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"Delegates districts look different now they completely race the map and started from scratch alex keena political science professor at virginia commonwealth city virtually every single incumbent is faced with new constituents and that means new challenges for incumbents for example it may diminish some of their name recognition also some of the boundary changes districts made less favorable to democrats or republicans than they had been previously nick ein lew c lp news there's another delay in the independent investigation into a sexual harassment scandal involving a former dc deputy mayor axios reports the probe into john felch icky o intends to investigate not only harassment claims against him but also accusations of a bad workplace culture and retaliation against employees in july the dc council directed the office of inspector general to hire an independent law firm to investigate but the winning bid had to be from a local small business and after two requests it's none of the local businesses a local bids rather qualified for the contract two weeks ago the i g obtained a waiver for the local small business requirement clearing the way for any firm with experience in sexual harassment investigations to be selected he said the man's the and before you head out the door to go get some candy with your little batman a princess tonight we for you probably hear that a lot at any halloween party or while trick -or -treating it's
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"The first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan's last name, the street will instead be spelled with just one R. I'm sure if people still use two Rs, things will get delivered to us. Residents will have a chance to weigh in on changes these and even make some proposals of their own at a meeting on November 30th at City Hall. Cheyenne WTLP Corrine, News. Fairfax County police are investigating numerous reports of suspicious flyers portraying IS distributed material in a neighborhood around Wolf Trap. Our news partners at ABC7 report that on one side the flyers seem to be using statistics to criticize U .S. support for Israel. On the other side, the flyers have an image of Uncle Sam with an anti -Semitic message. The leaflets also had a link to a website with and rows rows of extremely anti -Semitic messages. Police say those flyers were anti -Semitic in nature. Police are canvassing the area and are asking community members to review home surveillance footage and report any tips to them. DC's professional women's soccer team has a home game tomorrow and they're aiming for postseason play. DC is such an intense and such a die hard fan base. And the Washington Spirit, DC's national women's soccer league team, is hoping to draw 15 thousand fans to Audi Field for the final game of the regular season, Spirit Forward Trinity Rodman tells UTLP. Being patient for these games and seeing how hard we work to get the result is the most rewarding thing for the and fans the players because once we do get that goal or get that win the crowd goes crazy. Everyone's connected. The Spirit will be playing the North Carolina Courage and if the Spirit wins, the team cures its spot in the playoffs. Nick Ein, L -A -W -T -O -P News. You know those casino -like games in gas stations and convenience stores in Virginia. A ban on those electronic skill games is now back in effect. This comes after state the Supreme Court ruled they can be regulated under police powers in Virginia. Coming up After traffic and weather in Money News. Will inflation spook you away from your usual Halloween spending? I'm Egan Crawford. It's 1108. Michael and Son's heating tune -up for only $59. Michael and Son! Traffic and weather on the 8th. Justine Dresner in the W -T P -O -Traffic Center. And good morning Sandy. Starting off in the district southbound 395 freeway after Main Avenue. The crash had activity been blocked in the left lane. Basically cleared out of the roadway. Still finding delays backed way up all to the the 3rd Street Tunnel. Leaving Maryland into the district southbound on the B -W Parkway at the 50 splint. Dealing with a crash, also with a lane blocked, and also with delays back in the area of 202 and Chevrolet. Montgomery County interloop of the Capital Bellweaver dealing with crash activity right before you get to the 355 exit currently blocking the left lane. In Prince George's County we do remain slow on the interloop between 214 and 50. That's just all simple vine delays at best. In Virginia, interloop ramp of the Capital Bellweaver heading to Route 7, the Leesburg Pike. Last check, the crash contained to the right shoulder. Not much as far as backups are concerned, but new crash activity being reported on the interloop in Virginia near right Braddock Road, currently blocked on the right lane. For over 35 years in the DMV, Greenberg Betterment and has helped tens of thousands of clients who've been hurt in auto accidents or victims of medical malpractice. Visit GBlawyers .com and feel better. Steve Drisner, ETOP traffic. Two 7 News First Alert meteorologist, Jordan Evans. Tonight, rain will come to an end, but before that we're tracking on and off showers and even a heavy downpour or two this evening.
