenses. Hogan said he and his wife were deeply saddened by this tragic situation. I'm Jennifer King
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"Manhunt begins for ex Hogan aid after he skips court appearance I said wait a minute Not the Hogan Larry hog Authorities launched a manhunt this week for former Maryland GOP governor Hogan's ex chief of staff Roy McGrath following his failure to appear in federal court McGrath faced the charges of wire fraud Embezzlement and falsification had documents In connection with his obtaining of $233,648 in severance payment from the Maryland environmental service according to the whole newspaper McGrath resigned a few months into his service in Hogan's office Allegedly attempted to make a look as though Hogan had authorized the payout So that he could join the Hogan administration McGrath was pleaded not guilty He was scheduled to appear Before a U.S. district court in Baltimore Maryland at 9 a.m. on Monday his lawyer Joseph murta appeared unaware of the reason for McGrath absence saying we're doing what we can to make sure Roy is safe And we see him soon CBS News reported law enforcement did not locate a minimum to Florida home per the Washington compost The U.S. marshal service considers him a fugitive issued a wanted poster And this guy doesn't look like he can stay on the run for long mister producer Now and I'm looking for any comments by Larry Hogan He runs a tight ship You might be aware that I think the captain of the Titanic runs tight ship two
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Manhunt for Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's Ex-Chief of Staff
"Manhunt begins for ex Hogan aid after he skips court appearance I said wait a minute Not the Hogan Larry hog Authorities launched a manhunt this week for former Maryland GOP governor Hogan's ex chief of staff Roy McGrath following his failure to appear in federal court McGrath faced the charges of wire fraud Embezzlement and falsification had documents In connection with his obtaining of $233,648 in severance payment from the Maryland environmental service according to the whole newspaper McGrath resigned a few months into his service in Hogan's office Allegedly attempted to make a look as though Hogan had authorized the payout So that he could join the Hogan administration McGrath was pleaded not guilty He was scheduled to appear Before a U.S. district court in Baltimore Maryland at 9 a.m. on Monday his lawyer Joseph murta appeared unaware of the reason for McGrath absence saying we're doing what we can to make sure Roy is safe And we see him soon CBS News reported law enforcement did not locate a minimum to Florida home per the Washington compost The U.S. marshal service considers him a fugitive issued a wanted poster And this guy doesn't look like he can stay on the run for long mister producer Now and I'm looking for any comments by Larry Hogan He runs a tight ship You might be aware that I think the captain of the Titanic runs tight ship two
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"Robertson is our producer, top stories we're following for you tonight, unfolding developments out of Maryland where they one time top 8 to former Maryland governor Larry Hogan, now faces an arrest warrant. Former Hogan chief of staff Roy McGrath failed to appear in federal court in Baltimore today for the start of his trial on fraud and embezzlement charges. His lawyer says he tried texting both McGrath and his wife, but got no response. McGrath is accused of lying to get a severance payment of about a quarter $1 million, a little more than that from the government owned nonprofit Maryland environmental service where he worked before joining the Hogan administration. More tonight from WTO's Kate Ryan. The charges have to do with theft wire fraud and falsifying documents, all part of what was apparently or is allegedly a scheme that he came up with to get that big fat severance package. Again, that's unprecedented particularly in state government. He's also accused of enriching himself by siphoning off the agency's funds for his personal use. We'll stay on top of this story this week for sure and see if this man resurfaces somewhere. Ten 32, the Biden administration announced steps to make sure customers from two failed banks will get all their money back. The failures of Silicon Valley bank and signature bank are the second and third largest in United States history. During a short address this morning, clearly aimed at calming any fears about additional bank failures. President Biden stressed that American taxpayers will not be paying for this emergency bailout. The money will come from the fees that banks pay into the deposit insurance fund
