Highs today into the upper 80s. Above average. Lots of sunshine. The key here is low humidity. Metro riders, everything is running on schedule this morning. We had an earlier issue last night with single tracking on the redline. Thats been resolved so youre good to go there. Around the capital beltway still fairly quiet. Its been that way all day. I dont think we can complain about it. On the inner and outer loop no issues. 295 and 395 free and clear of any problems. Traveling north and southbound on the bw parkway as well as 95, everything is free and clear. From frederick toward the capital beltway, youre looking at a smooth and uneventful commute. Another update in ten minutes. Over you to. Over to you. Chinas main market plunged for a fourth straight day one day after stocks suffered the biggest tumble in eight years. The massive selloff was triggered by fears of an economic slowdown in the country. The turbulence in asia has sent Financial Markets around the world into a tailspin.
Point. Route 1 is an alternate that you can consider. 95 is also open as well. Just be mindful of that. Your next traffic update in ten minutes. Over to you. New this morning, asian markets had a mixed reaction to Interest Rate cuts by chinas central bank. Chinese stock markets closed lower today. The shanghai composite index ended the day down 1. 3 after spending most of the afternoon in positive territory. The component index lost nearly 3 of its total value. Markets in australia, japan and taiwan were all trading on the plus side. Japans nikkei actually finished the trade daig with a 3. 2 trading day with a 3. 2 game. Also new this morning, police say the death of a woman in severn, maryland is a homicide. So far the cause of that womans death is still a mystery. Yesterday morning neighbors saw dogs running in and out of the home on Mill Stone Court and called police. When officers arrived, they found a woman dead and a baby unharmed. A medical examiner will perform an autopsy today
61 for winchester and leesburg youre at 59 degrees. Headed to the lower s on. Lots of lower 80s. Lots of sunshine. Enjoy it. Here he is, larry miller. What have you got . Your time 6 01. How am i going to compete with sunshine . Want to let you know we have an accident blocking the center lane on i95. This is at v a6 44 out in Franconia Springfield. Heres a live look. Couple that with delays and you have a problem. So that is the center lane blocked. We have delays all the way to Prince William parkway. No major issues around the capital beltway. Still doing really well. No issues on 295 or 395 on the d. C. And maryland side. A live look from our camera shows us how things are shaping up on i270. No major issues as you approach the capital beltway in bethesda. Your next traffic update in about ten minutes. We send it over to you. We saw it but still couldnt believe it. Wdbj reporter Alison Parker and photographer adam ward were ambushed and killed live on the air yesterday morning in r
The president with fire. We have the president sreaction from the white house. Reporter kim jongun is lashing out against President Trump for his speech to the u. N. General assembly this week in a personal statement he slammed what he called the mentally deranged behavior of the u. S. President and said he would make mr. Trump pay dearly for his speech called for totally destroying the regime. President trump responded saying kim jongun who is obviously a madman who doesnt mind starving or killing his people will be tested like no time before. [audio difficulty] Hydrogen Bomb test in the pacific ocean. Reporter secretary of state was asked on Good Morning America how the u. S. Would respond if that happened. We will continue our efforts of our military options as the president has said are on the table. Once we can assess thenature of the threat well make the decision regarding the appropriate actions. Reporter thursday President Trump issued a new executive order that gives the world
Steve mnuchin will announce the white houses plans for tax reform today. This is going to be the biggest tax cut and the largest tax reform in the history of our country. Reporter the proposal would cut the Corporate Tax rate from 35 down to 15 . Todays announcement is just an outline. The white house will present the final plans by august. Theyre still figuring out how to pay for the cuts without adding to the deficit. We have a very uncompetitive system. Thats hippeddering the economy. And jobs. Reporter secretary mnuchin has been meeting with house and Senate Republican leaders and all sides are hopeful the proposal can pass. Weve been briefed on what theyre going to do and its basically along the same lines that we want to go. Reporter the white house is pushing back against a federal judges ruling that the President Trump administrations plan to cut funding the sanctuary cities is likely unconstitutional. This is why we have courts. To halt the overreach of a president an constitu