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"After a woman is attacked, I'm Mike Morello. The national stage to come back in Miami, but they could not beat the Marlins, the Orioles over the angels though. Midnight. This is CBS News on the hour. Presented by indeed dot com. I'm Stacey Lynn in Washington, a strict abortion ban is upheld in North Carolina. Having passed by the requisite three fifths vote, the house has overridden the governor's veto and the bill becomes law, notwithstanding the governor's objections. It's gonna be notified. The bill bans most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. It goes into effect July 1st. A special election was held in the Pennsylvania House today where Democrats maintain their narrow majority. And along with it continued control over how the chamber will handle abortion, gun rights and election law legislation. According to The Associated Press, Heather Boyd beat out Republican Katie Ford for the spot, vacated by Democrat Mike zabel. He resigned in March after a lobbyist accused him of sexually harassing her. Round two of debt ceiling talks at The White House. The House speaker emerged from the Oval Office, saying the meeting brought an improvement, top Biden aides will now engage directly with Kevin McCarthy's team. So it now gives you a better opportunity. Here's the president's take. We'll speak regularly over the next several days in the staff's going to continue meeting daily. Some Democrats are already expressing worry that the president will make concessions, namely for expanded work requirements for certain government aid programs. McCarthy says Joe Biden supported that as a senator. And the only thing we're talking about are able bodied people with no dependence. Stephen portnoy CBS News The White House. The drought in Kansas is greatly impacting farmers. TV's Austin Morton. Lonnie ruff has farmed here for decades. He says the drought is causing long-term problems. About 30,000 had

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"A good afternoon to you, I'm Mike Morello, the top stories we're following for you this hour, the dullest town center has been closed for the day following a noontime shooting in the busy shopping malls food court. The loudoun county sheriff's office as a man is seriously injured after being shot inside the mall following a confrontation with another man. The shooting victim left them all and was found outside by first responders, sheriff's office spokesman Thomas Julia says the suspect was on the floor of the food court where he surrendered to deputies, a handgun nearby. Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney and Macy's anchor the two level shopping mall of more than 100 stores. Julia says the mall operators decided to close them all for the remainder of the shopping day, particularly on WTO P news. It is four O four strong winds and rain hit much of the DMV last night causing thousands of power outages across the region. Fairfax county and Arlington are seeing the highest numbers of outages still Dominion Energy reporting more than 4000 people still without in Northern Virginia. Utility companies telling WTO that the crews are out there, they're working hard to restore power to everybody who doesn't have it right now. But they do say they have to do that safely. So it's taking some time. We want to know what's happening in your area, by the way, so you can share your storm photos with us at WTO P on Twitter or on Facebook. Spring is here and if you're considering buying or selling a house, you'll want to make sure you're prepared. The market is changing in our region. For buyers, they entered the year thinking that they were going to have the upper hand. But now they've got to be braced for competition. Corey burr is a senior VP with TTR Sotheby's international real estate. And that means going out and seeing new listings immediately and making sure that they've got all their loan situation taken care of. As for sellers. They've got to be very cognizant not to be too aggressive on their list prices. So if you are looking to buy in the D.C. metro area, we won't see the incredible returns that we've seen the last three years, but that for the long-term health of the market is going to be exactly what's needed. Melissa how WTO news. So where do people worry about money the most? Look, no further than Maryland, according to a new study. The data was compiled by a group called credit building tips it found that Merrill and residents Googled for terms related to money and credit help more than any other state in the country with 391 average monthly searches per 100,000 residents, Georgia was second, Virginia was third D.C. was not included in the survey. A spokesman for the company said of the report the economy is incredibly turbulent at the moment with many factors causing this. The state of Alaska ranked 50th on the survey for the number of times its residents did a Google search for financially related matters. Dan wrote on WTO P news. The political landscape is divisive, and it's even affecting where some students choose to attend college. One in four students have ruled out colleges due to politics and policies of the states where they're located. The survey done by the Baltimore based art and science group says the trend was similar across students who identified as liberal or conservative. Students who didn't have a defined political ideology were more likely not to care about state politics. More liberal students say they tended to steer away from southern states with Alabama and Texas leading the way, conservative students avoided California and New York, margin of error for the poll is plus or minus three and a half percent. Luke luker WTO P news. Pride matzo is a breakfast staple in many Jewish homes during Passover and a local company is creating a pop up style shop in the district to share it in different forms. We're doing riffs on the classic traditional Jewish breakfast made from mozza during the holiday with different toppings. Valerie's wig says locks in everything bagels, or huevos rancheros, or some of the matzo based offerings that she and her cofounder will be offering at an unleavened pop up shop in the Shawn neighborhood of northwest D.C. runs the 8 days of Passover. This is from the people behind the delivery service, prescription chicken, which concentrates most of the year on soup delivery. Go to our website or Uber eats, and you can place an order for delivery for matzo ball soup for Passover packages and goodies or for Verizon shine, which is our Passover of pop up. Sandy cosell, WTO news. Coming up after traffic and weather, automakers are discontinuing some of the classic muscle cars we've known for years. What will take their place? Look at that just ahead and money news. It is four O 8. Get a precision

