Washington red sinskins maim. The u. S. District court upholding the cancellation of the teams federal trademark registration. The Patent Office back in june of last year deciding that the name was, in fact, disparaging to native americans. The team filed suit after this in august of last year wanting that decision overturned but after this mornings ruling that is not happening, at least for now. The team can still appeal, though. The suit initially brought by five native americans. The team can still use the team but its not protected and certainly its a big blow to the team right now. Back to you. And we have more breaking news. Thousands of United Airlines flights are delayed from coast to coast because of a computer glitch. The ground stop has been lifted. We are live at dulles with more on whats happening there. Reporter barbara you can see how crowded the ticketing area for united here is here at Dulles International airport. They had a ground stoppage worldwide of all planes due
Well see you then, melissa. Thank you. 6 01 now. New this morning the governor of South Carolina expected to sign a bill today that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state capital grounds there. The South Carolina house of representatives passed a bill, that was after hours of emotional, sometimes tearful debate. Once Governor Haley signs the bill, the flag should come down within 24 hours. Haley and a lot of her fellow lawmakers are responding to calls from across the country to remove that flag after the racially motivated killing of black worshipers in charleston. At 1 30 this morning after a vote there, haley tweeted its a new day in South Carolina. Now a lot of folks seem to agree with her, there was a cartoon posted showing the flag and it said, going, going gone on that cartoon. Another person tweeted finally. One state, one flag. Efforts here on capitol hill to ban the Confederate Flag in federal cemeteries is proving controversial as well. The measure was added as an a
Welcome change. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom tier tier with weather and traffic on the 1s. Good morning. Good morning. You may have noticed when you stepped out to walk the dog or a morning run its less humid. Live view from the storm team 4 camera here in upper northwest. We are zoomed in several miles down to downtown. Excellent visibility as the humidity has dropped overnight. Temperatures right now are in the generally 70s. Mid and upper 70s through 8 00. Sunshine is breaking out. Partly cloudy noontime low 80s. Then lower humidity during the afternoon. Upper 80s by 4 00 to 5 00 with lots of sunshine around. And as you head out the door now we are in the 70s from the mountains, Shenandoah Valley and around the bay. Some locations there up around 80 degrees. Now melissa, whats going on with construction . Road work should be out of the way in the next 30 minutes or so. In hyattsville, this issue popped up. Westbound 450 there, Veterans Parkway two right lanes are blocked because o
Upper 70s by 11 00 or near 80. It wont be raining all the time, so have the umbrella handy. A look at your drive time forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Melissa, what subpoenais happening on the roads right now . No problems northbound or southbound right now. For all the folks on the road this early morning. Beltway at indian head highway rolling along nicely. No major problems now that were in the 5 00 hour. That road work has wrapped up and gotten out of the way. 66 and 95 overall no major issues as well. Live picture 95 at 123 gordon boulevard, northbound and southbound rolling along nicely. See you at 5 11. 5 01. Breaking news d. C. Police are on the scene of a shooting not far from h street in northeast. We got an update from police. Megan mcgrath is live now. What have you learned . Reporter well, we have confirmed that this is now a murder scene. That one person is dead as a result of shots fired in the 900 block of third street. Look behind me, you can see th
Call d. C. Police. Coming up on 4 30 on this wednesday morning. Lets check with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein to find out if were getting any more rain. Well, possibly by later this afternoon, things are improving. And charlottesville south of fredericksburg, the next coming of hours in the metro area, were beginning to dry out some of the pavement still wet from the overnight showers. Temperatures 60s, Shenandoah Valley. And in the mountains 61. Shenandoah valley near 70. Low to mid70s in the metro area. And weve got a partly cloudy sky from the tower camera, sun rises at 7 25. And chance of a thunder shower from noon time to maybe 3 00 a. M. After that the sun will be coming back home upper 80s, by afternoon, lower 80s and partly cloudy by late afternoon. Melissa has breaking news. Breaking news in southeast wag. Outbound suitland parkway were shut down. You can take pennsylvania avenue to branch avenue to avoid this. Inbound lanes are now open after that fatal crash from ov