Jimmy hendrix. One of his biggest hits made the lyric lets party like its 1999 ingrained in pop culture. As recently as 2014, he turned in a show stopping eightminute performance on saturday night live. We would think of someone whose ageless. He seems so youthful even now. Reporter prince brought an energy and innovation to his sound that made a man standing just 52 a giant in popular music. Mark barger, nbc news. Reaction came quickly from the streets to the radio stations. People were sharing their thoughts on the loss of a music icon. Our coverage continues tonight with the impact on fans here. Lets begin with tracee wilkins. She is live in reporter this was such an amazing opportunity to hear prince. I had the opportunity to do that several yiears ago. I remember the entire Verizon Center being mez msmerizmesmeri. Theres definitely a hole felt for those who were fans of his. Today we had the opportunity to talk with Donnie Simpson, a man who interviewed him and actually went to hi
As to when everything will be clear. And you can get by for the morning rush. Back to you. I knew there was bars on there and they wasnt able to get out through the upstairs. The upstairs was on fire and there was no basement door. And were hearing from two men who rescued their new maybes from a fire in Prince Georges County. Their quick thinking kept a story from aring a very different ending. Good morning, im eun yang. And im chris gordon in for aaron gilchrist. Flames erupted last night trapping two people and a child in the basement of their home. Megan mcgrath is at the scene with the incredible rescue story. More from her in a moment, but first we want to check in with chuck bell because the rain is starting to move in this morning. Yeah, still dry inside the city limits, but rain showers across parts of the Shenandoah Valley. Take a look on max 2. Weather headlines for today, rain finally back in the forecast. Weekend likely to start out with plenty of clouds on your saturday m
But i think youll like the rest of the weekend. Melissa mollett continue its breaking news in first 4 traffic. Right now again were shut down on the beltway, were talking about the outer loop here between st. Barnabas and branch avenue. So all lanes are blocked right now, not seeing much of a slowdown here on the map, but we know it really is going to start there as the morning commute starts building because of that fatal crash there earlier this morning. Outer loop at the american leenlg on that bridge, still have the disabled vehicle the two right lanes getting by. Spoke with police and it is a semi truck, so it will take some time to get it out of the roadway. Big look, you can start to see some slowdowns down low as youre approaching st. Barnabas. Otherwise beltway actually looking pretty good. 270 at democracy, slow because of sign replacement. Developing this morning, hundreds of people in minneapolis to remember prince. Fans gathered outside the famous music venue where some of
I will time it ourt and show you how it will affect your friday. One week after a violent crash on the beltway, we go inside of the car with the maryland state troopers to show you the dangers they face on the road every day. First tonight, d. C. Is remembering a legend of music and entertainment from the warner theater to National Harbor and bars and restaurants all over the region. People are decked out in purple tonight, celebrating in princes words this thing called life. Chris lawrence is gathering the latest information on how prince died and how people are reacting tonight. Chris . We know the medical examiner has princes body and will be performing an autopsy sometime tomorrow. As for reaction in our area, you could hear it in the air. Tonight it seems like everyone is listening to those old prince songs and fans have been coming downtown to set up tracks outside of the warner theater. Prince performed there in 1993 and a sign is up in honor of his memory. Some danced and celeb
Third Person Dies After Braddock Road Crash “A third passenger in the crash that occurred early Sunday morning at the intersection of Braddock Road and Bradfield Drive in Annandale has been pronounced deceased at the hospital.” Detectives were notified yesterday that Yan Zhou, 68, of Burke, died from her injuries, bringing the county’s traffic