Not know the identity of the victim who is out there. Here is a little bit of what he had to say about what happened. There were 2 people on board. It was an instructional flight. A fright instructor and student. There was one fatality. The other was transported to the Medical Center for treatment. Reporter at this moment they say they are waiting for the Coroners Office to finish up here. I asked for they were doing. It was believed they were doing some practice on hovering. That is trying to maintain the helicopter just above ground. He told me there are 2 sets of controls inside the training helicopter. It is unclear who wa the time of the crash. Somebody up in the air Traffic Control center saw it and called it in. If you take a look back out here live you can see that right now there is not a whole lot of activity right now. They say they are expecting somebody from washington dc with the National Transportation safety board to be out here on route. They probably will not be able
Causi any rumbles thunder but we have shower and some fog and a broader view showing that acrosshe eastern saesheaboard, rather delightful. How about 77 degrees in our Nations Capital . Still in the 70s for anchors town and paxnriver, i the 80s. Not as hot as yesterday but close to 90 degrees. We will talk more about the weekend in a moment. For traffic, we go to jack. Clay, we start on the beltway Prince Georges County before 202 accident activity has blocked two left lanes. You find we have activity closing powder mill road. Damascus a vehicle involved in a crash single vehicle. Tow truck on the scene and traffic is alternating. N radolph drive remains closed because of an accident. Back in to you. Jack, thank you. Breaking news off the coast of south florida. Seven americans, including West Virginia billionaire, were killed in a Helicopter Crash in the bahamas. Est Virginia Governor and one on the state Supreme Court s coles executives and others were killed in the crash and they cr
Showers are moving away from the Washington Area and Washington Capitol region. Great friday morning to all of you. If youre hereor the week, we say welcome and we are enjoying rather a muggy start to the day. But we wont be starting out on the wet note. We have some fog in some area, patchy fog, particularly where the rain showers have fallen across the area. So we are going to keep an eye on that the next couple of hours. Take a good look at the teeratures across the area. 75 degrees across the bridge in cambridge. 77 in town. Montgome county, in the 70s. Well to our west, cumberland, maryland, usually they are cool but they are looking at temperatures in the seventh as well. For us, 89 degrees and humid. For traffic, jack, what do you have for us . Clay, still dealing with the investigation ongoing in Prince Georges County. Ongoing accident investigation. Activity in anan list southbound maryland 2 and ramp is blocked it sound like now and all travel lanes have been reopened on that
Areas of this town, it looks like its night. Yeah, you know, it wouldnt surprise me. Just the mass hysteria thats been going on there with people actively trying to escape illustrated. The people added to jump into the water there matches just to escape everything thats going on. And its exacerbated. But 911, emergency lines. Yeah. Yeah. A large portion of the island there. They got no 911, service, no cell Service Really to speak of. Hardline services down all this, according to the Lieutenant Governor there, sylvia. Luke, she was talking to media this morning, kind trying to illustrate that. The dire nurse of the situation out there, state of emergency has obviously been declared. Theyve mobilized the coast guard. Theyve got the National Guard working as best they can to clear some of these roads that have downed trees, downed power lines. Thats really been impeding fire crews that are trying to get ahead of the fire to fight it. The can even get to it because of all the debris thats
Out. Really, really nice so far. Im loving yeah. Nice and mild yesterday afternoon, john. Just as promised and what looking for today. You have a repeat of yesterday, reyna. So we saw the heat this weekend into monday. And yesterday the cooldown got here and were going to stay that way through friday. So little extended break from the 90s. At least your view outside right now. Love to check this one out on a gray morning. Kind of like were in the midst of weve got some patchy. Low cloud cover sweeping right back into the bay. Thats a cool ocean air that is contributing to the cooler feel we have you not really running into it until you head up into hillside. So at bridge level, youre fine. Not really a foggy morning. Just a great morning. 50s 60s for current temperatures right now. Alameda Mountain View and dublin each sitting at 59 degrees. Well, oakland and concord as well as napa at 60 degrees to kick off your morning. You can see the gray out there, half moon bay, just like were se