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"Com. 9 28. Traffic and weather on the 8s and when it breaks, going to bob imler and the traffic center. And Virginia on three 95 and 95, everything is running pretty well on each right now. No incidents or delays to report toward Fredericksburg or beyond on 66. All is quiet, both inside and outside the beltway, no work zones in place as of yet, and no work zones in place on the beltway between Tyson's corner and the American legion bridge. And the district things are running pretty well. Up and down, two 95 on the southeast Southwest freeway on 6 95 and three 95 between the 14th street bridge in two 95 all is quiet now in Maryland, there is a work zone set up northbound Baltimore, Washington, Parkway, very slow getting up to one 95, where you get by the road where single file to the right. Southbound your lanes are open. 95 is without delay both ways when great shape on two 70, as well as on 50 getting out to the bay bridge. Take advantage of window nation's deep discounts, get two free Windows with every tree you buy, pay nothing for two full years, save thousands, 8 6 6 9, or one donation dot com. Bob and Ludwig Travis storm team forest Amelia Draper. As clouds clear out, the winds increase tonight and tomorrow, we have a wind advisory in fact starting during the afternoon hours, this will run through very early Wednesday morning, Gus tomorrow could approach 50 miles an hour and it's another cold day with highs only in the low to mid 40s. That's about 10° below normal, then you factor in the winds and we have wind chill temperatures in the 20s and 30s. Wind chills Wednesday morning in the teens by the afternoon hours. It's still a bit breezy but not as bad as tomorrow with pies in the low to mid 50s and plenty of sun. Mostly sunny and really nice on Thursday with high temperatures around 60 on Friday we warm to near 70 with some rain potentially later in the day. And strum team four meteorologist stimuli Draper. And right now in college park 46 fairfax city 43, Leesburg 41 and buoy at 44°, our winds from the northeast at 7, that's enough to make it feel like we're in the 30s, even though our air temperatures remain in the 40s. This is WTO P news. Everything you need every time you listen. The WTO producer's desk is wired by IBW local 26. Where electrical contractors come to grow. Good evening I'm Dmitri Soviet. Thomas Robertson is our producer. Top stories were following for you tonight unfolding developments out of Maryland where the one time top aide to former governor Larry Hogan now faces an arrest warrant. Hogan's one time chief of staff, Roy McGrath, failed to appear in federal court in Baltimore today for the start of his trial on fraud and embezzlement charges. His lawyer says he tried texting both McGrath and his wife, but got no response. McGrath is accused of lying to get a severance payment of more than a quarter $1 million from the government owned nonprofit Maryland environmental service, where he worked before joining the Hogan administration. He's also accused of siphoning off the agency's funds for personal use. President Biden is urging confidence in the nation's financial system tonight following the stunning collapse of two banks. Friday, it was Silicon Valley bank. Yesterday, signature bank, two days, two of the three biggest bank failures in American history. This morning. America could have confidence that the banking system is safe. The president says quick federal action ensured bank clients would be able to access their money today. All customers who had deposits in these banks can rest assured. Rest assured they'll be protected, but not those in charge. The management of these banks will be fired. And it's not just the who, but the why. We must get the full accounting of what happened. Sagar Meghani, Washington. Meantime members of Congress are pledging to investigate what led to the financial failures and reexamine banking regulations, WTO's Mitchell Miller on Capitol Hill, several Democrats are questioning the decision the Senate made in 2018 to lift regulations on the banking industry. But Virginia democratic senator Mark Warner stands by his vote, saying he believes some of the federal requirements were unnecessary. We'll have time to look back on what the regulators did and didn't do and why the bank management didn't get this right. Warner speaking on ABC, the democratic chair of a Senate subcommittee that deals with consumer protection, Colorado's John hickenlooper, says his panel will examine what happened with Silicon Valley bank. Others are calling for hearings related to deregulation and whether that had a role in the bank's collapse. On capital hill, Mitchell Miller WTO. News this evening Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell has been released from the hospital after suffering a concussion in a fall last week. His spokesman says his recovery is proceeding well and that he will get physical therapy at an inpatient facility before returning home. McConnell spokesman also says that it was determined over the weekend that McConnell sustained a minor rib fracture in the fall. The 81 year old senator fell last Wednesday night while attending a political fundraiser at a D.C. hotel. Knew this evening as well, South Korea says the north test launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters tonight. It follows the test firing of two North Korean cruise missiles from a submarine yesterday, the launchings are apparently in an apparent response to an 11 day joint U.S. South Korean military exercise that got underway today. The launch of missiles from a submarine is also a first for North Korea. President Biden is in San Diego with the leaders of the UK and Australia to announce a deal on nuclear powered submarines. Only once before has the U.S. shared its nuclear submarine propulsion technology, and that was with the British in 1958, in San Diego today, alongside his counterparts from the UK and Australia