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"-old boy from Glen Arden has been charged with first and second -degree murder and other weapons charges in the death of Jada Medrano Moore. The shooting happened Monday afternoon just outside Duval High School. Police say the victim was walking on Palomar Drive after leaving school when a fight broke out between two groups of people. During the fight the suspect according to police took out a gun. Detectives say the victim attempted to intervene and that's that's when she was shot. An investigation continues we are waiting to get more details from police detectives will bring you more on the story as we hear it. Maryland will be looking for a new state State Schools Superintendent Muhammad Choudhury says he is not seeking a second term as the state's public schools leader. Choudhury and the State Board of Education released a statement this morning saying that he'll be pursuing other opportunities and the board is beginning a national search for his replacement. Maryland Governor Wes Moore issued a statement thanking Choudhury for his service and pointing to his leadership during the pandemic. First on WTOP, a Montgomery County Council employee is now on administrative After an inspector general investigation revealed they inappropriately used county money to benefit their spouse. $11 ,490 dollars is how much money the inspector general says this council staff member inappropriately charged to a council account. From 2022 to 2023, the employee reserved athletic fields for their spouse using the council account. Attempts to get the money back from the employee were reportedly ignored, and the staff member, even at times, made references to their position at the county council. a In statement council president Evan Glass shared, the employee has been placed on leave and the case has been sent to the Ethics Commission and the state's attorney's office for review. Cheyenne Koren, WTOP News. WTOP Small Business September is sponsored by Eagle Bank, as we celebrate local business owners in our region. Today, Nick Ionelli stops by a restaurant in Northern Virginia. We know how incredibly difficult it As was for restaurants, when COVID hit, it was really rough, but now there's optimism. Looking back, I'm really thankful that we got through it. Theresa Kiefer owns Northside 10, a bar and grill along East Glebe Road in Alexandria. Sure, there are still challenges such as finding enough employees to fully staff for business. This dynamic of this industry has just changed. But financially, she is back on track. Our sales are right around where they were before COVID. And how does that feel? That must be a relief. Oh, 100%. Yeah, it normal. feels You know, everybody's moving again. Nick Ein, L. A. W. T. O. P. News. The Morning Show is back for its third season on Apple TV Plus. The show started with a bang, but has it remained strong going into this third season? We asked Vulture critic Jen Cheney for her thoughts. What I would say about The Morning Show, and I've always felt this way, it's really compelling sense. It's a very soapy show. It takes itself way too seriously, but the cast is so good and they're so entertaining to watch that On Skype, Jen Cheney says the first two episodes of The Morning Show have already started streaming on TV Apple Plus, and joining the regular cast this season is Jon Hamm. In Washington, breaking news happens every day. This just in from Arlington. can So you really afford to miss even a single day of WTOP? We're hearing about an incident in Bethesda. Everything you need every time you listen. WTOP news. Coming Coming up on WTOP in money
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"News 6 23 well deadly shooting involving a young victim this time in dc a seventeen -year -old was shot and killed on monday in the city's brentwood neighborhood in northeast we're now hearing from the victims father when antonio davis found out that his son antonio cunningham had been shot i just ran out of here ran out the house just praying that he was okay but the seventeen -year -old did not survive i'm pretty much just numb this doesn't seem real just feel like i'm in a nightmare right now it's it's crazy i wouldn't want nobody to go through that davis says the family has a vigil planned for friday evening on brentwood road just off thirteenth street in northeast police are still investigating the shooting so far no word on suspects or a motive nick ein lew top news new information this evening on the possible development of our case stadium in d c the washington post reports legislation is coming up next week into house committees to let d c redo the property in the hopes of learning the commanders back to the nation's capital a hearing is set for tuesday before the natural resources subcommittee on federal lands a spokesperson tells the post final plans for debate before the house oversight committee are not final yet the legislation would keep dcs lease the in place for up to one hundred years congress would need to sign off before any redevelopment plans can go forward six twenty four this is bound to bring back a few memories the national twelve hall of fame has announced its twelve finalists being considered for induction this year among the them teenage mutant ninja turtles along with a cabbage patch kids wait for it ken uh... just -time ken long sidekick uh... top vote getters from the public will be announced early in november the toy hall of fame is housed at the strong museum in rochester new
