Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for the news at noon, im mike hydeck. Local charges were dropped against the North Carolina man accused of opening fire inside that northwest d. C. Pizza shop. But the troubles for Edgar Madison welch are far from over at this point. Stephanie ramirez is live outside the federal courthouse with more on what happened in there today. Stephanie . Reporter yeah, mike, the pizza gate suspect edgar welch is due here as soon as 1 30 today. Before he was facing a slew of weapons possessions charges including assault with a dangerous that is weapon. But the local charges were dropped. The u. S. Attorneys office announced they are now charging welch with interstate transportation of a firearm. With intent to commit an offense or with knowledgeable reason cause to believe that offense would be committed. Now this could all mean up to ten years in prison with a final and this all stems from december 4th, when an armed northwest d. C. s comet ping pong. H