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"The weather, make sure it won't be a cloudy night. Mike Morello WTO news. Some flights are filling up fast these days and so are concerns about problem passengers once the plane takes off. Over 800 incidents of in flight violence were reported nationwide last year, even with a $37,000 zero tolerance FAA fine for violation. If you do run into a problem passenger in your row or nearby, security expert Michael corwin says the single most important thing is to try and deescalate the situation. Also seek help from the airline crew if you can solve it yourself. Finally, remember between the lowered cabin pressure, lower oxygen levels and drier air, alcohol has a much stronger effect. It's almost wedding season now, and if you've been invited, it's going to cost you. If you plan on attending a wedding this year, you can expect the average cost for each ceremony to be around $611. That includes almost 300 on travel and accommodations and the rest on gifts and attire. Those are the numbers according to bank rate dot com, and one of the biggest concerns for 6 out of ten attendees is the impact the cause could have on their finances. Another 36% say they plan to spend less due to the economy. Now, if you're a Gen Z or a millennial, you're likely to spend more on attending weddings this year than say a gen xer or a boomer. How much more nearly double at $1200. So have a good time, but keep in mind those costs can add up quick, a little bit of budgeting could help you save big. Melissa Howell WTO penis. Sports hit 25 and 55, powered by maximus, moving people and innovation forward. 1255 and rob wood fork if a commander's really wanted to get themselves an MVP caliber quarterback. What would your advice be? You're talking like we haven't spent multiple episodes of the D.C. sports auto on this very topic, whether the commander should deal for Lamar Jackson that rhetoric could step up a notch here after Jackson's tweet this morning, making public his trade request from the Baltimore Ravens just days after he was given the non exclusive franchise tag back on March the 7th and the explanation from ESPN's Adam Schefter as to why this is relevant now. He had the ability to be traded here all along. It's just that he aired it out publicly today, saying that he told Baltimore on March 2nd that he wanted a trade, but this has always been out there as a realistic possibility, but now it's more public and it's personal. From number 8 to the women's elite 8, Maryland facing defending champion South Carolina tonight in hopes of handing the undefeated gamecocks their first loss of the season, that precedes Virginia Tex 9 p.m. start against Ohio State. Rob woodwork WTO sports coming up. The latest on a deadly school shooting in Tennessee. It's 1256. At Kaiser permanente, we know that wellness means more than physical health, and as a business leader, you have an enormous amount of influence on the overall well-being of your employees. Happy and cohesive teams increase employee

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"To two months, Mike Morello, WTO news. The 1952 movie is one of the most delightful musicals ever created. And now through April 8th, the Arlington players are performing on stage singing in The Rain. The Arlington players are a completely volunteer run organization. Preston mash plays Cosmo Brown who helped silent film star Don lockwood transition to talkies. I'm not quite at the American ninja warrior stage of flipping over the walls, but it takes a lot out of me physically, but it is such a joyful number to perform. Stacey Yvonne Clayton is a funny foil as Lena Lamont. She is such a hoot. She's so funny. She's kind of all over the place. She's such a diva. She's kind of lost in love, and oh man, she's got a lot of different things going on. Jason, finally, W two news. Sports at 25 and 55 powered by maximus, moving people and technology forward. Time now for Ben raby. All right, dick, what a Marge man is it has been on the men's side and the final game in the elite 8 did not disappoint. One second Paul along three no good down 13 in the second half. Go hurricane storm all the way back and for the first time in school history. Miami is going to the final four. Final call on Westwood one is Miami rallies to be Texas 88 81 the final and for the first time since 1970, the final four will feature three schools making their first appearance in the national semifinals. Miami in the final four for the first time, same for Florida Atlantic and San Diego state San Diego state advancing this afternoon with a 57 56 win over creighton. Meanwhile, the NBA fourth quarter in Toronto, the raptors leading the wizards 98 87 women's soccer, Washington spirit when their season opener at Audi field. Ben raby WTO sports. Okay, Ben, straight ahead, we'll have the very latest on that powerful tornado that barrel through Mississippi killing at least 26 efforts are underway to find any survivors and also to help those left homeless. 7 56 going to the dentist shouldn't be scary and neither should making an appointment. Dave Preston here in my consistently uneven work schedule over the years as a resulted in going to the dentist slip through the cracks of my regular routine. How long well I'd rather not say. Thankfully, doctor rupali and his staff at cascades dental and Sterling made me feel at ease during my appointment earlier this year. They also made my teeth gums

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"On WTO. 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 so does Scott gellman is our producer. Breaking news on WTO. It's about the future of your commute in Maryland, especially a public private partnership, which would have developed the beltway and brought toll lanes to two 70 in Montgomery county, is no more. It comes as two private firms attached to the project say they are done. They are bailing out. Mike Morello with the story. The laser environmental approval, several unresolved environmental lawsuits and a changing political landscape is why the tolling operator trans urban says it's exiting the traffic congestion relief plan, championed by Maryland's former Republican governor Larry Hogan, with that the consortium known as a.m. partners is no more. Amanda Baxter a senior vice president for the company says it's disappointed the company and state couldn't reach a deal but respects Maryland's decision to pursue alternatives. The several $1 billion plan would have also renewed the aging American legion bridge. Maryland's new democratic governor westmore who is not supported the toll plan responding to the news says the state remains committed to continuing progress and will move forward in a manner that ensures social equity, environmental protection and engagement with local partners. Mike Morello WTO news. Well, now to a decade long battle between Maryland and Virginia over who should be home to the new FBI headquarters. Yesterday, Maryland leaders made their pitch to the GSA