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"Weekend taking home the gold during the twenty twenty three world athletics championships in budapest any plans to set even more records this weekend tomorrow he hopes to become man the first to win the one hundred and two hundred meter race at a world championships since hussein bolted it eight years ago though and on saturday he plans to bring home another win in the four by one relay which would make him the first home american three to bring gold at a single world since two thousand seven lyles speaking with the media is no longer is running trying more to run is really going to help me it's now running faster hundreds that's going to make the first hundred two and hundred a thousand times melissa howell wtop news well the pumpkin spice latte is back and went on sale beginning today at starbucks it's become the company's original beverage but is it really the season for it wtops nick i anelli talked about with it customers at a starbucks in chevy chase did you get a pumpkin spice latte i did and that's and that's a confession that a lot of coffee drinkers have right now as the pumpkin spice latte is back but kids in august is it too early for this everyone has their own opinion is it the season for pumpkin spice latte um i don't think so i just think they've been pushing it out a little bit early on the consumers do you think it's too early to the pumpkin have spice latte for me it's not for me i would drink them all year does it taste like the season yes and what season is that fall yeah but it's not full yet right i mean they say labor day is end the of summer right and it's almost labor day so it's close enough all right that's a strong argument in chevy chase nick ein l -e -w -t -o -p news well if you want to talk to god for just $2 .99 a month text with jesus we'll let you have conversations with jesus marry joseph peter and matthew but there's controversy too you can also talk to claim to be divine
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"There have been some good games come out this year, but I think it's gonna be really hard to top this. The Legend of Zelda tears of the kingdom has been out since May 12th and Nintendo just announced that in the first three days of it being available, the game sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. It's now the fastest selling Nintendo game ever in the Americas. Austin king is the lead gaming editor for the entertainment website screen rant. The Nintendo Switch, it's not known as being this powerhouse of performance or anything. He says that's led many to wonder how a game this big in this detailed is even able to exist on the switch. It's just very impressive. Nick ein Ellie, WTO P news. The veterans health administration is on track to reach its fiscal 2023 goals to increase staffing. Veteran news network reports a top agency official says it's looking to remove or streamline unnecessary steps in the process wherever possible. Sports at 25 and 55 powered by maximus, moving people and technology forward. Here's Jay Brooks. Well, sandy, the Nats going for the series went and today against the tigers wasted no time in the first inning. Now the two two on the way sweet a ground ball toward the middle. That's going to go through a base hit center field. Thomas rounding third, he's going to score. Candelario rounding second. He edged for third. And on at first with a single to center and a run batted in is showing manassas. And there you go, now it's radio network with the call right now a three zero lead for Washington with two on and two out. We'll keep you posted your side gray started for Washington elsewhere owes with a chance at a sweep in Toronto right now. Bottom of the first scoreless up in Toronto to the links PGA Championship golf's second major final round already underway Victor hovland and Corey Connors, one shot back at 500 from leader Brooks Koepka hovland and koepka in the final pairing coming up in about 35 minutes from now. Elsewhere WNBA Washington head coach Eric T Bo with his first technical foul of his career right now as the mystics are in Connecticut with a 38 to 34 lead as they head to the half. Jay Brooks, WTO P sports. Coming up House speaker McCarthy says a call with President Biden on the debt limit today was productive. The two planned to meet in person tomorrow. And a private space flight to the International Space Station is on tap this afternoon. One
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"That living healthier longer is a very real possibility for many. But how? Researchers at Boston University found that the DNA and lifestyle of some centenarians have the fountain of youth. It was the immune cells found in the blood. That means these folks have a high functioning immune system, one that successfully fought off and recovered from many ailments over their 100 plus years. While you may already have those type of cells in your system, the study stresses the importance of keeping your immune system strong. I'm Cooper Lawrence, and this is all well and good. It's 7 23 ocean city Maryland wants to be the first zero waste resort town in the country. To that end, city officials are teaming with local nonprofit, go green OC, one of the first steps we'll see nearly 30 businesses team up on a goal of 500,000 