Still, residents say they have home grown support, now they just need a vote. If we dont increase the pressure or voices, we will never get there. We need more people involved. Reporter you heard from josh who runs Neighbors United for dc statehood. He says we cannot rely on our elected officials, though mayor bowsers initiative and proposed referendum makes a strong statement. He says change will only come from the people and when the people take this fight to congress. Live on capitol hill, delia goncalves, wusa9. Dc residents cant approve statehood. It would take an act of congress. Mayor says she will work on legislation to get the referendum on the ballot for the 2016 election. Released Court Documents show investigators were lacking in to whr vince gray, promised city jobs and money to get a political rifle to drop out of the 2010 mayoral campaign. The Washington Post obtained documents this morning, among the findings thus far, investigation in to whether gray made this offer to
Decision was a clear one. I dont know much about gillespie, but i know much about warner. Reporter does that mean youve been happy with mark warner as senator . Yes, i do. Reporter but Republican Voters are hoping their party seizes control of the senate, and this gop voter says she wants anyone but an incumbent. To be honest, id love to see everybody gone and everybody new. And we start from scratch. So just to kind of clean the slate and start over and fresh and hope we do better next time around. Reporter these Loudoun County voters are also in the tenth congressional district, where for the first time in more than 30 years, the name of longtime republican congressman frank wolf is not on the ballot. The race to succeed him between Democrat John foust and republican Barbara Comstock is expected to be the closest in the commonwealth. Thats one reason turnout was steady at many Northern Virginia pre sinks. Virginia voters also faced a first today, a requirement to present an approved
Tonight. An alleged kidnapping, a carjacking and a get away. Im derrick mcginty. A man tossed into a trunk leaps out of the moving vehicle and somehow he makes it okay. We are live in northwest tonight where cops are on the look out for two suspects. Reporter thats right derrick. It seems to have happened quickly but not before police say a pretty wild kidnapping scene upfolded that ended at this intersection at emerson street and Georgia Avenue in northwest. Were told Metro Transit Police officer was driving down Georgia Avenue this afternoon when he drove past the car, just as he was driving past that car happened to check in his rear view mirror and that is when he saw a man hopping out of the trunk of that moving car. Were told that officer then approached that man and the man told him he was stuffed into the trunk by two armed men, stuffed into the trunk of his own vehicle by two armed men who then drove off with the car. Now were told that it is a newer model car so he was actual
This is Montgomery County around norbeck road in rockvail. The biggest storm of the season. Everything turning to wintry mix and thats why were starting here. Whats on the radar right now . Freezing rain and rain in other spots. Temperatures will warm overnight and well slowly see conditions improve and gettin reports of icy sidewalks and snowcovered roads tonight. Heres the latest look of radar right now. The d. C. Metro area tracking mainly rain showers. Green is rain. The pink is freezing rain and potentially little bit of sleet mixing in so you can see an areas of frederick, loudon seeing the wintry mix. Montgomery county arlington and washington mainly only rain right now. This is the storm system. We have a little bit more of rain and freezing rain to move through the area during the overnight hours. You can see areas like leesburg getting in on the freezing rain. Wall of rain. Heres the look at current temperatures. So washington above freezing right now. But then you have leesb
Brad riley faces a long list of charges. Firstdegree murder at the top of that list. Also, Second Degree murder. First degree assault. And child abuse. At this hour, he remains locked up. In lanham brad bell, abc 7 news. Alison new developments tonight in the case against Charles Severance, the man accused of killing three people in the city of alexandria will have his trial moved to fairfax. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg was in the courtroom as severance made faces at the judge and the attorneys during todays hearings. Jeff, what was going on there . Jeff hey, alison, made faces at the judge, loudly interrupted and disagreed with his own attorney. Even flipping the bird to the courtroom at one point. This is the behavior weve seen from Charles Severance in the past. But nothing quite like today. Meanwhile, the judge is considering a motion from the Defense Attorneys basically arguing that the murder of Nancy Dunning should be tried separately from the other two arguing