Major backups during the evening rush. The Sheriffs Office telling us now that one person was killed when this box truck and another vehicle collided. Deputies had to shut down all westbound lanes of route 7 near yellow schoolhouse road. Right now there is a search for this missing Montgomery County man. 55yearold carl tubbs junior. He lives in a group home in silver springs. They say he suffers from skritsphrenia and dementia and was last seen leaving for an appointment yesterday morning. Were also posting this picture to our nbc washington facebook page. Many of you are waking up and cranking those furnaces. And while you do that there is a family that wants you to hear their warning about a silent danger. On sunday morning his family turned up the furnace. He said suddenly they all became daughter even fainted. It turned out their furnace broke and leaked Carbon Monoxide which is an odorless, colorless gas. They detected it as soon as they hit the front porch before they came in the
Sleet snow problem late friday night into early saturday. Look at the weekend coming up in ten minutes. Temperatures are mostly in the 30s this morning and as youre planning out the rest of your day, plan on a lot of clouds today and maybe a chance for a sprinkle or two later on this afternoon. Melissa has a lot going on in traffic this morning. Chopper 4 just got over the scene. This looks like a pedestrian that was hit. This is green belt road at kenil worth avenue. You can see a partial closure here of some of those lanes. And before pennsylvania avenue with that left lane blocked as well. Beltway looks okay. 16th street closed between l and k this morning. L closed between 17th and 16th. That is a fire at the capital hilton this morning. Do have two lanes blocked on 66. Not causing a major backup but we are seeing some slowdowns. More on this breaking news coming up in just a minute. We are following breaking news right now out of a fire broke out inside the Capital Hilton Hotel. T
As he nominated him, the president elect emphasized a difference. The thing i like best, trump tweeted, Rex Tillerson, has vast experience dealing successfully with all types of foreign governments. Thats ha a ceo does, a global business. Praised from former secretaries of state, Condoleezza Rice and james baker, but he had deals with russia, accepted a friendship with vladimir putin. Worrying john mccain and other republicans. Democrats, upset that russia hacked into the election. Totally unacceptable. And it must be investigated. Reporter vow a hard look at tillerson. Were going stro to drill down to understand his relationship with will putin. Reporter but talking to putin is the new white house policy. President elect trump said throughout the entire campaign, in debates, yeah, im going to talk to p tv, we are ready to work with the u. S. , much closer than before, fighting terrorism. Former Texas Governor, rick perry, is the trump reported pick for Energy Secretary. Bill gaits tal
Times, yeah, i m going to talk to people. Vladimir putin told japanese tv were going to work with the u. S. Fighting terrorism. Former Texas Governor rick perry is the pick for energy secretary. Bill gaits talked about innovation and trump appeared with kanye west. They discussed length, trump said. Meanwhile, mitt romney goes back to his life, he famously called trump a fraud and phony, and then said very nice things about the president elect for weeks, while romney was considered for secretary of state. He didnt get the job, but romney said last night, he was honored. Im steve handlesman, news 4, jim. Thanks, steve. We have been asking what you think of mr. Trumps pick for secretary of state so far. The majority of people who answered our informal poll are not happy with that selection. A significant number is willing to wait and see. You can add your voice conversation on your nbc washington facebook page. All of this comes as nine Democratic Senators are demanding more information
Fire reported around 5 this morning in basement laundry room and it has been put out. Guest were evacuated and are allowed to reenter the hotel now. This morning Fairfax Country Police chief is recovering from minor injuries after involved in a car crash in centerville. Chief edwin was stopped at a traffic light 8 40 when rear ended. Ate person who hit the chiefs car is charged driving while intoxicated. A big announcement expected it morning from president elect donald trump as he made decision on who he wants to be the next secretary of state. Chief executive exxon mobile rex tirlson surprise top choice. Donald trump tweeted he would hold a press conference in near future to discuss the business, cabinet picks and all other topics of interest in these busy timesment for more on trumps big announcement fox5 Melanie Alnwick is live on capitol hill. Good morning. Good morning steve and allison. Tillerson may have on toughest confirmation battles on capitol hill. They have concerns of po