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"The Nevada state line due to low visibility, blizzard and winter storm warnings have been in effect KO VR TV's Madison key has more. By 80 at applegate is lined with truckers. While they wait for the interstate to reopen. I want to do what you say here. There's nothing else you can do. This kind of had to sit and swipe. Some drivers opted to wait out of the snow in West Sacramento. Rows of trucks filled the truck stop with no plans to leave Tuesday. GM is cutting some salaried and executive jobs the automaker is using the word small numbers to describe the cuts. They come as GM looks to cut $2 billion in costs over the next two years. Consumer confidence slips again in February. This is CBS News. Now there's a simple, easy and effective way to clean your nose and protect your health, it's called navy. Available at Navajo dot com. Ten O three on WTO PS Tuesday evening, February 28th, 2023 at Tyson's 50, but we could be down to the 30s later. Good evening on Dimitri sodas for the top local stories we're following this hour, a man is dead. After police say he pulled a gun on U.S. Marshals, executing a search warrant on him in southeast D.C. as WTO's Mike Morello reports from the scene this all began about one this afternoon. Two U.S. Marshals were trying to serve a warrant on the man on third street southeast. As they attempted to apprehend all this person, there was a slight or short, very short foot pursuit that

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"Afternoon, I'm Hillary Howard and I'm Sean Anderson Jacob curr as our producer. We have two big stories this afternoon, one surrounds commander's owner Dan Snyder, and a $55 million loan that's got the attention of federal prosecutors. More on that in a minute. But first, a man is dead in southeast D.C. after police say he was shot and killed by a U.S. marshal. Let's go live to WTO's Megan clarity. Sean, this happened around 1 o'clock when D.C. police say U.S. Marshals were staking out an area in an attempt to serve a warrant for an arrest. They were observing an apartment complex on third street southeast, which is near oxen run park when D.C. police say the Marshall saw that man that they wanted to arrest and they approached him. That's when he took off running. Chief Robert Conti, who just gave a press conference says that man ran into a nearby breezeway and tried to climb a fence. But when he was trying to climb that fence, he pulled out a semi-automatic gun, it is unclear how many shots that both officers fired, but we do know both officers fired their service weapons and the man was killed. Police confirmed he is a person who they're intending to arrest, but are they not sharing his identity nor what he was wanted for and D.C. police is leading the investigation as their responsible for any death inside the district. Are Mike Morello is headed down there now and will bring you the latest from the scene. One man dead after U.S. Marshals shoot and kill him in southeast D.C., reporting live Meghan cloherty, WTO news. Thank you, Megan three 32 now to the other big story. Yet another huge development surrounding Washington commander's owner Dan Snyder. ESPN reports that a secret $55 million loan was behind Snyder's split with the former minority owners of the Washington commanders. And it's the focus of the federal investigation into alleged financial misconduct by Snyder and the team. In an exclusive report, ESPN says the partners were not told about the line of credit even though unanimous consent from the board is needed for the loans to be approved. Turns out NFL commissioner Roger Goodell signed off on that loan for Snyder. When the former partners turned to the NFL to investigate financial wrongdoing, both the commissioner and an arbitrator refused to do so Instead, they pushed the former partners to settle by selling their shares of the team, which shut down their complaints. A federal grand jury subpoenaed documents on the team's finances, including information on that loan. It's three 33 now to Ukraine. The war in Ukraine is closer to Moscow. Today, two Ukrainian drones were shot down near Russia's capital. But others managed to hit targets in southwestern Russia and in Russian occupied Crimea national security correspondent JJ green joins us live with more JJ. Sean, one of those targets was in Belgrade or at least in the western part of Russia. This is a target that was an oil field that was set on fire. Ukraine turned those tables and sent a huge message to the Kremlin. Drones that the Kremlin said were launched flu deep inside Russian territory and one got within 60 miles of Moscow. This was a major breach of Russia's airspace defense. It was Ukraine's way of saying we can get to you. President Vladimir Putin ordered stepped up protection at the border and the airspace was closed in some locations for a time. This all was taking place as air raid sirens were going off around Moscow and Belgrade in southwestern Russia and in occupied Crimea. Moscow said in an emergency alert that their system had been hacked, both of these developments now raise questions about how well Russia's Defense Department can protect the nation. Reporting live, JJ green, WTO news. JJ, you've often spoke about the fact that Russia has depleted its stock of weapons, and now there appears to be a serious effort from China to arm them. Is this going to happen because there's a lot of opposition? Yes, there is a lot of opposition Hillary and that has not yet been determined. Last week, CIA director Bill burns told CBS he was confident. China was thinking about doing it. Seriously. Today, Pentagon press secretary general pet writer said they've seen no evidence that China has sent any weapons or is starting the process, but he echoed that same sentiment as Bernstein. They believe China is seriously thinking about doing that. What he did say is the U.S. is trying to impress upon China and they're using a number of different ways, including direct contact from the State Department. They're trying to impress upon them that that would be a huge mistake if they decided to do that. All right, JJ, thanks. You're welcome. WTO national security correspondent JJ green. Meantime, Congress has approved more than $100 billion in assistance for Ukraine. And house panel is trying to make sure that money is going where it's supposed to. Here's WTO's Mitchell Miller on Capitol Hill. Your knowledge, every sensitive weapon is currently under control of those who should have them. Georgia Republican Andrew Clyde, questioning The Pentagon's inspector general Robert storch about how money for weapons is being spent. Where laser focused on this issue and engaged in robust oversight to make sure that's the case. Storage testifying before the House armed services committee says to date, the money has all tracked to the weapons purchases. Some House Republicans have made it clear they don't want more U.S. funding to go to Ukraine. But the panel's GOP chair, Mike Rogers, says President Biden and the U.S. have to remain committed. This conflict must end and the president must be willing to do what it takes to end it with victory. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller WTO B news. Keep it here on WTO P, the rising number of cyberattacks will have findings on a new report three

