Little guy. To a y finish to your thursday. Melissa . Firs4 traffic alert. Beltway and ae closur outer loop shut down at i66 right now. Because of a truck crash, fire, an investigation. We know multiple vehicles involved in the situation. Megan mcgrath is on the way so she should be there soon to give us live pictures from the ground. At this point, all traffic diverted to westbound 66. You cant get past that. You can try to the outer loop express lanes. One express lanes is getting by the truck fire. 66 the ramp fromestbound 66 to the outer loop is shut down because of this crash and investigation. As we look at the rest of 66 that looks fine. Southboun95 at wood bridge two westbound lanes blocked by this vehicle. No issues on 270. This morning, we are continuing to follow a majorup date in the vegs into the shooting of david ortiz. The former red sox star was shot in the Dominican Republic earlier this month. This morning, we know he was not the intended target. This was apparently a
A likelihood of strong to severe storms. The storms arnd 6 00 this evening. We will keep you posted here and download our app. By 6 00 tonight, there is that likelihood of strong to severe storms. Be weather ready today, you guys. Lets get to our Traffic Alert now. Fiery crash has shut down the outer loop of 66. Megan mcgrath is live on the scene with the latest. Is what oing on now . Reporter we have seen a stttle bit of an improvement here within la few minutes. They have been able to reopen the express lanes. You can see the traffic going by here. They are traveling in the express lane. That is all that has reopened at this particular time. The l outerop is completely shut down at westbound 66. They have maneuvered cones and moved all of the response crews off to the righthand side of the road. So they are o trying ton those two left lanes and we are expecting that to happen any time now. But it just hasnt happened yet. For the time being, all of the lanes on the outer loop still sh
Of thanksgiving. As we come to the National Holiday of thanksgiving, we know that there is a lot of mythology we grew up with about what happened on that first thanksgiving. Today, we have for you a scholar that is tried to look at what really happened at that time and put the history of against the mythology to talk to us about what is the real story during that time . David silverman is a professor of history at jude George Washington university. You got your masters from william and mary. That is sams alma mater so he wants to make sure we get that out there. Although, you did earn your princeton phd. So you get a little bit of props for both places. Your most recent book, that we will share with you in the followup notes, is called this land is their land the one pinoy indian wampanoag indians Plymouth Colony and the troubled history of thanksgiving. The book was published in 2020 and David Silverman has become one of the go to scholars as thanksgiving comes around so we are excite
Work. To get informed straight from the sources. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Its the opinion that matters the most. Its what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. As we come to the National Holiday of thanksgiving, we know that theres an awful lot of mythology that wet grew up with about what happened on that first thanksgiving and today we havee for you a scholar who has tried to look at what really happened att that time and put the history up against the mythology and talk to us about what is the real story during that time. David is the professor at George Washington university. You got your masters from william and mary. He wants to make sure we get that up. You get a little bit of props for both places. The most recent book that we will share with you in a followup note is called this land is their land the Plymouth Colony and troubled history of thanksgiving. The book was published in 2019 and professor silverman has