to 750,000 pounds of food waste aversion this year alone. City officials will also begin moving events at the ocean city convention center towards zero waste over the next 5 years. The goal to reduce waste by 90% by 2028, a new warning about another dangerous TikTok challenge after the so called benadryl challenge led to a 13 year old boy from Ohio dying. This particular challenge involves people overdosing on benadryl in an effort to hallucinate, while it is dangerous and in this case deadly, it's far from the only dangerous challenge on social media. Parents, we're kind of disconnected from what's really going on out there. Doctor Gregory jans, a teen mental health expert urges parents to set time aside consistently and ask their kids about popular challenges that might be out there. He says it's important to keep that dialog open and ongoing. We have to be willing to talk about it. It's really helping our kids understand how dangerous things can be. Nick ein LAW TLP news
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"Apply for complete details, please visit optimize relief dot com. This is WTO news. Add one 22. It's an age old debate in this area. Where do you find the worst drivers in the DMV? Washington Post transportation reporter Michael laris says a new post George Mason char school is out and it's exactly what you might expect. Those polled in Maryland in the Maryland suburbs blame D.C. drivers the most, then you have four in ten northern virginians will blame suburban marylanders and then D.C. residents sort of split the blame all around. The new poll also reveals almost 6 and ten area residents, including majorities across the region, say D.C. has the best places to eat. Kyle Cooper, WTO news. Well, speaking of driving, if you're tired of bumpy roads, D.C. leaders have some good news. They say now is the time of year, they'll be smoothing things over. Spring is here. And we are getting back to the basics. Everett launched the director of D.C.'s Department of Transportation, giving an update on paved D.C., which is the city's goal to eliminate all roads in poor condition by 2024. I'm happy to announce that we are very close to meeting that goal. 88% of the way there to be exact, mayor muriel Bowser. Since we launched, paid D.C., we have paved 500 miles of roadway. This year's plan includes resurfacing 76 miles of roads and restoring 65 miles of sidewalks and 126 alleys in the district Nick ein LE WTO news. Two teens have been stabbed at a Walmart in fairfax county, police say it happened around 6 last evening. This is the Walmart on Richmond highway in the high blue valley area one victim a boy suffered life threatening injuries. The other a girl is expected to recover, police say they have two suspects in custody and they believe the attack was not random. In two teenagers have been charged in a shooting that left a 15 year old wounded and led to lockdowns of several schools and a library in Stafford county. The Stafford county sheriff's office says that two 17 year olds face charges connected to the shooting of a 15 year old boy who was found with a gunshot wound to the back near the park ridge community Thursday afternoon. The 17 year olds were found hiding in a shed not far from where the shooting happened, one of the suspects had also been shot in the leg. According to the sheriff's office, the 17 year old said traveled from Stafford to woodbridge, and there was some sort of struggle involving all three teenagers, but no further details were available, one of the suspects faces a charge of aggravated malicious wounding both are also facing gun charges and the investigation is continuing. Cake Ryan, WTO P news. Sports at 25 and 55 powered by Red River, technology decisions aren't black and white. Think red. Here's been rabies. All right, sandy round three of
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"1215. I'm Nick ein Ellie. Thanks for being with us. In just a couple of hours, former president Donald Trump will be before a judge in Manhattan after a grand jury voted to indict him last week. He's facing criminal charges in connection to a hush money payment, paid to an adult film star during the 2016 presidential campaign. The former president is expected to be arrested and fingerprinted, though CBS News reports he will not have a mugshot taken, security outside the courthouse as you can imagine is really intense and let's go there right now live with CBS WCBS reporter Marla diamond, who is there. So Marlo really curious to know what the environment is like out there. Can you describe some of the things that you've been seeing so far today? Well, Nick, these protests, both pro and anti Trump began as early as 8 o'clock this morning when reporters had to stand in a long line in order to get a ticket to be in that courtroom to hear Donald Trump when he pleads not guilty. So about 60 reporters were allowed in. What is happening outside, I would say is like a carnival almost. It's a beautiful spring day here in New York City. And you've got people from all walks of life every state in the union here, pro and anti Trump. First, the pro Trump people under their flags wearing maga hats have been saying that the charges would never have been brought against the former president if he were not running for president again in the next election. And on the anti Trump side, protesters are saying that they are glad that he is facing the music. Of