Warning until 5 15, for another 14 miutes, princegeorges and parts of charles and fairfax counties as well. This storm was producing prolific amounts of lightning. Starting to see some of that lightning fall out of thunderstorm which is a good sign. It means that the thunderstorm is starting t calm down a little bit and fizzle out somewhere, but, still some very heavy rainfall and that will ber the main tt out there tonight, hervey rain. Ill have the fireworks forecast coming up in about 15 minutes. All right. Thanks, amelia. People havehe been gatng down on the mall well before this rain hit. And even after is started our crews have seen many folks headed down to get a good look. Crowds continue torow as we check in with W Corey Smith the live near the Lincoln Memorial where the president is the set to speak. Reporter yeah,gu , the crowds do continue to fill in. But this rain is kind of forcing people to make that executive decision, are we going to stay or go . We see more people fil
Notion, and almost legitimates people from coming under the rocks. This is terrorism of a different sort. But its still terrorism. He is in large part responsible. What we saw in el paso two days ago was the result of hate and bigotry. Despite those attacks, President Trump is set to travel to el paso and station tomorrow. Democrats are telling him to stay away. From my perspective, he is not welcome here. He should not come here while we are in morning. The president has made my community and my people the enemy. He would not be welcome in my hometown. I just think hes a polarizing figure at this point, and these communities really need to heal. And when they are not smearing trump, democrats have tried to fund raise on the shooting. The dna actually sent out emails asking for people to support. They are even going after the New York Times. They were furious over this headline, describing the president s speech as. They changed it to hate, but not guns. Its interesting, because the de
June 29, 2021
Area residents will join with others across the nation celebrating the United States’ 245th anniversary, yet for some it may feel almost new.
That is because last year’s Independence Day celebration along with just about every other public gathering in 2020 and the early part of this year was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This year, though, area officials plan a full July 4th celebration.
In Mount Airy, that gets underway around 12:30 p.m. Sunday when members of the local drama troupe the NoneSuch Playmakers, will be reading the Declaration of Independence while dressed in colonial-era garb, in the courtyard of the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History.