If iran is left unchecked the United States could be facing an i am fent threat similar to the one presented by north korea. Now nbcs ali joining us by phone. Ali, talk to me about this announcement and how iran is reacting to all of this. Reporter good morning. Well, first iran made no Public Comment on this latest development. They were made very late last night tehran time so they have yet to react. The president is out making a speech right now. He hasnt touched on the subject, but i can tell you when america talks tough to iran it doesnt usually go down very well here. Secretary tillerson certainly had some strong words. Also any talk of sanctions or renegotiating the jcpoa also known as the Iran Nuclear Deal so close to elections in this country on may 19th, is going to deeply disturb the regime and feed into the hard line narrative that the nuclear deal with america was a bad one. Iran should never have engaged with america because it was be trusted. Its also very doubtful iran
Poor. But there are thunderstorms here in charlottesville. The rate theyre going, theyre only about two hours or so from reaching into the west side and southwest side of the d. C. Metro area. So keep in mind that traveling conditions will be going down hill between now and about 7 00 this morning. Planning out the rest of the day, fog and rain. 56 at 8 00 in the morning. Then into the upper 60s to near 70s. Might get a sliver or two of sunshine today between the rain this morning and another chance for rain with thunderstorms afternoon. It is going to be an impactful day for sure. Keep your low beams on and your speed down. Thank you, chuck. We are taking a look at what this means for the morning commute, too. Justin finch is live on the roads with a check on what can you expect out there. How it is looking, justin . Hey there. Good morning. Looking at you right now, there is mist in my way. It is pretty heavy out here. 355. Perhaps you can see there is just a real heavy fog hanging h
County overall, no major problems. Well keep an eye on things for you. Southbound bw parkway at 197 we have a report of a broken down vehicle with an suv on the right side of the roadway. It isnt slowing anything right now. And remember, 270 south after 109 is looking a lot better. That has reopened as angie just mentioned. And we no longer have the crash there blocking the roadway. Well take a look at 66 coming up. We have breaking news out of northeast d. C. Where there has been a shooting in the 700 block of park side place. Police tell us when they arrived to the scene they found a man wounded that was shot. Right now that man is at the hospital and is expected to be okay. Were continuing to make calls to find out about any possible suspects. Thats the latest from the live desk. With a heavy heart but with boundless optimism for the we are suspending our campaign. And with that concession, donald trump becomes the likely republican president ial nominee. Trump called senator ted cr
As to when everything will be clear. And you can get by for the morning rush. Back to you. I knew there was bars on there and they wasnt able to get out through the upstairs. The upstairs was on fire and there was no basement door. And were hearing from two men who rescued their new maybes from a fire in Prince Georges County. Their quick thinking kept a story from aring a very different ending. Good morning, im eun yang. And im chris gordon in for aaron gilchrist. Flames erupted last night trapping two people and a child in the basement of their home. Megan mcgrath is at the scene with the incredible rescue story. More from her in a moment, but first we want to check in with chuck bell because the rain is starting to move in this morning. Yeah, still dry inside the city limits, but rain showers across parts of the Shenandoah Valley. Take a look on max 2. Weather headlines for today, rain finally back in the forecast. Weekend likely to start out with plenty of clouds on your saturday m
Little bit. More with melissa. Other spots with some standing water and issues massachusetts avenue in here at mccomb street. You can see the right lane is completely covered. Just a warning you are going to see some shots shut down because of this. This is one of them. Westbound 108 at olley mill road. They are closed there because of high water. Wide look overall beltway looking pretty good. Prince georges county moving along quite nicely. A little bit slow here inbound indian head highway. 13th and missouri westbound lane closed because of a crash. Those heavy showers that may have kept you up overnight moved out of the area but as chuck and melissa mentioned there are a number of problems lingering now. Tom kierein here with more on the flood concerns and the storms youll see later today. Heres the radar history over the last 12 hours. We had those heavy downpours with lots of lightning rolling right through the metro area overnight last night. It cleared the metro area. Now on the