course Donald Trump has denied all of the allegations against him and of course this one involves hush money paid to an adult film star stormy Daniels, Trump has denied that. We know he will plead not guilty. He is expected here at the courthouse in about an hour from now to fill out paperwork and get fingerprinted. And I can tell you despite the fact that there were warnings that a violence, there was a warning from the mayor that people can come and protest peacefully, but they need to behave themselves so far they have been behaving themselves with the exception of the appearance of Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, very controversial figure, which she started speaking, the anti Trump protesters drowned her out with drums and whistle. Nick? And yeah, I actually saw a video of that online and it looked like a pretty tense atmosphere. I know that she was a little bit mobbed. It looked like by the crowd, even though she had security around her, that crowd really closed in and started banging on the vehicle as she drove away. That seemed like a really tense time there for a second. Yeah, I mean, honestly, it is very rare that you get far right protests in New York City. Which is a typically covering the far left. And so there's a lot of people that hear that don't like her. And that response may have been expected here. They just did not want to give her the megaphone. They didn't want to give her a voice. And I spoke to a guy from Brooklyn who said, you know, we don't want that kind of hate and divisiveness here in New York City. So you can tell from the crowd, mostly the anti Trump protesters under New Yorkers. Every day, New Yorker, I can tell you we've spoken to a lot of people who work down here. They did they can not wait for Wednesday. With this all clears out. Okay, double CBS reporter Marla diamond, who is in New York City live with that crowd and keep it here on WTO. This is such a historic day. It's a really intense day there in New York City. We're going to follow the story every step of the way as former president Donald Trump heads to court this afternoon, his arraignment is scheduled for two 15
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"Tired globally, are you of all the bumpy roads around here? Well, D.C. leaders are doing something about it. Good news this morning. It is the time of year. They'll work to smooth things over for you, if you will. Spring is here. And we are getting back to the basics. Everett launched the director of D.C.'s Department of Transportation, giving an update on paved D.C., which is the city's goal to eliminate all roads and poor condition by 2024. I'm happy to announce that we are very close to meeting that goal. 88% of the way there to be exact, mayor muriel Bowser. Since we launched, paid D.C., we have paved 500 miles of roadway. This year's plan includes resurfacing 76 miles of roads and restoring 65 miles of sidewalks and 126 alleys in the district Nick ein LAW TOP news. Students and staff alike are looking to digitally preserve two specific walls of graffiti located in Northern Virginia. It's not just any old street art though, it was left by soldiers during the Civil War. It tells a story about soldiers participation in the Civil War that's different from the kind of standard narrative. George Mason history, professor mills Kelly, is leading the project. This is more common soldier stuff, you know? It's Bible verses. It's complaints about the food. They'll digitally preserve the soldiers scribbling. That's located on plaster walls at the graffiti house in brandywine station, and historic blenheim. Over time, it's just going to slowly but surely fade. So preserving a digitally means that we have the opportunity to save that historical record for the long term. Luke Luger, WTO P news. It was 65 years ago, doctor Martin Luther King Jr.'s I have a dream speech changed the world. The Kennedy Center hosts free at last, a musical tribute to doctor king's legacy. It's one of the greatest concert halls on the planet. I'm definitely going to take a trip to his statue. He's just one of my favorite people that's ever lived. Baritone Kenneth overton says the Washington chorus will perform scenes from the life of a martyr by Virginia native undine Smith Moore. It is scored for solo voices for soprano tenor and mental soprano and full chorus and orchestra. I am the narrator. And I think she probably did that because Martin Luther King was such a great orator. You'll also hear Maurice dura flay's requiem. One of the Staples in the classical music canon. It is so beautiful, so gorgeous. Jason fraley W two B news. You are listening to one O 3.5 FM and double DT will be dot com. Guys, I think it's Truman. It's Truman is the right answer. Samurai. Samurai it is. Audacious final answer. No, sorry. A 162. Yes, that's it. Next time on it's academic, hosted by WTO keys, Hilary Howard. Students from centerville. Fairfax and Wheaton, high school, here's your first question. Match your wit. I know you know it