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"Strawberries, the top props that are grown in these fields. There's going to be an impact to our nation's food supply. This woman had to leave her home after water started coming in. We had to leave everything and there's photo books that are on the floor. Steve utter man CBS News Los Angeles. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is being released from the hospital. A spokesman says McConnell is now recovering from his concussion at an inpatient rehabilitation facility. He'll undergo physical therapy. McConnell also suffered a minor rib fracture. He suffered from polio as a kid and has had other serious falls since. Steve Dorsey reporting on Wall Street, the markets and mixed. This is CBS News. Nobody should have to pay for one size fits all insurance coverage. Liberty mutual customizes your car and home insurance so you only pay for what you need. Liberty Mutual Insurance. Hello, everybody. It is 6 O three and we are glad you're driving along with us on this Monday March the 13th, it's 49°. I'm Hillary Howard. And I'm Sean Anderson, our top local story comes out of Maryland where there's an arrest warrant for a top official and former governor Larry Hogan's administration. Kate Ryan says he is wanted for steering clear of the courthouse in his front trial. Jurors in Roy McGrath's federal trial have been sent home for the day after McGrath, who was once the chief of staff for then governor Larry Hogan, failed to show up for his trial in Baltimore on arrest warrant was issued for McGrath who's being tried for theft, wire fraud and falsifying documents, Marilyn matters, reports that McGrath's lawyer, Joseph mirth, said he'd talked with McGrath on Sunday and nothing concerned him about their conversation. The charges against McGrath stem from a hefty severance payout he got from the Maryland environmental service. Kate Ryan, WTO news. A teenage boy is in the hospital this evening after he was shot in southeast D.C.. D.C. police say it happened about two 15 this afternoon on 14th street southeast near the D.C. prep and Acosta elementary campus. Police say that the boy was shot in the leg. He was taken to a nearby hospital, his condition is unknown. No one is in custody, police don't yet have a suspect. In ex Alabama basketball player and D.C. native faces charges linked to a murder. Darius miles has been indicted by a grand jury on capital murder charges accused of providing the gun used in the January shooting that killed 23 year old jameer Harris. The 21 year old D.C. native was arrested last week. Michael Davis of Charles county is accused of firing the gut. He has also been indicted. The shooting happened not far from the school, and according to witnesses, there had been a verbal altercation before the gun was fired. Harris was sitting in a car when she was hit, both men are now being held without bond. Melissa Howell WTO penis. It's 6 O 5 have been talking a lot about the closure of New York based signature bank over the weekend and a couple of days after the Silicon Valley bank in California was shut down and moved that stranded billions in deposits. The ripple effect of the Silicon Valley bank collapse has been specifically felt in D.C. coffee shops. Companies who needed money on Friday did not have access to it. Wealth manager Barry Glassman says a run on Silicon Valley bank affected the payroll at companies like
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"I'm Hillary Howard. Thanks for being with us. There's a warrant out for the arrest of a Maryland man who was once pretty high up in the former Hogan administration. Roy McGrath was supposed to be in a federal courtroom for the start of his trial in Baltimore on fraud charges, but he was a no show. WTO's Kate Ryan joins us live with all the details. Kate, first of all, Roy McGrath's connection to former governor Larry Hogan. Can you talk about that? And what happened today? Yeah, a Roy McGrath is the former chief of staff for governor Larry Hogan that he was in that post only briefly from about June to August, and he resigned and that's 2020. He resigned after reports started leaking out that he had left his previous job with a very hefty severance package equal to a year's salary. And what was that job? It was with the Maryland environmental service, and it sort of a quasi state agency, a nonprofit corporation that's called an independent state agency. Our partners at Maryland matters reported this morning that McGrath was a no show in court this morning and that by 1115 the judge said she would send the jurors home and issued a bench warrant for his arrest. Highly unusual in a federal case like this. Kate go into more detail on what McGrath is accused of doing. Right, the charges have to do with theft wire fraud and falsifying documents all part of what was apparently or is allegedly a scheme that he came up with to get that big fat severance package. Again, that's unprecedented particularly in state government. He had said he is accused of misleading the board of directors there, saying governor Hogan signed off on this. It's okay. You can write me that fat check. A governor Hogan immediately issued a statement at that time saying, no, he didn't have any okay from me. McGrath is actually accused of falsifying a document seeming to show that the governor had the former governor had signed off. Again, Hogan has adamantly maintained throughout. He did no such thing. And