If it was 25 today, it could be 40 degrees colder than that or at least feel 40 degrees colder by friday morning. Thats the kind of cold air were talking about. Doug, thank you. Its hard to keep the chill from getting into the house right now. You probably needed an extra layer at work, too. Its the same at some local schools. Check out this retweet from our scott macfarlane. It shows 48 degrees inside a Montgomery County classroom today. But for another School District, the trouble started even before the bell rang. News4s Meagan Fitzgerald is in Fairfax County. Meagan, what was the issue with the buses . Reporter well, Fairfax County officials tell us the problem is the school buses have been sitting outside in the freezing cold weather like they are behind me here for the last two weeks while students were on winter break. So, this morning when they started them up, some of them didnt turnover. Others broke down later. But this is just one of several issues we saw in School District
It will help change the culture in the capitol. Something else happened back in 2012, assemblywoman Christina Garcia says that year at a work event, a lobbyist grabbed her buttocks. Are you touching my body in a way that is not welcomed, its harassment. Reporter garcia is also the chair of the legislative womens caucus. When the story of the behavior resurfaced, she tweeted, quote, i refuse to work with him and anyone who takes part in harassment or assaults. Istandwithelise. He was the juror whip in the assembly. Its job to make sure democrats vote the party wants them to. So avoiding him might not be easy. Its not our responsibility. Its not the victims responsibility. Its how do those in power, how do they fix the problem. Reporter an thenny issued a statement about this, saying, quote, how incidents of harassment were handled in the past can inform our current efforts to improve the system. He did not call for any further punishment or for him to step down from his current leadersh
Overseas. Hes heading to asia this friday. Hell be gone for about two weeks. This is something the president is going to continue watching from the white house. We know that the white house is going to keep watching as well. They are going to continue briefing the president throughout the evening as necessary, and we could expect to hear from him on this sometime tomorrow. Guys, back to you. Blayne alexander, thank you. Bike paths, restaurants, shopping malls, all soft targets. Unprotected places. Packed with people where you and your family are vulnerable. Police protect these places with patrols and extra officers are brought in for events that draw big crowds. Drills are held for emergency workers to practice responding to emergencies at soft targets. Federal, state and local governments worked together to find people plotting attacks, but the best line of defense is often you. If you see something unusual, you should Say Something to police. Our Team Coverage continues [000 01 58;0
Yellow around la plata, Prince Georges County, Anne Arundel County. Thats heavy rain. And its going to feel like march. Im going to keep saying it feels like march. 6 00 in the morning, by 8 00, heavy rain south of town. From fredericksburg across the river into charles county. And then by 9 30, 10 00, still some heavy rain in Prince Georges County. Finally the back edge of the rain now out of leesburg, out of culpeper and i81 corridor. Its moving off quickly. By lunchtime, a few left over showers in the immediate beltway area. Well talk about mothers day forecast, rain might not be the problem. May be a different one. There is new information tonight on the breaking news we started with last night. It is the amber alert for a little girl less than a year old. Thats her, Chloe Johnson. Pictures coming up soon. Shes in her mothers arms and police think her mother may have been kidnapped, too. That amber alert is tonight. 11 days after they went missing. Wanda cruz is her mother. She mad
Commute but the roads will still be damp. 41 by 7 00 a. M. By 9 00, cloudy. Look at your lunch time. Dry, 51 for the temperature at lunch time. Locally were nice and dry on the map. And that is the rain for later on today. So we have rain in the forecast for your evening commute. Morning commute, the dafmp road, by 5 00 p. M. For the evening commute we will have more rain moving in. Lets are get a check on the roadways. We have an issue on 270. Thats right. Chopper 4 headed to 270 southbound before 370. Let me show you what it looks like from there. Just jammed here. We have the crash here. You can see on the board because they turn this camera around with the two left lanes blocked. This is getting bad pretty quickly. We have some lanes getting by through that area right now. That was an earlier crash that had shut looking quite good. No big worries there. On metro, silver and orange line. More on this problem and travel times coming up. That cnk you. Montgomery county police are sear