Told her, its my right as an entertainer. Franken says the claims are categorically not true. All of this coming as members of Congress Today introduce a bipartisan bill that would force arbitration and allow employees of choice to go to court over harassment in the workplace. We, as elected leaders, should be held to a higher standard, not a lower standard and we should fundamentally be having valuing women. Thats where the debate has to go. Michelle franken has been accused by six other women who claim to be groped or forcibly kissed. Thats the live desk. Michelle marsh, back to you. Jonathan thank you. In the last few hours a lawsuit against harvey weinstein. Six women saying the hollywood titan covered up sexual assaults and tha the lawsuit says it was a coalition of companies and people working to hide everything. At least 75 people have come forward detailing accounts of assault and misconduct. Alison this is breaking as time maggie naming the silence breakers as a whole as the 2
Thousands of employees of Walter Reed Medical Center certainly relieved at this hour. But they had to shelterinplace for hours while the police were searching the grounds. Rebecca cooper continues our Live Team Coverage from bethesda. What was one of the days where it was a waste of time for them and scary at the same time. Rebecca that is right. People were calm throughout this ordeal inside. When were outside show you where we are. At the gate of the entrance of walter reed and we are able to see the Police Coming and going and feel the calm. For the people inside they only knew that there was a search ongoing for an active shooter. Then they waited for several hours. We spoke to two of the people inside. They were patient. One was a woman whose husband is in the military and works at walter reed. The other after his tours of duty in iraq is now retired from the army. She took solace in the help of a stranger. He took solace in following military protocol. The subway manager, i dont
Night. The thick smoke enveloping all of college park. We do now know how much damage was done for the under construction building. This video taken by the county assistant fire chief pans across the roof. Destroyed by the still burning blaze. The roof has burned and collapsed to the floor. The building is in the 40 million range for the damage just to that wing of the building. Fire damage in the 15 million range for the fire damage to the upper level. Brad so decisions still need to be make, how much will be demolished for the rebuild. What you are looking live is the 2 x 4. One upthere on the seventh floor. When we come back, we will tell you how that is the subject of debate out here. Would construction in an aparen lightweight construction and the firefighters just dont like it. Brad bell, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Stay with abc7 for updates from college park if you have to step away log on to wjla. Com text. Sign up for the instant updates right on your phone. All right. Now t
Thank you very much. So, we learned that six people were injured. Five students rushed to hospitals in the area. Three of them went to Inova Fairfax. Horace holmes is there with an update on how the students are doing this afternoon. Horace . Horace i just got off the phone seconds ago with the hospital officials here at i nova. All three of the students who were rushed here to the emergency room this afternoon have been treated. They have been released. They are now back with their families and fine at this moment. They were all rushed here to the hospital after the accident occurred, treated for mow of the afternoon. All of them have been released and back with their families. Horace holmes, fairfax. Jonathan that is good news. Thank you. Three students accounted for. Inova is reporting a student was taken to Childrens Hospital and the other to the burn unit at medstar hospital in d. C. We have updates on the conditions as soon as we debt them get them. Alison stay with us throughout
As can you see, we got a weak system to the south and west an thatwe will remain to the south. Not expecting any rain aroundrod here, but still in the region later on today. 76 degrees, mild conditionsmild expected for the daytime highs. Lots more on the weather and i will try to repackage that andad sell that in a couple of of minutes. Mi julie, back to you. Reporter all right, tucker, unfortunately theres n getting around this, five cars involved in a crash are as you approach 228 in rockville, righh now traffic is squeezing by using the right lane only and transition lane, major tieups out of germantown with the speeds dropping to 45 Miles Per Hour leaving father hurley boulevard, and making your way toward the beltway. You will find that the lanes ar leaving college park headed toward 270. Northbound 395, second lane froe the left blocked with the vehicle, 395 is backed up from thecl 3 beltway trying to get pd disiewk streetduke street headee potomac. Poto southbound 395, that is t