as a matter of fact, he's a potential witness for the prosecution. Quickly, Kate even if he's found and brought to Maryland for this federal trial, it really isn't the end of his possible legal trouble. Not at all. He faces a raft of charges in Anna rental county circuit court, including misconduct in office, wiretapping for allegedly recording other government officials without their knowledge, Marilyn to two party state. You can't do that. So even after going through this trial, he faces a lengthy procedure procedure and proceedings in Anna rental county. Right now, the emphasis is on finding him. His attorney did contact WTO and wrote us saying that he's hopeful that he will hear from his client and can not explain why he was not a notion why he was a no show this morning. All right, more to be reported on. Thank you, Kate. You got it. That's a double DTO
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"But it is now worth more than VW. But I was clinging onto a tiny lead up 33 points. The S&P 500 is up 11, but as they still up a 114 points, a 1% gain, Jeff cable, WTO news. Thank you, Jeff three 42. We continue to follow the unfolding developments out of Maryland where the one time top aid to former Maryland governor Larry Hogan is now facing an arrest warrant. Former Hogan chief of staff Roy McGrath failed to appear in federal court in Baltimore this morning with the start of his trial on fraud and embezzlement charges. His lawyer says he tried texting both McGrath and his wife got no response. McGrath is accused of lying to get a severance payment of more than $230,000 from the government owned nonprofit Maryland environmental service where he worked before joining the Hogan administration. He's also accused of enriching himself by siphoning off the agency's funds for personal use. There's been an alarming increase in the unexplained deaths of black infants, but the reasons why are unclear. Sudden unexplained infant death syndrome is part of what many people are familiar with, sids. But adding the element of accidental suffocation and strangulation. According to new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in the medical journal pediatrics, the rate of this type of death for black infants spike to a new high in 2020, the first year of the pandemic. The study says this could be just a statistical anomaly, but a companion commentary to the study says it could be the result of a lack of access to medical care and advice through the pandemic, which is already low for black families. Kyle Cooper, WTO news. And coming up on double TOP, details of a weapons agreement between the
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"The hill Tucker Carlson has used the video to portray January 6th as a day when people were largely wandering around the capitol. Instead of a day, when people were trying to interfere with certification of the presidential election and attacking law enforcement officers. Speaker McCarthy says he has no regrets about releasing the video. We will slowly roll out to every individual news agency. They can come see the tapes as well. McCarthy speaking on Fox. But even the Senate's top Republican Mitch McConnell has said it was a mistake for Fox to let Carlson downplay what happened. Several other GOP senators have also criticized what Carlson has done. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller WTO. The federal criminal trial of former Maryland governor Larry Hogan's former chief of staff is expected to start today. Roy McGrath is accused of lying to get a severance payment of more than $230,000 from the government owned nonprofit, Maryland environmental service, where he worked before joining the Hogan administration. Specifically, McGrath is accused of claiming Hogan approved that severance amount while the governor says that's not true. As we previously reported here on WTO, Hogan himself will be on the witness list. Brackets are ready now, the stage is set and several local teams are headed to the big dance, the NCAA tournament. On Thursday, the Maryland terrapins face West Virginia, Maryland coming in as an 8th seed, West Virginia 9th, also Thursday, UVA, a fourth seed will be playing Furman. The Howard bison heading to the big dance, they will face though the defending champion Kansas Jayhawks, that's a 16 to one seed matchup. This weekend, the bison beat Norfolk state to win the meat conference. Howard's head coach, Kenny blakeney
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"Stories we're following this hour, thousands of voters in several Northern Virginia communities have received notices that they had incorrect information on their notices that were sent out. Corrected notices are being sent to those voters in Clifton dumfries herndon aqu Kong, Quantico, and Vienna. Longtime ally, a former president Trump Steve Bannon is set to be sentenced in court today, a jury convicted him on two counts of defying a subpoena from the January 6th panel, prosecutors have asked the judge to impose a hefty sentence of 6 months behind bars. Two setbacks for your 6 states attempting to block President Biden's student debt relief program from going ahead, a federal judge in Missouri, and the U.S. Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett have rejected challenges to that loan forgiveness program. For more on these stories and just minutes. Four days before it was to begin the federal criminal trial of Maryland governor Larry Hogan's former chief of staff has been postponed. Roy McGrath's attorney asked for a delay because prosecutors have handed over about 9000 pages of evidence in recent weeks. A new trial date hasn't been set. McGrath briefly served as Hogan's top aide, he resigned after the Baltimore sun reported he'd received more than $230,000 and a severance payment from the state owned nonprofit Maryland environmental service. Coming up in money news. The Dow is up 355 points. Another Alamo drafthouse here, I'm Jeff cable. Ten 18. It's traffic and weather on the 8s and rob stallworth in the traffic center. In Virginia, outer loop ramp to go south on the I 95, that crash and that two lane stretches along the left side of the roadway with a tow truck on scene, westbound 66, leaving the beltway headed toward nurse street the work is in the right lane for the west on 66 headed past the fairfax county Parkway, that crash is clear, but still delays remain as you head toward route 28 in sanville. Southpaw and I 95, you want the brakes as you leave lord and Herod across the aqua down one 23 after that you were clear toward Fredericksburg, no problems on the northbound side of I 95 or I three 95 as you hit up to and across the 14th street bridge. If you're in the district, the westbound freeway briefed lays passing main avenue headed out toward the case bridge with nothing reported there, southbound on D.C. two 95, watch for volume pass benning road headed toward east capital street with your travel lanes open, keep in mind Massachusetts avenue in northwest eastbound at waterside drive, the left lane will get you by the work zone. No problems on the beltway in Maryland through Montgomery and prince George's counties I 95 and the BW Parkway still pretty cool in wheat and Georgia avenue southbound at arcola avenue we understand the right lane is getting by the work zone there. Route 50 going across the bay bridge still two way operation preps on the westbound blocking that left lane still right now with two lanes east and two lanes open in the westbound direction. Meadows farms, nurseries fall mulch madness sale is here. Now through October 26th, get four bags of mulch for 55 50 5. This is the metals farms nursery near as you or metals farms dot com. I'm rob stallworth, WTO traffic. And now here's storm team four meteorologist Mike. Yeah, we've got a beautiful day across the region look for lots of sunshine today. Got to be warmer than yesterday. The winds will be lighter too. Our highs mid to upper 60s
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"Unsafe for bus operators because it can put a target on their back. Mike Morello WTO news. A recent call to D.C.'s 9-1-1 center was incorrectly treated as a non emergency with deadly results and district officials are not talking about it. That, according to D.C. public safety blogger, Dave statter, state 9-1-1 dot com reports the call about an unresponsive man on the floor came in the evening of October 10th Sources tell statter the caller asked for someone to check the man's vital signs and said she couldn't lift him. The call taker classified the call as a non emergency lift assist. 21 minutes later, first responders found the man in cardiac arrest and were unable to revive him. Status sources say the call taker did not follow protocol for follow-up questions and missed key information that should have prompted a more urgent response. When asked for comment, Kelly Brown, chief of staff at the office of unified communications, told statter that new policy requires all case inquiries to be processed under D.C.'s freedom of information act portal for proper tracking. Sarah Jacobs news. This case, if confirmed would be the 7th person this year to die in the district after 9-1-1 call takers mistakenly delayed sending help. Dave statter is married to WTO's Hillary Howard. If you live in Virginia, time is running out for you to send in public comments on proposed policy changes that would affect how transgender students are treated in Virginia schools. The changes come from the Glenn youngkin administration. The public comment period is closing soon on Wednesday of next week, and after that governor youngkin says he expects the local school systems will follow the state policy in accordance with state law, even though some systems, including those in Alexandria and fairfax county, have said they will not. We can't be in a moment where people can just pick the laws they want to abide by. But it's not clear what junkin can do to force school systems to go along with it. The policy would require parental sign off on the use of any name or pronoun other than what's in a student's official record, youngkin argues that it's fundamentally rooted in reestablishing the role of parents in these most important decisions. Nick eind Ellie doubled news. New tonight, a federal judge has postponed the criminal trial for Maryland governor Larry Hogan's former chief of staff, just days before trial was set to start. Roy McGrath is accused of lying to get a severance payment of more than $230,000 from the government owned nonprofit Maryland environmental service, where he worked before joining the Hogan administration in the job as chief of staff. Specifically, McGrath has accused of claiming that the governor approved that severance amount, while Hogan says that's not true. McGrath's attorney asked the judge to postpone the trial so the defense has more time to review evidence, no new trial date is set as we've previously reported on WTO when the case does go to trial, Hogan himself will be on the witness list. Coming up after traffic and weather, governor Glenn youngkin would like to see Virginia rely more on nuclear power. So is that a good idea? We'll discuss it. It's 1107. Hi, I'm rich McKenzie. Owner of metropolitan bath and tile. Bathroom remodeling has been my life for the past 38 years. All of us at metropolitan have a passion for remodeling bathrooms. We live and breathe this stuff. We love what we do in a reflection every bathroom we've remodeled. Visit one of our four beautiful showrooms located in annandale Rockville boo your
