Of the area. Reporter i like that analogy. Good evening the Time Thursday rolls around, its going to be like the time your guests leave. There is something toe look forward to to look forward to. Its easier to point out where its dry than where its wet. Parts of 66 even where we saw heavier rain this morning are starting to dry out. Notice near 64, moments of drier weather. It is going do continue for to continue for a few hours. Around dinner time, well start to see a few breaks in it. There is still a lot of rain out there but there are areas that will see drier moments. Well see more downpours tomorrow. 47 degrees. Winds are out of the southwest so we are a little warmer ahead of a cold front. We will see temperatures near 50 today. This is a brand new computer model, ill go through the rest of the day and tell you what to expect and when that sun is here. Thanks. Today starts meteorological winter, a storm dumped record snow fall in the dakotas and iowa making a mess of travel. Its been an uphill battle for drivers across the midwest as a powerful blast of winter made a mess from nebraska to north dakota. In minnesota, a wave of snow barreled through the twin cities blanketing streets during rush hour. Nearly 400 accidents were reported statewide. President obama spoke to reporters in paris this morning before returning to the united states. Hes optimistic that a binding agreement will be reached at the United Nations Climate Change conference. Reporter president obama says he has high hopes that World Leaders will keep making progress on Climate Change. This is an economic and security imperative that we have to tackle now. Reporter the president and nearly 150 World Leaders are taking part in the United Nations Climate Change conference. It began on monday and will continue for two weeks. The goal is to hash out a legally binding agreement on climate to keep Global Warming below 3. 6 degrees fahrenheit and to reduce carbon emissions. Im sure there will be moments over the next two weeks where progress seems stymies and everyone rushes to write that we are doomed, but im convinced we are going to get big things done. Reporter the worlds top two producers of Green House Gases is the u. S. And china. The president also addressed the fight against the islamic state. Ultimately, russia is going to recognize the threat that isil poses to its country, to its people. Reporter the president hopes that russia will decide syrians leader needs to be removed from office to end syrias civil war. President obama is scheduled to arrive back at the white house this evening. Lock downs in alexandra have been lifted. Students and teachers were on lockdown after a robbery at a pnc bank this morning. A man is in the hospital after being shot this morning in front of an apartment building. Police say the victim was taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. Savannah street was closed during the investigation. No words yet on a suspect or motive. One person is hospitalized at the med star dez dez with injuries [technical difficulties] with injuries. This was the scene this morning. More than 65 firefighters battled if flames. Investigators say working smoke alarms did their job alerting people inside. Damage is estimated at 500,000. Its believed the cause of the fire may be electrical. A vote was expected on an issue thats caused a storm of controversy in our area and across the country, but its not happening at least today. Im talking about police body cameras. The bill would have equipped all 2800 patrol officers with body cameras. It would be the tough exist most expensive Body Camera Program in the country. A big part of the debate surrounding the issue has been how to protect the privacy of people recorded and how those recordings would be released to the public the council is expected to revisit the issue in two weeks. While the Obama Administration considers a plan to yankees the number of forces in syria, a candidate lays out her opinion. Craig boswell has more. Reporter Hillary Clinton laid out her vision to combat isis in an interview with cbs this morning. I think we have to have as our objective their defeat, so what is it you have to do to defeat them. I think you have to fight them in the air, you have to fight them on the ground and you have to fight them in cyber space. Reporter but she says fighting them on the ground means supporting other countries. Were not putting american combat troops back into syria or iraq. We are not going to do that. Reporter under no circumstances would you do that . At this point, i cannot conceive of circumstances. Reporter jeb bush sent out a tweet saying Hillary Clinton limiting isis attack opses shows hell continue obamas address. [inaudible] as leverage against cnn. I wont do the debate unless they pay me 5 million. All of the money goes to Wounded Warriors or goes to vets. Reporter but trumps lead is shrinking in iowa with ted cruz on his heels. I dont believe donald trump is going to be our nominee. I dont believe hes going to be our president. Reporter cruz has been drawing big crowds during his tour of a a this week iowa this week. Another panel