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"Good afternoon to you on Ralph Fox top stories we're following for you with this hour, there's a new push underway for additional protection in Montgomery county. After a 25 year old woman lost her life in a fire at a Silver Spring high rise that did not have a sprinkler system, the issue as renewed efforts to get all buildings that don't have those systems to get them installed. But the county exec says getting them all protected could be a challenge. Almost 80 buildings still don't have sprinkler systems Montgomery county. This is going to be extraordinarily expensive to put sprinklers and all these buildings. But the county's executive Mark elridge says you can't just force owners to install them because the expensive price tag for installation could send rents up. We just have to make sure we can come up with a solution to manage the costs. So we don't displace people in the process. He says he wants to look at ways for the county to help pay for the systems. And so that we could do this in a way that it doesn't severely impact rents and lead to more displacements. All high rises have until 2033 to get sprinklers installed, Mike Morello WTO news, a former loudoun county high school teacher is one of $5 million jury award. This over a wrongful case of sex abuse. Kimberly winter sued loudoun county after her 2018 arrest on charges of sexually abusing one of her park view high school students, but prosecutors quickly dropped charges determining the student was 18 years old at the time of his allegations. The Washington Post reports winters won a 5 day trial earlier this month, but lost her career and Friends. The post says the $5 million jury award will be paid by a state fund. Particularly on OW TOP news. It's 5 O 5, just hours after being released from jail, a Maryland teen, now behind bars. He's accused of stealing an SUV with a child inside. 18 year old aerial Florentino galley is accused of jumping into the driver's seat of an SUV that was left running at a gas station along Richie Marlborough road on Thursday. It happened just a half mile from where he had been released for charges related to theft, a three year old boy was inside the SUV when Florentino gallius took off, a short while later, another driver reported a hidden run, and police found the SUV abandoned with the toddler inside. Major Brian derm with the prince George's county police department, speaking with NBC four. Anytime there's a child involved, all hands on deck. We try to get information out the community and as quickly as possible to get their help as well. And that's what happens. He's facing several charges, including kidnapping. Melissa Howell WTO

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"And home estimate. It's 7 11, a loudoun county inmate who's awaiting trial on a sexual assault charge is suing the county sheriff's office. He says he was forced to take a shower in dangerously hot water, a warning to you, parts of this report may be disturbing to some listeners. It was on February the fourth when Richard pylon was moved out of his cell at the loudoun county detention center when he refused orders to put his hands through a slot in the cell door. Pepper spray was used according to the sheriff's office, once out of the cell, the sheriff's office says pylon was placed in a chair and taken to a shower to be decontaminated. And that's when, according to the lawsuit, he received first and second degree burn from scalding hot water. In body camera footage, pylon can be heard screaming during the shower. The sheriff's office claims an investigation found a faulty water mixing valve as a sole cause of the burns because it allowed the water to get hotter than the limit of 110°, but pylon's lawsuits as the deputies use unnecessary excessive force and he's suing for $7 million. Mike Morello WTO news. And you can read more about the lawsuit and see the body camera video at WTO P dot com. The perjury trial for the loudoun county public schools spokesman will not be moved to another county. A judge denied wade bayard's request for a change of venue bayard who is on leave from his job was indicted by a special grand jury looking into the school systems handling of two sexual assaults by the same high school student. Bayard argued the accusations of a cover up by Virginia's governor and attorney general tainted the jury pool. The prosecutors say the defense hasn't shown any evidence that bayard won't be able to get a fair trial. If you're looking for a small SUV and want something spacious and stylish, we have an option for you on this week's Friday test drive WTO car guy Mike parris says the subcompact Cadillac XT four is actually pretty roomy. Once you hop into the Cadillac XT four, you'll be quite surprised that something this small can has so much space inside both front and rear seat passengers have plenty of space and the seats are pretty comfortable, but with all the people space, the cargo space does suffer a little bit. He says it's sharp looking, but it's not the best at carving up corners. The Cadillac XT four starts at around $37,000, but prices can shoot up quickly, the optioned up one that Mike drove came

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"Law enforcement in the National Capital Region, and he has a violent criminal history. In Tyson's Mike Morello, WTO news. A replacement pedestrian bridge is coming to the spot where the previous bridge across D.C. two 95 collapsed. We're learning today when construction will start. There are several pedestrian bridges that allow people to cross over this busy roadway. The one near lane place northeast was demolished back in 2021 after truck slammed into it, hurting 5 people. A spokesperson for D.C.'s Department of Transportation tells WTO, construction on their replacement briefs, will start soon. In the first or second week of March, the bridge will cross over D.C. two 95 between lane place northeast and mead street northeast on the west and connect a kennel worth avenue on the east. It'll comply with accepted highway standards, as well as ADA standards, and the wider and taller. In northeast China, doolin, WTO news. Georgia avenue is one of the area's most dangerous roads for pedestrians. In two years, there have been 6 deadly crashes between Connecticut avenue and Hathaway drive. Residents gathered at the Wheaton community center last night to hear from county leaders about plans to make the busy road safer. Two weeks ago, a 23 year old woman was struck and killed on Georgia avenue and Aspen Hill. I went to her funeral last week. She left behind her daughter who's only 7 years old. Montgomery county council member Natalie fanny Gonzalez huddled with district 6 residents, rallying support for safety improvements on Georgia avenue. People are dying just by crossing the street. This is urgent. Funny Gonzales has the future could bring a road diet shrinking Georgia avenue travel lanes and Aspen Hill from 6 lanes to