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"Office of unified communication directed requests for comment to D.C.'s freedom of information act portal. Under a new OU C policy. Sarah Jacobs news. If confirmed, this would be the 7th person this year to die in the district after 9-1-1 call takers delayed sending help because of a mistake. And one other note, Dave statter is married to WTO's Hillary Howard. If you want to comment on Virginia's proposed and controversial transgender policy for public school students, you've only got a few days. Governor Glenn youngkin, not a governor, but governor Glenn youngkin of Virginia has a message for you. Once the policy is law, he expects the state school districts to enforce it. Some school systems, including those in Alexandria and fairfax county, say they won't follow the new policy, which would require parental sign off on the use of any name or pronoun other than what's in a student's official record. Governor junkins response, it's the law. Though it's not clear what youngkin can do to force school systems to listen. For now, he just says parents have a fundamental right in the Commonwealth to be the key decision maker with their children in these decisions. This is a time for us to recognize laws are on the books for reasons and we need to abide by them. Public comments on the proposed changes are being accepted through Wednesday of next week. Nick hind Ellie doubled news. New tonight, a federal judge has postponed the criminal trial for Maryland governor Larry Hogan's former chief of staff. This is coming just four days before that trial was set to start. Roy McGrath briefly served as Hogan's top adviser before he stepped away that resignation followed a report in the Baltimore sun showing he got a severance payment of more than $230,000 from the government owned nonprofit Maryland environmental service and McGrath is accused of illegally engineering that payment. His attorney asked the judge to postpone the trial because federal prosecutors had handed over almost 9000 pages of evidence in recent weeks. The new trial date, we don't know it yet. We're waiting to find out. Coming up here after traffic and weather, we're getting back to Glenn youngkin, Virginia's Republican governor who wants the state's energy policy to center around nuclear power will go in depth with a public policy expert about whether that is a good and safe way to go. Stay with us and 8 O 7. Let Meadows farms nurseries help you prepare for the winter with molt madness. Four bags of shredded hardwood mulch for just
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"WTO P news. 1123 Maryland's governor could be called to testify in a federal court case. The explanation from WTO's Kate Ryan. Federal court documents show that governor Larry Hogan is on the witness list in the case against his former aide Roy McGrath. The case is based on fraud and embezzlement charges against McGrath, who led the Maryland environmental service before he was named as Hogan's chief of staff. McGrath got a severance agreement of more than $233,000 when he left the environmental service and had insisted that governor Hogan okayed the arrangement. McGrath is accused of falsifying documents to boost his claim, governor Hogan has been adamant he did not know about or approved the deal. The news that Hogan's on the witness list in the case was first reported by the daily record, Kate Ryan, WTO P news. And governor Hogan spokesperson Michael Ricci tells WTO in an email that Hogan's office has been actively assisting with the ongoing federal investigation and is confident that the justice system will uphold the public trust. The election to replace a Northern Virginia lawmaker is coming together. It follows the resignation of longtime democratic delegate Mark keem last month. King represented the 35th district which includes Tyson's Vienna done lowering in oakton and this coming Saturday, the fairfax county democratic committee there will welcome voters who will choose their nominee to replace king. Candidates include fairfax county school board member Carl frisch and nonprofit leader Holly siebold, the winner goes on to face a Republican candidate who has not been named yet. Steve knots, chair of the county's Republican committee, says they're early in the process. We just posted the application forms of it may be a few days to a week before we get our list together. Niko and Ellie WTO news. Virginia Republican governor Glenn youngkin is facing criticism from Democrats tonight, his political ad maker recently got a 6 figure state contract to produce a