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"88% of the way there to be exact, mayor Mariel Bowser. Since we launched, paid D.C., we have paved 500 miles of roadway. This year's plan includes resurfacing 76 miles of roads and restoring 65 miles of sidewalks and 126 alleys. In the district Nick ein LE WTO news. Well, still to come here on WTO where you can get your hands on a free ice cream cone tonight. Take away get a precision AC tuna for only $59. Michael and son. Traffic and weather on the 8s and when it breaks, we're going to bob imler in the traffic center. On three O one north bound in upper Marlboro after Leland road, all lanes are blocked around the crash there should be an investigation around this pretty serious crash northbound three O one after Leland road southbound traffic does get by and listener finds one on 7 O four Martin Luther King Jr. highway. Westbound before Addison road initially all traffic stopped around the crash. Elderly beltway after central avenue, that crashes out of the road. Now there's no delay. In fact, around the entire beltway, both in Maryland and in Virginia, all is quiet tonight. On 95 and on the Baltimore Washington Parkway, everything is running pretty well on each same with two 70 and on 50 out of the bay bridge and in Virginia, three 95 95 and 66, each running well in the district eastbound 6 95, that crash has cleared near the third street tunnel. Looking for a safe used car Fitzgerald automobile has hundreds of good cars, trucks and SUVs next to a new car, a fits way used car is best visit fits mold dot com today, bob and WWE traffic. Let's go to 7 news first alert weather chief meteorologist Veronica Johnson. Headed out this evening, not bad pretty comfortable, the winds are going to start dying down, and we could see some patchy fog early
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"With us. Here's your Jill on money, question of the day. Stand from Texas asks, I'm 65 years old and getting close to retirement. I was wondering what your opinion is of using some excess cash flow to fund a qualified annuity contract. Well, Stan, my opinion is not very high. The problem with these contracts is that they can be very expensive and this can lock your money up. These always sound like a wonderful product until you actually figure out how much you're paying for it. I would very much caution anybody from buying an annuity contract before getting a second opinion from a qualified adviser. Have a question, go to Jill on money dot com And deciding to save a little dough and you don't want to spend big on spring break trip, a spring break trip where there are plenty of fun packed day trips for you and the kids. It has access to Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, with that comes so many different opportunities. Danielle a bike, a lifestyle editor with washingtonian magazine, says trying to find a trip that can combine nature with plenty of activities like Shenandoah. Front royal is just an hour and a half away so you can tour the skyline caverns, rank kayaks, even at this time of year and paddle down the Shenandoah river. Or if you want an even more leisurely adventure had to Ken island in Maryland's Queen Anne county. Really great smaller town where you can get on a bike and bike across the wetlands, spend some time outside. Packing my backpack now, Luke luker WTO P news. And are you looking to learn a new skill? Well, Montgomery county is offering free lessons to anyone who wants to learn how to ride an E scooter. It seems like E scooters are everywhere in every neighborhood, so if you ever want to pick one up and get somewhere on it, you may want to take a lesson first. That's why Montgomery county is offering a series of free E scooter lessons starting this month. People can come to any session that they want. Ruth Ann iser with Montgomery county's transportation department. We encourage them to take a practice without accelerating. We want to make certain that they feel comfortable with the braking mechanism. Once they are comfortable with that, then slowly accelerate. And they usually do very well with that. Nick ein Ellie, WTO P news. Check out WTO P dot com for the exact dates and time scheduled for the E scooter lessons
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"15. I'm Nick ein Ellie. I'm Hillary Howard glad you're with us. It was a discovery born of obsession and it ended with a long sought discovery. I'd like to visit his grave. There's more toll remains are lost to history. I know I can find him. It starts to sound slightly mad. If you could just understand the way it's made me feel. I feel energized. I feel happy. This is the lost king, a movie about one woman singular search for the body of England's Richard the third who was famously killed during a decisive 1485 battle in the war of the roses. So how does the story stand up? Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday joined us earlier with her review. This is a movie about philippa Langley who was the amateur historian and obsessive to be honest about it who persevered to conduct a search in a Leicester car park to find the remains of Richard the third, who is probably best known to most people from the Shakespeare play. And in that play, of course, he was depicted as a villain and the murderer of his nephews and a sort of power mad despot. And the more she gets to know about Richard the third, the more she feels that he's been maligned by history and the more of a connection, a personal connection she feels, she's portrayed in the film by the wonderful British actress Sally Hawkins. She's sort of a petite and elfin creature. And rather meek in some ways, but also absolutely implacable and brave and she'll go up against any kind of authority that tries to stand at her way to get this job done. I was charmed by the movie. It's directed by Steven freer's Steve coogan co wrote it. He plays her husband. And it's sort of a compelling domestic drama, a compelling detective story, a compelling piece of history. And it's just a very pleasant movie. Morgan Freeman's in a new film called a good person, but a lot of folks saying it is not so good and I have to agree. This was a misfire. Morgan Freeman, of course, is one of the all time greats. And Florence Pugh holds her own with him. They have a wonderful chemistry, but this is a very unfocused, erratic, uneven movie by Zach Braff, about addiction, that is probably the most frictionless depiction of recovery and rehab that I've ever seen. So with the exception of those two wonderful lead players, yeah, I'm afraid that's amiss. Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday who joined us on Skype
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"Four 15. I'm Nick ein Ellie. I'm Hillary Howard really glad you're with us. All the pandemic has changed so many things we all know that. That includes your experience when you stay at a hotel, even a somewhat expensive one, mid level hotels run by Hilton, Marriott, Sheraton, and others have stopped helping out people who go there every single day with cleaning. You know, what we're talking about here. I do. I do. And I'm trying to find where my script went. I had the same problem. Freelance journalist, Danielle brough, who wrote about this in The New York Times, is joining us live now. So there's something so nice about coming back from a day of sightseeing or hiking or whatever. And to see that your room has been cleaned every single day. What's changed? What's going on now? So it all started during COVID. When, I mean, most people weren't traveling. But those who were may have discovered that they are rooms were not being cleaned. Obviously, people were trying to avoid each other. So that was the reason why this was happening. But I noticed that it continued even past when COVID was sort of dwindling. And it now appears to be here to stay, it seems. So the hotels are primarily switched to an opt in method. Where you have to tell them if you want your room cleaned. Unless they're at the high end hotels, ways are still at the normal level. Is there buy in from hotel clientele or they're like, oh right, I like this idea. You know what? A lot of people do. I was actually surprised by how many people were pleased with this. More people than I expected, really loved their privacy when they go to the hotels and they were all about not having housekeeping come in at least on a daily basis. If not, you know, at least once or twice. Some people don't want people in their hotel rooms at all. So they were very pleased with this. Other people said that this is not who I interviewed. Said that this is not what they wanted for their hotel experience. And it's sort of a mixed bag. Because you can still get the daily housekeeping from the hotels. You just have to tell the front desk that you want it. And some front desk. Some hotels are saying to call in daily if you want it daily. Again, the high end hotels typically are still continuing their standard where they come in every day unless you have a do not disturb sign on the door. But mid level and lower tier hotels are making you making you opt in for the most part. Okay, freelance journalist Danielle Brown who wrote about this in The New York Times. Thank you so much
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"It's two 15. I'm Nick ein Ellie. And I'm Hillary Howard really glad you're with us. It was a discovery born of obsession and it ended with a long sought discovery. I'd like to visit his grave. There's mortal remains are lost to history. I know I can find him. It starts to sound slightly mad. If you could just understand the way it's made me feel. I feel energized. I feel happy This is the lost king. A movie about a woman singular search for the body of England's Richard the third, who was famously killed during a decisive 1485 battle in the war of the roses. So how does the story stand up? Washington Post film critic and Hornaday joins us live on Skype to tell us all about it. And Richard the third's death in the battle of bosworth field is a well-known piece of British history. Tell us about the movie and the woman determined to find his remains. Yeah, Nick, this is a movie about philippa Langley, who was the amateur historian and obsessive to be honest about it. Who persevered to conduct a search in a Leicester car park to find the remains of Richard the third, who is probably best known to most people from the Shakespeare play, and in that play, of course, he was depicted as a villain. And the murderer of his nephews and a sort of power mad despot. And the more she gets to know about Richard the third, the more she feels that he's been maligned by history and the more of a connection, the personal connection she feels, she's portrayed in the film by the wonderful British actress Sally Hawkins, who just is this kind of she's a very she's sort of a petite and elf and creature and rather meek in some ways, but also absolutely implacable and brave and she'll go up against any kind of authority that tries to stand at her way to get this job done. And it's a charming I was charmed by the movie. It's directed by Steven freer's Steve coogan co wrote it. He plays her husband. And it's sort of a compelling domestic drama, a compelling detective story, a compelling piece of history. And it's just a very pleasant movie. So in the last 45 seconds, Morgan Freeman's in a new film called a good person, but a lot of folks saying it is not so good and Hillary, I have to agree. This was a misfire. Morgan Freeman, of course, is one of the all time greats. And Florence Pugh holds her own with him. They have a wonderful chemistry, but this is a very unfocused, erratic, uneven movie by Zach Braff, about addiction, that is probably the most frictionless depiction of recovery and rehab that I've ever seen. So with the exception of those two wonderful lead players, yeah, I'm afraid that's amiss. Okay, thank you so much. Washington Post film critic and