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"Last Friday, the school system in Montgomery county says several more instances of anti semitic messages have been found inside four schools. This news has the superintendent promising action. We've had 9 incidents. Anti semitic incidents happen in our schools since Friday. And superintendent doctor manifa mcknight says the incidents, including drawings, were found at four schools. She's calling the actions unacceptable and says in response, some new steps are being taken, including kids responsible, seeing the axe added to their personal file in a form that has their name and grade level. I think these things are important if you look at the profile of an entire student over time for them currently in their future. And it will identify what the act was. Also for the parents of this dude who get in trouble. We are going to be requesting that our parents come in and be a part of the resolution for that child in the school. Mike Morello, WTO news. An emerging group in Arlington says E scooter parking has gotten out of hand. It has a solution to fix it. It's called purge. The founder spoke to Arlington now under only his first name, will. He says, purge will employ drivers to scoop up illegally parked E scooters and stash them in vans. They'll charge violators $50 to release the scooters. Arlington county is authorized a number of brands to operate a total of around 2000 E scooters in the county. Maryland democratic congressman Jamie Raskin announced back in December that he'd been diagnosed with diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Now months into treatment the Montgomery county Democrat gives an update to his supporters. I midway through my treatments here. I've done three of 6 rounds of chemotherapy and you guys have completely bolstered my courage and my confidence. That's in a video that Raskin put out since his diagnosis members of the progressive change campaign committee have sent thousands of letters wishing him well during his video call with supporters Raskin also showed off his now signature bandana from his rock idol Stevie van zant from the E street band. Several fairfax county school board members are urging Virginia governor Glenn youngkin to approve the advanced placement African American studies course and to do so quickly. The request comes after Virginia governor youngkin ordered a review to see whether the course violates his executive order that banned schools from teaching what are being called inherently divisive concepts. Laura Jane Cohen, among the board members, fairfax county board members who signed on to a letter to youngkin. Watching how things unfolded in Florida and then seeing our governor mimic that kind of stupidity, it was really offensive. The secretary of education in Virginia says the course will be reviewed to make sure students are being taught how to think and not what to think. This course is expected to be offered in several fairfax county high schools next year. Some Montgomery county high schools will also be piloting the course. Coming up on WTO live update from college park as the Maryland men take on Minnesota and rob tells us more about the caps and more. Eric was way behind on his taxes. How a lot of money to the IRS almost $15,000. I tried to make payments. The IRS wasn't satisfied with Eric's efforts, so they came after him full force. They're coming to put a lean and a hold on all my income. My home, my car. I was just overwhelmed at what to do. Then Eric

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"None of them made any sense. So we don't believe there's any validity to the owning of money. O'Connell had been ordained 45 years, Steve futterman CBS News, Los Angeles. Also in LA today, a judge sentenced the man who murdered Nipsey Hussle, Eric holder will serve 60 years to life in prison for killing the rapper in 2019. His trial had been delayed because of the pandemic. This is CBS News. Now there's a simple, easy and effective way to clean your nose and protect your health, it's called navy. Available at dot com. 5 O three on WTO on this Wednesday. February 22nd, 2023, cloudy skies were at 53 in D.C.. Good afternoon, I'm Sean Anderson. And I'm Hillary Howard nedo our top local story. From swastikas being drawn to messages being written and shared, Montgomery county public schools have seen a spike in anti semitic acts. Now the school system is taking action. Since last Friday, there have been 9 newly reported anti semitic acts at schools. Images that students are showing one another. It could be that they drew on a piece of paper or shared it on a device or whatever it may be. Superintendent doctor moni from ignite says what's being seen is unacceptable. Unfortunately, we can't snap our fingers to solve the problem. But the school system does plan to modify its response by documenting the act and the school file of the student who committed it, and also bring in the parents of that student. To say, you know, we're going to have a conversation about this. We need you to be a part of the restoration plan and the plan moving forward and what the commitments we are all going to make to ensure that this does not repeat itself. In the long term, there will be more lessons on anti semitism and hate at schools. Mike Morello WTO news staying in Montgomery county hate symbols and crimes are on the rise outside the school system as well. One local lawmaker wants to start an anti hate task force in response, county council president Evan glass says the spike in racial ethnic and LGBTQ hate crimes is disturbing and frightening. He says the latest numbers from 2021 show more than 140 bias incidences, more than half were race related dozens of them targeted religion, especially Jewish people, glasses set a letter about creating the task force to county executive Mark elric. Some fairfax county school board members are calling for governor Glenn youngkin not to block the new advanced placement African American studies course. Youngins asked for a review to see whether the lessons violate his executive order, banning divisive concepts in school, Florida banned the course last month. Fairfax county school board member Laura Jane Cohen accuses the governor's administration of trying to stop the teaching of true history. Of course like AP African American studies is rich with opportunities to expand their knowledge and get to have these hard conversations learn how to have them in the world, which I think probably if more of us had taken courses like that. We'd probably do a better job. In a statement, the education secretary says the review is standard procedure. The course is currently expected to be offered in some fairfax Montgomery county high schools next fall. 5 O 5 for the first time the new leader of D.C.'s troubled 9-1-1 call center is detailing some of the changes she's making. The center has been heavily criticized for delays in sending out ambulances and mistakes such as sending emergency crews to incorrect locations. Critics say people have died because of all of this. Promising that this is going to be a fresh start, Heather McGowan, the acting director of D.C.'s office of unified communications said there are now four or 5 supervisors on duty at any given time. Previously, there were two or three supervisors here, also new employees will now need to go through 14 weeks of training instead of the 5 weeks that were previously required