state tourism ad featuring the governor. Richmond based pool house made the winning bid for the project and got a $268,000 contract to produce the governor's welcome project ad. The Richmond ties dispatch reports the ad was designed for distribution and display in airports and in tourism welcome centers. It shows popular tourist destinations around the state and includes a welcome and some narration by junkin. The Virginia tourism corporation reached out may 5th to three advertising companies offering them a chance to bid on the project, pool house responded with a bid the same day, a second firm did not respond a third said it could not meet the scope of work. Democratic Party of Virginia chairwoman Susan swecker calls it a scheme to use taxpayer dollars for what is basically a presidential campaign video. She says it raises ethical and possible criminal questions and she's urging an investigation. It's 1125
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"Bounce back in 2023. I give the guy credit days he took the ball every 5 days and he's going to come back with a little chip on his shoulder next year and try to prove a lot of naysayers wrong and I think that he'll get closer to the 2018 and 19 Patrick Corbin that we've seen in the past. Corbin led the national league with 19 losses this year he led the league with 16 defeats last season the first player to do so in back to back season since Phil Negro from 1978 to 1984 Eric fetty pitches against the New York mets today at four ten on 1500 a.m. Orioles rallied past Toronto to take the first half of their double header 5 four. They'll play one more time in 2022. NHL preseason capitals host Detroit this evening at 7, Darcy Kemper slated to start in goal for the caps. Dave Preston WTO sports. All right, Dave, thanks. The top stories we're following for you right now on double DOP President Biden is in Southwest Florida with the First Lady meeting with residents and small business owners devastated by hurricane Ian. We're not leaving until this gets done. I promise you that. The president and Florida Republican governor Ron DeSantis are emphasizing their cooperation despite their political differences. Maryland's governor is on the list of witnesses to be called at the federal trial of his former chief of staff, Roy McGrath is charged with fraud and embezzlement when he led the Maryland environmental service. Stay with WTO P for more on these stories in just minutes. Earlier, this afternoon at cape canaveral, Florida. Three, two, one, ignition. This is full power. And lift off go crew 5. SpaceX and NASA have launched a crew of four
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"Spicy deluxe sandwich on the Chick-fil-A app today. It's spicy and full of flavor, available for a limited time. Two O three. On WTO on this October 5th, 2022, we've got cloudy skies for now in 61 in D.C.. And good afternoon, I'm Shawnee Anderson. And I'm Ann Kramer, the top local stories we're following this hour, Maryland's governor could be called to testify in a federal case. Here's WTO peace Kate Ryan. Federal court documents show that governor Larry Hogan is on the witness list in the case against his former aide Roy McGrath. The case is based on fraud and embezzlement charges against McGrath, who led the Maryland environmental service before he was named as Hogan's chief of staff. McGrath got a severance agreement of more than $233,000 when he left the environmental service and had insisted that governor Hogan okayed the arrangement. McGrath is accused of falsifying documents to boost his claim, governor Hogan has been adamant he did not know about or approved the deal. The news that Hogan's on the witness list in the case was first reported by the daily record, Kate Ryan, WTO news. Governor Hogan spokesperson Michael Ricci tells WTO and email that Hogan's office has been actively assisting with the ongoing federal investigation and that they're confident that the justice system will uphold the public trust. Campaign 2022 now WTO, the election to replace a Northern Virginia state lawmaker's coming together, it follows the resignation
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"maryland environmental service" Discussed on WTOP
"53. Lots of state employees continue to work from home in Virginia, a new state report says that as of last month, more than 15,000 state employees were working remotely at least once a week. That's three times as many as in 2019. Governor Glen youngkin had updated the state's telework policy for all state employees to begin working in person full-time by early July, but employees were allowed to submit applications to work remotely. You're being asked to keep an eye out for sick or dead birds in Virginia, with cases of bird flu on the rise nationwide. Officials in the Commonwealth say there's no immediate public health concern related to bird flu, and the risk of transmission to humans is low, but scattered cases of vulture deaths have been found in loudoun county and the Richmond area and a big concern is the potential spread of the virus from wild birds to chickens on farms and in backyards. Virginia wildlife officials are asking you to report signs that bird flu is spreading. One sign is 5 or more dead vultures, waterfowl, shorebirds, or seabirds, found in the same area within 5 days. Read the full list of signs at WTO P dot com. Michelle bash WTO news. Federal prosecutors are trying to keep some secretly recorded phone calls out of court when Marilyn governor Larry Hogan's former chief of staff goes on trial this month. Roy McGrath is accused of collecting excessive payments when he was director of the Maryland environmental service and taking more than $233,000 severance when he transitioned to his role in the governor's office. The capital gazette reports federal prosecutors are asking the jury only be allowed to hear one of the calls, arguing the others are irrelevant to the case. McGrath's attorney argues all the calls should be allowed as evidence. McGrath faces state charges for those recorded phone calls because recording someone without permission is a felony in
