Due to the fire activity. That is going to be between a Market Street and church street. They prepare for that. That is fire activity and we have things rolling along on highways. 66 looks good as does 95. If you stick to the major interstates, you should be good to go. Not too many problems on 295. We have our traffic tracker out and about. He should be on the stretch of 295 now that northbound heading into the beltway. Can see very clear conditions, still some ice and snow on the shoulders. Continue to use caution on those overpasses and ramps. I will send it back to you. A major response in alexandria. Crews are battling a fire in a townhouse. This is in the 8500 block of town manor court. Hat is in the fairfax corner one person had to be medevac and four dogs were hurt as well. We will bring you the latest as soon as we get it. Columbia mall is set to reopen this afternoon, two days after police say the Darion Aguilar shot and killed Brianna Benlolo and Tyler Johnson and then shot
On this sunday night, mall shooting. The identity of the shooter and his victims revealed as hard questions are raised about mall security. To the streets, the deepening crisis and growing violence at a country divided. Tonight, were on the battle lines of ukraine. Good enonough to eat . This man says yes. And in his store, everything will be cheap for those willing to ignore those sellby dates. And bragging rights. They may be on the field in new jersey, but the battle for super bowl dollars, new york is their kind of town. Good evening. We now know who he is, but why he opened fire in a crowded Maryland Mall yesterday and what his ultimate plan was remains a mystery tonight. Two store workers were killed along with the shooter now identified as 19yearold darion aguilar, who took his own life. He had plenty of ammunition and even crude explosives. On the heels of other recent mall attacks comes the question, can we better secure these sprawling complexes . Reporter 21yearold Brianna B
Axelrod good evening. This is a western edition of the broadcast. It was just about a quarter past 11 00 on a typically busy saturday morning at one of the largest malls in the washington, d. C. Metro area when someone started shooting inside a skate and snow boarding store. Suddenly there was nothing typical about this saturday at this mall in colombia, maryland. As jeff pegues reports, inside three people, including the gunman, were dead. Reporter saphone lilly is one of the survivors of the shooting. She says the shooter was young and firing randomly. She was outside the hospital when she told us that the gunman shot at her, too. The shooter looked straight at me from the secondfloor level and shot the first time, i ducked. The plaster in the wall came all over me. I moved my niece out of the way. My girlfriend was there. And he shot again. Reporter the shooting happened at 11 15 a. M. In a packed colombia mall. Shoppers ran for cover. George miles said he heard the sound of gunfire
Use. Were following the story and more on the announcement in a few minutes. Athletes are starting to arrive for the olympics in sochi, russia amid new terror threats in the country with more than 10,000 american athletes and their families expected. U. S. Officials are taking no chances. They are moving war ships in and putting evacuation plans into place. Our Senior International correspondent ivan watson is live in sochi. Tell us more, ivan. Reporter thats right. Well, a massive Russian Security force presence here in sochi, the site of the upcoming games. Ill give you a little bit of a look around the area. Weve seen Russian Navy Ships patrolling right off the coast here in the waters of the black sea. Very close to the olympic park that was just constructed at a cost of billions and billions of dollars by the russians for hosting these games, a show of force, perhaps in response to some of the terrorist threats that have come in recent days, in fact, to the olympic games, particul
Feels like a broken record. More arctic air is set to blast across the midwest, south and northeast this week. In chicago, where the temperatures are expected to reach 11 below tomorrow and not get above zero until wednesday, Public School has already been canceled tomorrow, 400,000 students affected. This is royalton, minnesota, a blizzard is already on the ground there, a blizzard warning has been issued in four states, including minnesota, north dakota, south dakota, and iowa. The National Weather service says this will be the most severe storm of the season. With more we are joined by eric fisher, chief meteorologist at our boston station wbz, and eric here we go again. It does sound like a broken record here, jeff, unbelievable cold, not a lot of falling snow but gusts of 50 miles per hour, a lot of blowing and drifting snow and wind chills as cold as 50 below zero. That gets into life threatening territory, really a time we have to stay indoors as much as possible. Timing out som