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"And I'm Nick ein Ellie, thanks for being with us. Found in the war in Ukraine top U.S. intelligence officials testified before the Senate today and they warned the war is not likely to be over any time soon. National security correspondent JJ green joins us live with details, JJ. We do not foresee the Russian military recovering enough this year to make major territorial gains. But director of national intelligence of real Haines told the Senate today, Russian president Vladimir Putin is all right with that. Putin most likely calculates the time works in his favor and the prolonging the war, including with potential pauses in the fighting, may be his best remaining pathway to eventually securing Russia's strategic interests in Ukraine, even if it takes years. Haines said Ukraine has its challenges as well. Ukraine's prospects for success in a major spring offensive will probably hinge on a number of factors and if present the Ukrainian armed forces remain locked in a struggle to defend against Russian offenses across eastern Ukraine. And then fortunately, what this means is more troop deaths and most likely more civilian deaths as well, reporting live, JJ green, WTO news. So JJ, what is the latest on the fighting there today? Well, Nick Russia has focused on Bach mount with the majority of their forces and weapons today, but they've launched attacks and other locations like diva, here in ahe and zafar Asia, which is where that nuclear power plant is. But what's interesting is that Russia has not been launching those massive simultaneous missile and drone strikes lately, suggesting they may be running low on them. The DNI said today heavy losses to its ground forces and large scale expenditures of precision guided munitions during this conflict have degraded Moscow's ground and air base conventional capabilities, and she said it's increased their reliance on nuclear weapons and this is a very serious development that bears watching very closely. JJ, thanks. You're welcome. WTO national security correspondent JJ
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"Bold in a Honda SUV. See your local Honda dealer. 9 40 on this first anniversary of the start of the all out war in Ukraine, we're hearing from a Virginia pastor who is from Ukraine and traveled to the country several times this past year to help with humanitarian efforts. One year into the war in Ukraine, people are still trying to leave the country, soldiers are being mobilized all over the country. Andrew Moreau is a pastor and Lynchburg, Virginia, has a lot of friends and relatives who still live in Ukraine. He says if their feelings about the anniversary, the people of Ukraine are united and they're resilient. And they're not giving up. Still, he says many are on edge, not knowing exactly what Russia is planning. People are trying to do business as usual. And they never know when a missile is going to strike their town their home. Ukrainians are living in that tension. Nick ein Ellie doubled news. One Maryland family is using their tragedy to demand action. 31 year old Josh symes died last year from a fentanyl overdose, but when his family got his drug screen back from the hospital, it showed only cocaine because the hospital didn't test for fentanyl. During the legislative hearing yesterday, Sims partner Melanie Yates said correcting this would be a small but necessary step in fighting the fentanyl epidemic. The testing that occurs in hospitals directly informs Maryland's opioid prevention strategies. If we are not routinely testing for fentanyl, then we are vastly undercounting the number of fatal and non fatal fentanyl related overdoses that are happening in our state. The family is working with state delegate Joe Vogel and other lawmakers to push for legislation that would require healthcare providers to include fentanyl testing in urine screenings. Now, according to the DEA, 67% of drug overdose deaths in the 12 month period ending in January of 2022 involved fentanyl. If you're looking for a small SUV, but want something spacious and stylish we have an option for you. On this week's Friday test drive, WTO car guy Mike Paris 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 have 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 not the best at carving up corners. The XT four starts at around $37,000, but prices can shoot up quickly, the optioned up one microbe came in at around $56,000. You can read more and see pictures at WTO P dot com. And coming up on WTO House Republicans say the situation at the southern border remains in a crisis. We will tell you what they're calling for. It's 9 43. Save big during court furniture outlets, presidents