of 75 potential jurors are being questioned today in the trial for the first of Six Baltimore City Police officers to be tried in the freddie gray case. Protestors were outside the courthouse where perspective jurors are being questioned in the trial. The death sparked days of protests and rioting. Hes out on bail but hes definitely not out of the woods. A judge set bail at one and a half Million Dollars for the Chicago Police officer charged in the shooting of laquan mcdonald. Officer jason van dykes family posted the money he needed to get out of jail. Investigators say van dyke shot mcdonald 16 times. Coming up, first it was the large soft drinks, now salt warnings are on menus. But first, why the murder conviction of a marine is ; we have some breaking news just into our news room. Moments ago chicago mayor rahm emanuel announced he was firing the Chicago Police superintendent. Again, he is firing the Police Superintendent in chicago. As you may recall, a lot of people, including the Chicago Sun Times have called for rethinking the citys Police Department and how its been dealing with situations in light of the shooting of laquan mcdonald. Again, the Police Officer in that shooting was freed on bond this morning. Well have more on this story on our wusa9 website and our mobile app in other news, iraqs ministry of defense released video of the troops fighting off isis west of baghdad. A u. S. Marine sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing a transgender fill philippineo woman. The two checked into a hotel after meeting at a night club the killing has reignited calls by left wing groups and nationalist for an end to americas military presence in the philippines. We are under a yellow alert. Well have the forecast next. Think of it this way, we have one day behind us, were half way through the second yellow weather alert day. You can see drier weather is to come. Its shaping up for a good. In health news this afternoon, this is a live look at the northport of the white house. There you see the big red ribbon hanging to commemorate the 27th annual world aids day. Here in d. C. Which has the highest hiv aids rate in the country, the mayor will sign a commitment to promoting holmes equity in the Hiv Community it adds flavor to your food but too much salt can be bad for your heart and your bones. Starting today, men use at chain restaurants will feature a salt shaker emblem on dishes high in sodium. Reporter these emblems are now popping up on chain menus across new york city. Theyre to highlight dishes with more than the recommended daily limit of sodium. Thats about a teaspoon. We feel like these icons are something that can help consumers that choose to make decisions about the amount of salt in their diet. Reporter thats because many people dont realize how much salt theyre eating. A chillys large beef that which a has 4300 milligrams of salt. I will definitely Pay Attention to it. Reporter Health Officials stress the elevated risk of heart disease. The vast majority of new yorkers adults consume more sodium a day than is recommended. Reporter the ceo of apple metro supports the new icons. Were not the food police and were not telling them what to do, but i think its important that we give them the opportunity to make the right decisions or wrong decisions if thats what they so choose. Too many things to balance on my regular daily ledger to worry about how much salt im getting. Reporter one group says this puts a financial burden on members. Restaurants are expected to comply with the new rule starting today but the city wont impose fines until march. Also today, through new evidence higher cigarette taxes could be linked to a lower infant mortality rate. They found there were 750 fewer infant deaths per year for every dollar tax increase on a pack of cigarettes. There is promising news this afternoon in the fight against obesity. A new study finds morbidly obese patients seem to benefit from a new laser technique. Its called gastric artery embolization. Researchers say early results are encouraging. The world with is celebrating the life of rosa parks today. On this date 60 years ago, mrs. Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Today, the fight is far from over. We are still in the struggle. Its not as overt as it used to be, and weve made some progress, but the struggle for equal justice continues. Reporter the boycott ended in june 1956 after the u. S. Supreme court ruled bus segregation unconstitutional. Observes will be held in montgomery and across the country. Another woman is also making History Today in the marine corp. Lauren edwards, a graduate of George Washington university is the first woman to lead an engineer support battalion. The Lieutenant Colonel resumes command monday. Reporter Lieutenant Colonel Lauren Edwards assumed command of the battalion monday. She says this is a calling shes been drawn to for decan kades. I always decades. I always wanted to seven and i picked serve and i picked the marine corp. Long ago. Reporter they provide support to all units with the second marine force. Edwards was deployed with Operation Enduring freedom as a Company