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"And difficult job, but becoming a police officer could earn you a $20,000 bonus. Montgomery county is looking to fill a vacancy and its police force, where staffing is down by more than a hundred officers. The funds for the newly sworn recruits is coming for money that the county has saved due to the number of vacancies on the force. Some degree programs in humanities, English, math, and theology, among others, could soon be over at marymount university in Arlington. And the news has some past and current students and faculty upset. Around 10° in programs are all on the chopping block ahead of a board of trustees vote on Friday, the Catholic university says low tuition numbers are behind the decision to slash its offerings, but director of the school of humanities at marymount, arien economist, is concerned. Humanities are crucial in the U.S., especially now that people have a chance to study history, to think critically, to think ethically. A student led protest is expected on Friday, the school says students already in the majors that are impacted will be able to finish and coursework particularly in humanities will remain part of the school's core curriculum. Mike Morello, WTO news. The course offering cuts were first reported by Arlington now. The family of Malcolm X is suing New York City and federal officials. Alleging they concealed evidence in his murder, decades ago. Malcolm X was assassinated 58 years ago to the day and now his family is suing the NYPD FBI and others for $100 million. They say the agency's intentionally concealed evidence related to the murder and also point to the millions given to two men exonerated in 2021 who had previously been convicted and imprisoned. Family attorney Ben crump. The truth of what happened and who was involved has always been critical. Malcolm X's family has for years accused the agencies of conspiring to have their father killed. Matt piper, CBS News, New York. NASA has found fragments of a meteorite that crashed in Texas last week. NASA officials believe the object wait as much as a thousand pounds as it came crashing to earth. It hit the ground with the equivalent force of 8 tons of TNT. NASA officials have confirmed that it was indeed a meteorite, fragments have been found near the U.S. Mexican border. There were no reports of injuries, two other meteorites, one in France, and one in Italy hit earth around the same time. Steve futterman CBS News

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"Saturday, 25 year old Melanie Diaz was killed in a fire at a downtown Silver Spring apartment complex. The state fire marshal says sadly, Diaz's life may have been saved if the building had a sprinkler system. I'm surprised that we only lost one individual that bank. Maryland state fire Marshall Brian gerace says a state fire code change in 2018 gives buildings until 2033 to install sprinkler systems. Gonna take time to sprinkle these buildings, especially these larger buildings, such as the one in Silver Spring. I mean, that takes a lot of time to do. And obviously a lot of money and a lot of funding. But he's speaking out hoping that properties don't wait until the last minute because with the stuff we buy nowadays, flames he says, spread faster than ever. It's all synthetic, it's all plastic. And it burns much hotter. He says that Montgomery county 80 high rise buildings don't have sprinkler systems. That number is 20 in prince George's county, Mike Morello WTO news. After this fire death and other injuries and damage and nonprofits has it stepping in to help those affected, Maryland housing partnerships website shows the nonprofit launched a fund to aid the nearly 400 residents, 100% of donations are said to go directly to those affected. We've been reporting here as we heard from Mike the three alarm fire took the life of Melanie Diaz, it also sent at least 15 residents and three firefighters to the hospital, one resident was left in critical condition. Three pets died in the fire. The cause of the fire which started on the 7th floor of the building is still being investigated. Donations to the fund can be made through the nonprofit's website, find that a WTO dot com search fire. 9 O 6, some local business owners in Alexandria may soon be paying higher taxes in return they would get some extra promotion for their companies. We think it's important to market the city, the businesses. Amy Rutherford owns two businesses in old town Alexandria that would fall within the boundaries of a proposed business improvement district where commercial properties would be hit with a new tax of ten cents per $100 of assessed value, Rutherford says organizers need to get petition signatures from 60% of the affected property owners and they're about a third of the way there. We're doing the heavy lift of going door to door, phone call, the phone call email the email. If they do get the signatures, the plan would then be considered by the Alexandria city council. Nickel and Ellie double your TLP news you'd like to learn more about the idea organizers are hosting public forums tomorrow in person and on Zoom. Find more details at WTO P dot com. Coming up a case that could drastically change Internet speech laws is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court will bring you some live details about today's arguments with axios tech and policy reporter Ashley gold. Stay close to WTO

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"From the freemasons doll, the bands. People lined the streets of old town for the George Washington birthday parade at an annual tradition here. 9 year old dalia was in a colonial style dress, getting ready to get into the parade, she walked with the little theater of Alexandria. I like being in the play because I get to hand out candy and then I get to see them smile and be happy. Then there were 7 year old Devon who was collecting up on all the sweets being passed out. How does candy have there? In old town Alexandria, Mike Morello, WTO news. Coming up here on WTO, we are talking about a former wizard landing in a new spot, local men's college basketball with the Howard bison and action tonight, one of the hottest teams around. Frank will tell us how all that went in a couple of minutes. The following is a paid commercial message. In their hit song, what about love? Hart says, don't you want someone to care about you? Hi, this is lon Solomon. And you know, I can't think of any one of us that doesn't want someone to really care about us. Not just to care about a superficially, but to care about us because they really love us for what we are. And they love us down deep. You know, this is the great news of the Bible. The Bible says that we can come to Christ because he cares about us. Imagine that. The God of the universe cares about you. And he cares about me, amazing. So why not take advantage of that and bring your life to Jesus Christ? Not a sermon, just a thought

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"I was talking about it to this reporter, I just couldn't control my emotions. You started crying. In northwest, Mike Morello WTO news. Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg is vowing to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for that train derailment in east palestin, Ohio earlier this month in a letter to the CEO of the freight rail company, Buttigieg says it must live up to its commitment to make residents whole. Letter comes after a fiery derailment caused hundreds of people to evacuate and release toxic chemicals into the environment. Ohio governor Mike dewine says the chemicals that spilled into the Ohio River are no longer a risk, but some residents say they have constant headaches and irritated eyes. The state plans to open a medical clinic there to analyze their symptoms despite repeated statements that air and water testing has shown no signs of contaminants. It's 8 12. I'm Peter mister Lee and here are your top headlines from federal news network. As part of its joint effort to protect consumers from quote discourage of illegal robocalls, the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission announced a civil enforcement action on Friday against several corporate and individual defendants for alleged violations of the FTC act. DoJ and the FTC say the action targeted companies that provided assistance to telemarketers who made illegal calls to numbers on the national do not call registry, as well as failing to truthfully identify the seller of the goods and the services being marketed. For more on this and other federal stories, go to federal news network dot com. Still a hit how a local woman made history in The White House. It's 8 12. Do you have a heating and air

