That really sparked a lot of the uproar which led to director julia piersons resignation. Plead notlez did guilty today to those accusations of getting all the way inside the white house with a knife, yelling that the atmosphere was collapsing and he had to warn the president. Today in court, the iraq war veteran, reportedly suffering from ptsd, waived a detention hearing. He is going to be held without bond until trial. The big argument today centered around should the judge be allowed to force him to undergo a Mental Health evaluation. The defense says no, the court does not have that right. I asked him on solidss attorney why he is fighting it. The screening is done, we would like to have the screening done by our experts. It is an intervention into the defense counsel that we do not think is worth it. You told the judge you have every reason to believe he is competent. Thats correct. Also toldzs attorney me he believes guns all as is completely competent to stand trial. Hes well aw
Resignation. Here is a comment we found on social media. Who did not see that coming . Just asys, probably well. However, questions need to be addressed as well. We would like you to join our conversation with going to our Wjla Facebook agent telling us what you think about julia piersons resignation. Our senior political reporter was in the courtroom for todays hearing. We will get some perspective from him on what he saw and heard, coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Tothe first death connected a rare respiratory virus sweeping the nation. Staff died from a infection associated with enterovirus d68. Combination is very rare. This is an isolated case, which obviously led to a tragic outcome, but its not something we expect to see again. Enterovirus d68 oestreich and more than 450 people in 41 states, including maryland, virginia, and the district he read the department of health said only a small number of people infected will experience symptoms be on runny nose or a fever. Theres no do
Accused, there was allegations he had been involved in workplace theft. The spokesperson for the Cystic Fibrosis foundation said we are cooperating fully with the investigation and we are concerned for the welfare of the mattingly family and share our deepest sympathies with them during this time. While mr. Mattingly worked with andrew racca, there is no indication the victim knew him. There was no association or relationship between andrew racca and carolyn mattingly. Reporter police say this is a fluid investigation and theyre waiting on the autopsy both victims until they can conclusively say what happened, theyre asking the public what they might offer. Coming up at 6 00, what police say happened in an encounter with the victim moments before she died. In involving the secret service, a change at the top. Julia pierson resigned as director of that agency protecting the president and the family. The homeland director accepted her resignation after two recent high profile security br
Service on an elevator with the president. She not only pierson not only did not mention that in a hearing, the white house found out about it at the last minute from the media and not from pierson and her people. That did not please the white house. The president ial spokesman mentioned the president and first lady making clear theyre concerned about their own security. They praised pierson. The president called her. She had an entire career at the secret service which is why a former secret Service Agent told me she was doomed because she was seen by agents and officers in the field as part of the problem and theyre the ones who leaked the damaging stories which today have cost the job of secret sieves director julia pierson. Back to you. Thanks. Next at 4, stunning new details of a murder suicide in potomac, maryland. We learned now a man may have killed his bosss wife after stealing on the job. Police identified the man as andrew racca. He lived at chevy chase and the Cystic Fibros
Montgome county and prince george, mid50s. Around the bay, mid60s. Neighborho highs today around the region, beautiful day. Should make it into the 70s. Small chance of a shower maybe to our south and out of the mountains, but elsewhere, partly cloudy. 70s nearby suburbs, and across most of maryland and into around the bay. Its going to be in the mid70s. Upper 70s right in the metro area by midafternoon. Coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4 41. A look at your hourbyhour breakdown and when the clouds dissipate. Now to melissa and the work in in place the next half hour. Nothg too bad or impeding traffic at this point this morning, but still worth mentioning. Righ tom . A wide look at things. No major problems. That Construction Zone we talked about earlier. Outbound 395 our the wa the way past couple minutes. Newington, a couple lane closures on both sides but not a big deal. Not slowing anything down now and should be out of the way shortly, again. Prince geo county, penns