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"maryland environmental service" Discussed on WTOP
"The WTO studios brought to you by long fence 20% off savings on fences Jackson pavers go to long fence dot com and schedule your free estimate today It's 5 12 police and ocean city say they have a suspect in custody and connection with a serious assault early this morning In the incident a person was stabbed a little after 4 a.m. the victim was found along 8th street and flown to shock trauma during the investigation officers got a description of the suspect who was located at a downtown hotel and taken into custody without incident Maryland's highest court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of a man who was a 16 year old driver when he fatally struck a Baltimore county police officer The Maryland Court of Appeals rejected defense attorney's argument that it was unconstitutional to sentence dawn to Harris to life in prison because he was a minor when he killed the officer in 2018 Harris is now 20 years old He was driving a stolen Jeep when Baltimore county police officer Amy caprio blocked its path with her patrol car and ordered him to stop she fired her weapon once before he struck and killed her with the car Baltimore city officials who criticized a Maryland report over an embattled wastewater treatment plant The Maryland environmental services report flatly states the bank river plant has experienced failures at nearly every level The agency took over operation of the facility from Baltimore city public works in March the report submitted this week to Maryland's environment secretary site's numerous infrastructure issues that have resulted in solid waste building up in several places in the plant It also pointed to it it turned a lack of leadership at the public works department the service is recommending a long list of mechanical fixes along with the hiring of several new employees to try to correct what they term systemic problems at the plant Ian Crawford WTO P news fuel your summer with WTO's free gas giveaway during the month of June download the WTO app register on the my WTO.
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"And police and ocean city have arrested a man after an early morning stabbing there This was just after 4 a.m. on 8th street just west of Philadelphia avenue That's the part of coastal highway as you move through downtown ocean city Police had a victim suffered a serious stab wound and had to be flown to shock trauma for treatment A suspect was tracked down to a nearby hotel and taken into custody without any incident Maryland's highest court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence for a man who was 16 years old when he fatally struck a Baltimore county police officer with a vehicle The Maryland Court of Appeals rejecting defense attorney's arguments that it was unconstitutional to sentence daunte Harris to life in prison because he was a minor when he killed the officer back in 2018 Harris is now 20 he was driving a stolen Jeep when Voldemort county police officer Amy caprio blocked its path with her patrol car in ordered him to stop She fired her weapon once before he struck her with the car Maryland officials are setting alarm bells over a Baltimore wastewater treatment plan the scathing report by Maryland's environmental service found numerous infrastructure issues at Baltimore's bank river wastewater treatment plant many resulting in a build up of solid waste in various parts of the sewage treatment installation The environmental service took over operation of the plant from the city's public works department earlier this year The report outlined what it terms systemic problems at the plant citing not only mechanical problems but also a laundry list of staffing and leadership issues plaguing the facility A spokesperson for Baltimore city's public works tells the Baltimore sun they are committed to addressing challenges outlined in the report Ian Crawford WTO news On the second try for Maryland's governor's office the candidate explains why he suspending his campaign for now Baker says he and running mate Nancy Navarro took a hard cold look at the numbers including campaign donations and made the call to suspend their campaign to run for governor and lieutenant governor We made an adult decision It's hard It hurts But I think at the end of the day it's the right one In the meantime baker says he'll talk to the remaining candidates in the field before making any more decisions including who might get his endorsement So it is open It is not any one particular person right now Right now what we're doing is talking to everyone who is.