Commander and once led more than 150 marines in defensive tactics while also taking enemy fire. She now will oversee more than 1,000 marines and sailors. They know their mission, they know their orders so as long as i bring it every day, i think they will. Reporter as for being the first woman. After me, it wont matter if youre a man or woman. I just hope i do a fantastic job. Reporter and the out going command eceses he feels his battalion is in good hands. Shes a fine officer and shes proven herself. Reporter edwards says looking back, she never expected to be in this position, but shes proud of how far shes come. I dont know if im all grown up yet, but apparently, the marine corp. Thinks so, so hopefully i can do that well. Two down, one more yellow alert day to go says the woman in the know. You have new data. Reporter yeah, we have a new computer model that brings the rain kind of lingering later. We knew it was going to hang around tonight and into tomorrow but i was homing for more breaks in the action. Doesnt look like that will be the case. We know its going to be wet for a while. Here we go again. Take a look outside. No, this is not a white screen. That is our tower cam. Its a little gray out there for sure. Foggier than yesterday. This morning, were starting off or through the afternoon rather, we are going to see that steady rain continue. There are pockets of heavyier rain. Sometimes you just have to deal with the mist driving down the road. Its just through tomorrow. Today and we with have improving weather coming. 47 degrees. Notice the winds though out of the southwest, theyre light. Its nice to have light winds when its raining. Nothing worse than a chilly cold rain with a windy condition. Its not windy so the umbrella is doing you a favor. We are going to see temperatures increase a few more degrees with the help of that southwesterly wind. Tomorrow, were going to be warmer despite the clouds and the rain in place, near 60. Our cold front is back off to the west. As it slides through, well see a couple of more downpours on wednesday before that front brings us sunshine. Here we are, you can see the heavier pockets of rain to the north of the district near charles county. There are a few breaks in the action and the bigger breaks are coming down near richmond. This is going to slide up and interrupt your drive home. Even if its not pouring, the roads are wet. So 3 00, heres some dry weather through st. Charms county. Youll see the charles county. Youll see the rain continuing. There are going to be sometimes where it dries out for a touch but the rain showers are coming back. By 7 30, some more and overnight. There are some models that leave the overnight drier. Tomorrow, last final weather alert day for at least this week. Were going to have some showers to start your morning commute. Then once again, well have pockets of heavier rain. Notice the winds are from the south. Were with going with to get to the were going to get to the mid to upper 50s. By lunchtime, that rain will continue. There are pockets of heavier rain. It gets worse before it gets better. Tomorrow, well have a few more pockets of heavier rain. Nothing severe but its going to get out of here and finally, dry weather for 4 00. Your drive home tomorrow might not be as miserable. I hate to use that word. By 4 00 tomorrow, were tracking cloudier skies, winds out of the south keeping us at 50. During the evening hours wednesday, after youre home, one last hit of rain and then here comes the sun. We deserve it. The sun will stick around thursday, friday and this weekend. Temperatures are climbing. Make your plans for saturday and sunday. 51 today, not so gorgeous tomorrow but a little warmer. 50 on thursday, saturday and sunday, mid to upper 50. Chances are youve never seen a collision like in. Welcomely it was caught on tape luckily it was caught on tape. It shows three vehicles seeming to rise into the air. It also shows two mini buses jumping up. The one in the front flips over while the one behind hits another car which then lifted off the car. It was a steel rope on the ground that tripped up the vehicles and caused the crashes. That is spooky looking. You saw my face. I was dumbfound. That is it for wusa9. Well with be back at 5 00 but you can always follow breaking news and weather on our mobile app including why sheiks mayor fired the police phyllis well, well, well. Look at all of these leaked newman documents. What a pity. [ keyboard clacking ] yes gotcha victor gotcha. Who exactly did you get . Phyllis newman offices are on the third floor. Victor i came by to see ashley. Phyllis shes out. I needed a quiet place to work. Victor oh, yeah. Working on something sensitive and important . Phyllis i will let her know that youre looking for her. Thank you for stopping by. Victor i actually came by to see her to talk about you and billy boy. Phyllis really . What about us . Victor seems to me the two of you are working on something something that involves me. And from what i gather, youve had some success. Phyllis youre right. Billy and i have been trying to
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