Texas today. While in dallas, hell get a hurricane update. The president cant escape the civil war of words between him and members of his own party. Reporter arizona senator jeff flake says his decision to retire from congress has freed him to speak out against President Trump. The longer we go, the more his behavior is normalized and that is a problem. Reporter flake published an oped in the Washington Post this morning, saying republicans can no longer remain silent, waiting for someone else to do something. Bob corker also says he debases the country. Flake told cbs this morning, he believes others will join them. I think that we have a responsibility as elected officials to speak out when theres behavior that is just beyond the pail, and some of what weve seen i think fits in that reporter the white house is dismissing flake and corker and points to tuesdays lunch with gop senators. President trump hit back. Saying the reason flake and corker dropped out is simple. They had zero c
News4 midday 4 midday starts now. Thank you for joining us. And we gin with this dramatic video. We aired this while police were chasing this ambulance down. They say the driver is now in custody. We are told he stole an ambulance and drove it out from the area into Prince George county. News4 midday 4 was on another story when he saw this first thing unfold. He is live in camp springs right now. Justin, what a wild morning. Reporter erica, a wild morning, indeed, we are wrapping up our last report and we heard sirens and an ambulance flanked by what appeared to be more than a dozen police cruisers. It has the look of a very high profile emergency transport. County police chief says that is not what it was at of a stolen ambulance that ended just across the street from us right over there. Near 90 minutes of panic brought to an end in Prince Georges county, a stolen ambulance on the streets and a team effort to recover it. State police, Charles County sheriffs and our office in the ver
Job in restoring the reputation of the department of justice. Sessions confirmation comes over the objections of his democratic colleagues. I know his record on voting rights. Hes no champion of voting rights. Republicans silenced massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren on the senate floor tuesday night, which overshadowed the vote. I tried to read a letter from Coretta Scott king and Mitch Mcconnell came to the floor and shut me down. Mitch mcconnell says warren was damaging the reputation of her fellow colleague. A violation of a rarely enforced senate rule. The only speech being stifled is speech that republicans dont agree with. Some of her colleagues picked up where senator warren left off, reading the letter on the senate floor. Sincerely, Coretta Scott king. Others defended senator warren, arguing she should be allowed to speak. I owes senator warren an apology. Leader mcconnell says its sessions who deserves one. Its been tough to watch all this good man has been put through in
Eastbound route 50 . That is definitely a possibility as to what were looking. Again, very early, thats where our investigation is leading. So we have people here stopped route 50 block off blo presumably these people are witnesses or at leastly t werhew here shortly thereafter. Theyre describing was it just shot being fired while peoplee were driving . Was this a result after accident . There was there is certainly a lot of accounts ofn what took place, again, route 50 is very busy this time of day. Thats what our detective aretie just speaking with everyone here on scene, and also asking for anyone who may have been in the area, may have thought this was an accident, or something that far effect, to please call our detective or our crime solvers tiplinesipli with any information we would greatly appreciate it. Exact time of day this happened for people . 3 00 when we got the call. C thank you so much. So 3 00 eastbound route 50. Again, i just want you to get a good look at the vehicl
Assaulted a woman. Hi, derek. Good morning, all is quiet here around the intersection of 23rd and california where this happened around 10 30 last night. It was reported about 10 30 last night. She lives in the 2300 block of california street. She found an intruder in her home, the intruder blindfoldeder, tied her hands, and sexually assaulted her. Its not clear how this person got into the womans home. A frightening or deal for the woman. Once police come out with a sketch or a description of the suspect we will try to bring that to you, but again, a horrible crime here on the 2300 block of california street. A burglary and derrick ward, back to you. Developing overnight, dc firefighters also say a man is dead following an Apartment Fire. This happened just before midnight. The apartment is behind a Shopping Center on alabama avenue. You see several of the windows were shattered. Investigators are working to learn what caused this fire and no one else had to be rescued. A man was shot