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4 Washington DC Men Arrested For Carjackings in Massive DMV Crime Spree
"In car jackings has hit our region since the pandemic began Now, eight of those cases in Maryland, Virginia and D C appear to have been solved with the arrest of four D. C. Men as Carjacking cases. Spike. Montgomery County Police chief Marcus Jones says his department and others teamed up to create a Carjacking town. Force a result of it. Investigators identified four suspects who committed eight Carjackings throughout the D. M V 2 18 year olds into 21 Year old from D. C have been arrested. They're believed to be behind 22 crimes in all, including the armed robberies of several businesses and 80 M. There were people whose lives were clearly threatened by these individuals, but the search for car jackers continues. Jones says. His county alone has seen more than 38 car jacking since last fall, mainly in the Bethesda in silver Spring areas That's more than double the case is seen and All of 2019 in Gaithersburg, Mike Morello. W T o P News Well,

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"403 Sunday January 3rd 2020 40 degrees and that's as high as it gets today. Good morning. I'm Stephanie Gaines Bryant the top local stories we're following this hour. The Loudon County Sheriff's Office says the suspect in the shooting at a sterling Wal Mart is in custody. It all began at around 5 30 yesterday afternoon when the suspect shot three people at the store, including an off duty, Loudon County Sheriff's deputy During a shoplifting incident. All of the victims are expected to survive. Fairfax County police have been searching for the suspect in Chantilly will give you more updates as the information becomes available. We're learning more about two of the five fires that happened in Prince George's County on New Year's Day. One of those fires took a life one was a three alarm fire that left at least 65 people out of their homes and cause $2 million in damage. It happened at an apartment building on Alice Drive in Oxon Hill. Investigators say the evening fires a case of arson and arrested Kiana tell a pharaoh who lived in the building. Investigators later question the suspect who admitted to starting the fire, Michael Eurasian, with French George's County Fire and E. M s. Another fire at a home in Beltsville shortly before noon on Montgomery Road, claimed the life of me or not. Reno's a who is believed to have re entered the home after escaping. Moments later, the eight year old child who was transported exited the home but Miss Reno's Ah did not. The eight year old girl into adult suffered serious injuries. Foul play is not suspected in that fire. Mike Morello w T O P News Ah man hats, non life threatening injuries After being shot Saturday morning, it happened in a confrontation with D. C. Police on Georgia. Avenue Northwest in the park. Few neighborhood D. C. Police chief Robert Conte says the man was struck with an officer fired, wounding him and then police recovered the man semiautomatic handgun with an extended magazine. There is police camera video of the shooting officer's body want camera was activated, so we will be releasing that information for our protocols. The shooting happened in the 3300 block of Georgia Avenue home toe, a Beiber shop a.

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Coronavirus: 3rd Washington, DC firefighter positive
"A third DC firefighter has tested positive for coronavirus that person's part of roughly two hundred and forty confirmed cases in our region and WTOP's Mike Morello starts our team coverage now with this live report we were just notified an hour ago that we had a third member that has god been tested positive DC fire chief Gregory dean says so far one hundred and forty one members of the fire and EMS department are being self quarantine because they had contact with the two first positive cases with the department now a third is reported how is the department handling being down so many members after tendencies and we're looking at all the contingencies from how we're deploying our resources how many resources we have meantime DC police chief Peter Newsham says several department members are self quarantining because of potential explode exposure but no one in the department has tested positive he's also urging the public notified the call taker so that first responders may take appropriate safety precautions before their arrival that's of course when you make a call to nine one one

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DC Takes Big Steps To Mitigate Effects Of Coronavirus
"Meanwhile in the district prevention measures now include closing schools I'm calling off big gatherings mass gatherings of more than two hundred and fifty people are now banned in DC DC department of health director Dr Lakhwinder Nesbitt says the hope is big events will be called off that would have people kind brigading increasing opportunities for that at the transmission of coronavirus easy memory bouncer says more than half of DC's work force will work from home with many operations being done remotely others will continue to be performed at public buildings but under modified operations the school system live access online learning for students in sites where those who depend on free lunches can get food Mike Morello WTOP

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First three coronavirus cases confirmed in Maryland, all in Montgomery County
"Maryland's three confirmed cases of corona virus are in Montgomery County and now we're hearing from county leaders about the situation there is no reason to panic Montgomery county executive Marc Elrich trying to reassure residents after three patients all of whom recently took a cruise tested positive county health officer Travis scales they sought medical care at different points they did experience symptoms upon returning he says before they were self quarantine there was some level of normal activity but he has a couple in their seventies and a woman in her fifties did limit their activities when symptoms kicked in the state is working to identify those they came in contact with these are travel related cases by Gail says the county is preparing for any possible community spread I wouldn't say it's a habitable but we're planning for that in Rockville Mike Morello

