tonight a holiday travel nightmare. a pipe bursts at national airport flooding an entire terminal and forcing the power to be cut off. good saturday. i m craig melvin. we are keeping an eye on the developing situation. here is what we know right now. a major water pipe broke at reagan national airport. terminal c remains closed and all us airways flights have been canceled. derrick ward has the latest on the story. reporter: take a look behind us at the emptiness. relatively unheard of this airport at this time of year. it is due to a major problem with airport infrastructure. a rare sight. a virtually empty terminal at reagan national. a water main break at 3:30 in the afternoon flooded the entire first floor of the building. at one point the terminal was evacuated and inbound flights diverted and us airways canceled all of its flights from reagan national leaving people with connected flights with nowhere to go. louisville, kentucky. got here, flooded, power is out. not
danger on the roads as this weekend s winter weather caused a serious pileup. it may be clear out now, but what does mother nature have in store for the work week? and things heat up on capitol hill this chilly weekend as the senate continues to debate health care reform. good morning, everyone. welcome to news 4 today. it is sunday, december 6th, 2009. get to the important forecast, chuck bell is standing by in storm center 4 with all the latest. good morning chuck. good morning to you. good sunday morning, everybody. off to a very cold start this morning. nearly everybody is below the freezing mark. no rain or snow on the radar. just wanted to show you that, just to put your mind at ease. we don t need to worry about wintry precipitation at all during the day today. only stuff we need to worry about is the snow that came down yesterday. it s left an awful lot in the way of slippery side walks and dangerous black ice out on the roads. no additional precipitation is comin
here s to discovering that the little things in life are often big things and the time well spent doesn t always mean money must be spent people everywhere are building their lives on more solid ground through sound choices and a smart approach to their finances and they re turning to suntrust for easy ways to save money and take more control over it live solid, bank solid. suntrust. 3/5 of the senate having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. 60. the magic number. senate democrats get just enough votes to move the health care bill forward. good saturday evening. i m craig melvin. health care reform passed a critical test. the senate voted 60-39 to debate the health care reform bill. many yay votes doesn t mean they will vote for the final bill. brian mohr starts us off from capitol hill. reporter: without a single vote to spare, senate democrats won the fight to move forward and debate a sweeping health care reform bill. a yes vote says to america i kn
this morning early today, a farewell to ted kennedy. massachusetts senator ted kennedy a member of one of america s most powerful and captivating political families dies after a year-long battle with brain cancer. discovery grounded. for a second time the launch of space shuttle discovery is called off. learning his punishment. chris brown is sentenced for assaulting former girlfriend and chris brown is sentenced for assaulting former girlfriend and pop star rihanna. captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i m christina brown. today we begin with the passing of a political icon. early this morning came word that massachusetts senator ted kennedy died, a powerful voice on capitol hill for nearly a half century. kennedy passed away after a battle with brain cancer. ted kennedy was 77 years old. for more on his life, here s nbc s brian mohr. reporter: edward kennedy grew up in the shadow of two brothers who became american icons. but
this morning early today, a farewell to ted kennedy. massachusetts senator ted kennedy a member of one of america s most powerful and captivating political families dies after a year-long battle with brain cancer. discovery grounded. for a second time the launch o space shuttle discovery is called off. learning his punishmt. chris brown is sentenced for assaulting former girlfriend and chris brown is sentenced for assaulting former girlfriend and p star rihanna. captions paid fory nbc-universal television hello and good morning. i m christina brown. today we beginwith the passing of a political icon. early this morning came word that massachusetts senator ted kennedy died, a powerful voice on capitol hill for nearly a half century. kennedy passed away after a battle with brain cancer. ted kennedy was 77 years old. for more on his life, here s nbc s brian mohr. repoer: edward kennedy grew up in the shadow of two brothers who became american icons. but his decade