They patrol the tunnels and the brims and the highway bridges and highway. We dont know the name of the knifewielding man. We are also unaware of his alleged motives. We are live in derwood, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Meanwhile we have new developments tonight out of joint base andrews. Which was locked down for about an hour and a half this morning. This is after reports of an active shooter at the Malcolm Grow Medical Center on base. Brad bell was there as the situation unfolded this morning and he is live there now. What have we learned about all of this . Brad what we learned is there is a tremendous coincidence here. A planned drill. Just as it was getting ready to start, somebody called in from real concern. From beyond the perimeter fencing we can see the tense situation unfolding. Heavily armed military personnel. Clearing the base hospital, the Malcolm Grow Medical Center. People walking out the front door. Hands in the air. Being led away from the building.
Around the highs of the session. We havent seen a lot of volatility. All major averages now up more than 2 . Trading at their highest in seven weeks. Appears tot for this have been the manufacturing data coming in better than estimated. Continuation of this rally that has been going on since february 11 when we saw the bottom of the year put in for the s p 500 and the other major averages. Look at the s p 500 over the course of the day and that your directory, it is a slow and steady upward trend as we head towards the closing bell. Something is also home something notable today is an uptick in value. Normally the rally we have seen as a low rally. Today, it is the s p 500 against the one 100day. Are seeing a, we surge in volume in utilities and energy stocks. Those are the two groups we are seeing the most active trading. Individually, the biggest contributors are big cap tech and big cap banks. These are the most heavily weighted stocks that are up the most in the s p, that contribut
Nasdaq meeting on the downside, looking at the today moves in the s p 500, you will see indeed that we had a big upsurge and yesterday we had pretty much gone sideways. Put another way, look at the bloomberg. I have the s p 500 intraday range thus far. Right now its only at 11. 7, 11. 8. It looks like that could be the lowest of the year. Of course, that has happened a couple of other days with late day changes. We will see what happens this time around. In terms of the groups on the move, we have material shares that are lower largely because of monsanto, which we will talk about in a few moments. Consumer discretionary with energy and financials, turning around later in the session. Whats interesting to me is that these inventory numbers from oil or what terrible. Lower by 20,000 barrels per day, but it was ugly and oil didnt really go catastrophic. Neither did the stock market. It really is strange. We did have loyal take a leg lower after the numbers came out. It was down by 2 and
Explain how. Kevin . Kevin they tell the intersection is prone to crashes. The problems is the cars turning in and out oaf the neighborhood are sideswiped by the cross traffic. While the crash is still under investigation, it appears that is exactly what happened here last night. According to eyewitnesses i talked to today a mother and her 9yearold daughter were turning left on to the less busy Canberra Drive when a second car hit them. Paramedics took both drivers to the hospital. The young girl was pronounced dead. She is identified as dashelle brown. Two hours ago, her mother visited the crash site sobbing and said her daughter was a sweet girl who loved dancing and singing and playing the violin. That is my only child. I love my only little baby. I wouldnt wish that on no one. Miss my baby. I just miss her. I wish i could have her back. She is completely silent. No movement. They got her out, no movement. Heart breaking. This afternoon, spilled oil and broken glass and scatter aid
Now abc 7 news at 11 00 on your side. Leon and first at 11 00, the case stunned the region, a 3yearold boy found dead in a playground swing, his mother charged with manslaughter. Alison Police Believe that the child had been in that swing for up to 48 hours. New tonight, the grandmother of that little boy is speaking up about what she calls a tragedy for the entire family. Richard revis is live. Rich charred she should have never been criminally charged. Her grandson is dead, her daughter is in jail, she is speaking out in hopes that prosecutors and the court take a look at the charges and the evidence. This may be the saddest of criminal cases in charles county. Its a tragedy in so many ways. Richard police say the 3yearold was found dead of hypothermia and dehydration last may 22. Prosecutors say his mother pushed him on a swing for nearly two days, perhaps 10 hours after he had died. When detectives arrived on the scene, ok, they visibly saw that she wasnt in the right mindset. She