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Washington D.C.: Maryland tests two new patients for possible cases of coronavirus; Gov. Hogan says he’ll request $10M for preparedness
"Maryland's governor is urging residents to not panic but take corona virus seriously this comes as two more potential cases of the illness are turned over to the CDC in the state to Marylanders who recently traveled to China met the CDC criteria and governor Larry Hogan says that puts the state's total to four potential cases the first two cases coming back negative Hogan says he's been holding frequent meetings with his cabinet and that the state is working with local governments to make sure everyone is prepared which includes ten million dollars for emergency coronavirus virus preparedness expenses Dr Fran Phillips with the state department of health says that also includes continual communication with health care providers as a state lab is also ready to begin testing here once the CDC allows that at the Maryland emergency management agency in Reisterstown Mike Morello WTOP

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First case of suspected coronavirus reported in Maryland, individual in good condition
"Evening Maryland is now reporting its first potential coronavirus case it comes as a Virginia man awaits the results of a possible case here in the Commonwealth WTOP is Mike Morello has the latest in Maryland the state says it's transferring its first suspected case to the CDC for confirmation this of course comes after Virginia submitted three potential cases of the CDC two of those have come back negative lab results for a third person a George Mason University student has not come back yet universities as a person lives off campus and a self isolating themselves Dr Anthony Fauci director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases at the national institutes of health says as potential cases are announced around here this is a low risk to the American public and he says if things change to alter the level of risk the CDC will let them know very promptly about that Mike Morello WTOP news meanwhile we just got this update the death toll in China is now one hundred six more than four thousand people their

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George Mason University student suspected of contracting deadly coronavirus
"Two we are also following the latest involving the corona virus the US now has five confirmed cases two new cases being reported today one in Los Angeles and California and the other in Maricopa county in Arizona China saying the death toll now is eighty two thousand seven hundred confirmed cases as we hear of more cases around the nation we may be looking at our freight first case of the coronavirus here a George Mason University student may be one of three people suffering from pneumonia like illness in an email the staff and students the university says it's aware of reports about a student recently returned to the school from China who is exhibiting symptoms of the corona virus but it has yet to confirm those reports the email came shortly after the Virginia department of health announced three potential cases in the state one in northern Virginia the other two in central Virginia and as of now there are no confirmed cases in Virginia Dr Lillian peek at the Virginia department of health says there awaiting lab results on the three people from the CDC to confirm they have the illness and she says if you suspect you have it they'll just go to the doctor call ahead Mike Morello

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Virginia Investigating 3 Possible Coronavirus Cases
"We could soon be seeing the first confirmed cases of coronavirus in our area and one of region yes first cases may involve a student from China George Mason University says it's aware reports on social media that a student who traveled here from China has similar symptoms so that was caused by the corona virus but he didn't say if those reports are true the message though was accompanied with extensive information on recognizing responding in preventing the spread of the illness which includes calling ahead to medical facilities if you just act you have it the news came not long after Virginia's health department announced three people in the state including one in northern Virginia and two in central Virginia potentially have the Ellis at this point we're waiting for laboratory tests from CDC Dr Lillian peak with the Virginia department of health says those results are expected back by mid week Mike Morello WTOP news and with the virus spreading in China there are now concerns at all major US airports a B. to B. Y. Marshall yesterday a passenger who had been in China were showing flu like symptoms he was escorted off a Southwest Airlines flight and referred to a Medical Center for evaluation the person then was cleared and released southwest says the crew was following recommendations from health

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Hong Kong declares emergency over coronavirus and closes schools
"In China officials are working to stem the spread of coronavirus it's already sick and more than twelve hundred people forty one of died the Chinese city of Wuhan has banned most vehicle use in the downtown area and Hong Kong is closing schools for two weeks the incubation time for this corona virus according to the CDC is anywhere from two days to two weeks so anyone who has been to Honda who may have come into contact with someone could be a carrier or could develop symptoms and infection at any time two weeks after that fact that is CBS news correspondent rainy Inocencio now as China struggles to stop the spread of the corona virus fears are increasing in the US about it no one should you really start paying attention to the situation here I fully anticipate we're gonna see additional cases are attacks weaker southwest Megan's director of health policy research at Raymond James says that could be ten to twenty cases and as a former Deputy Assistant secretary of the department of health and Human Services he says he knows the situation is being watched closely every day all day you have tracking of this type of information to get too worked up about it not right now he says because people in the U. S. that have come down with the corona virus traveled to China if you start seeing human to human transmission within the United States that's when I would start to become concert he also says the US is well prepared to handle an outbreak Mike Morello

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Thousands expected in DC for 4th Women’s March
"The women's March captured the nation's attention when hundreds of thousands protested president trump back in twenty seventeen this year the numbers are expected to be lower but in spite of what the weather may do the annual March could still bring some big crowds to DC tomorrow thousands of people are expected to step off at ten AM here from freedom plaza in March around the White House we're fighting to take back our rights we're fighting to take back our health care we're fighting to take back our futures and we're fighting to take back our joy Kelly Robbins is with Planned Parenthood action fund and is also helping to organize the event as of today we have about twenty six thousand people are as he peed Rachel o'leary Carmona as the marches CO she says this year's event will be a bit different we are not having speakers this year and we are marching with the marches because we feel like that's where the energy is with the movement and despite the forecast you said it will happen rain or shine or snow at freedom plaza in DC Mike Morello

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DC-based developer of sports betting app hoping appeals court takes up case
"Dylan Carragher mobile sports betting app designer says DC violated its own laws in voting to amend procurement laws to award a Greek firm in Charlotte the big dollar mobile sports betting deal and he took the city to court over it he originally got a preliminary injunction stopping payment of the company until judge John Campbell lifted that order and dismissed his lawsuit now he's asking these these court of appeals to step in I'm hopeful that we'll get a fair level of consideration from a higher court Carragher's attorney Donald temple the city has said it didn't violate its laws in awarding the contract Mike Morello WTOP