Reporting life from the west front lawn of the capitol, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Alison ok. In the last hour the department of justice announced its opening a civil rights investigation into the death of a man in the custody of Baltimore Police. Freddie gray died saturday nearly a week after being arrested. Six officers between the ages of 25 and 45 are suspended during this investigation. A vigil for freddie gray is set to begin within the hour. We will take you to it live coming up at 5 30. And we have new developments to tell you about tonight in the wrongful death of a man at the hands of Fairfax County police. Today, the board of supervisors announced a nearly 3 million settlement in the death of john geer. Geer was shot and killed by a Police Officer after that officer responded to a domestic disturbance in august 2013. That officer is no longer on the force. We will have more on the settlement today coming up at 6 00. Scott . Scott a developing story, alison tonight about th
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The rain arrives and the cold front arrives a little bit earlier so you get the northwesterly winds faster. 64 for gaithersburg. Hagerstown only talking 60 today. But if youre down through Southern Maryland, you get to the 70s. Here come our showers. Well track it for you coming up a little bit later. Expect the showers to arrive in the district along 95 between 2 00 and 4 00. Heres a quick look at the planner. Ill have your futurecast but here is larry. Metro riders, want to let you know so far so good the trains running on schedule. The buses running on schedule. So youre looking at an issue free commute this morning. Of course if it changes before you head out the door, ill be sure to let you know. Want to let you know that the eastbound side of 50 at the beltway closed as a result of debris on the roadway. Want to give you a live look right now and show you how things are shaping up right now. Looks like traffic is still moving so not having too much of an impact on traffic just ye
Whole story unfortunately, so its hard to tell from the short clip of video. I know that theyre asking to see if theres any other video out there that anyone else might have to see what happened before the video and, of course, after the video in the van is a question mark as to how this could have possibly happened. Governor hogan says he has spoken with the mayor of baltimore and the states attorney and tried to apply some pressure to complete that gray autopsy as soon as possible. Our Bruce Johnson is live in west baltimore tonight where tensions on both sides are running high. What are you hearing tonight, bruce . Reporter first off we wanted to be in front of the Police Precinct for the Western District of baltimore, but that cant happen. Ill move to show you why. Police have the entire block sealed off with police cars and then a barricade and behind the barricades are dozens of Police Officers for the entire block. Clearly they are set up to keep people from going in front of po
And Global Warming, which they say is caused by fossil fuel burning. Are we going to have it both ways . Saying to the Environmental Community that you are concerned about Global Warming . You asked a lot of questions. Coal is an important part of the economy and i support the good jobs it produces. As far as the Climate Change part of that, i stepped up to the plate saying i am willing to work with both sides of the aisle and anyone who is willing to have the conversations about how we support all sectors of the economy and not just the Largest Corporation and wealthiest individuals. Part of that is creating a Long Term Plan for shifting to greener technologies, renewables like wind and solar. Congressman daines . I support building the keystone xl pipeline. It took the canadian government 6 months to approve the pipeline. It has taken the president seven years. This president needs to stand with the people of montana who want the keystone xl pipeline built. We passed a bill in the ho