Figure out just exactly how this happened. News4s chris gordon is on capitol hill now with the story. Chris . Reporter doreen and jim, as you look behind me, youll see the cleanup is continuing nearly nine hours after todays fatal accident, and the unanswered question is, what caused this large limb to fall, killing the Maintenance Worker below . An investigation has been launched to find answers. Crews worked for hours, removing tree debris from the roadway. U. S. Capitol Police Closed parts of independence avenue. This morning, a large tree branch fell, hitting a Maintenance Worker at the capitol. Matt mcclanahan was unconscious when help arrived. They gave him cpr and rushed him to a hospital where he died. Oh, thats awful. Im so sorry to hear that. Prayers to his family, condolences. Reporter House Speaker paul ryan issued a statement two young children, effie and matthew, their loss is so sudden and unimaginable. I ask my colleagues and everyone in the Capitol Community to keep ma
Georgia where a special Congressional Election pinned as referendum on President Trump himself has the political world on edge. There is news this morning the race is heading toward a runoff in june after none of the candidates who vied for the vacant seat received the majority votes needed for a win. The leading democrat in the race and the president himself are claiming victory. For more, we go to nbcs tracie potts. Reporter this is a big deal outside of georgia. Democrats are pinning their hopes on jon ossoff, the 30yearold filmmaker who wants to replace health and Human Services secretary tom price who gave up this longtime republican seat. Ossoff won 48 of the vote. Check out the results. We learned early this morning the closest republican, karen handel, a former secretary of state in georgia won 19 of the vote. Both sides are claiming victory. Democrats say this shows that the people even in a state and in a district like this thats been deeply republican arent with President Tr
Slowdowns on the roadways. Yeah, were seeing a couple. Thankfully, as the rain moves out, we definitely start seeing better conditions on the road, at least for commuters. Chp is still reporting slowing thanks to the crash along northbound 87. It appears right now it may have just been a fender bender and they are looking to clear the lane. They should have that cleared out within the next couple of minutes, because they do have a closed incident, so hopefully we start seeing that backup recovering over the next 20 minutes or sooner. 6 01 right now and it looks like northbound 101 to highway 85 about a 22minute delay. Northbound 280 to highway 85 seven minutes and northbound 101 to san jose about 20 minutes. Not too bad. Heres a quick shot of san rafael. We are definitely seeing a lot more computers out there, but it is 6 00 a. M. This is around the time im heading out if im not at work. Totally, were glad that youre here. It is 6 01 now and anyone driving into work this morning knows
Slowdowns on the roadways. Yeah, were seeing a couple. Thankfully, as the rain moves out, we definitely start seeing better conditions on the road, at least for commuters. Chp is still reporting slowing thanks to the crash along northbound 87. It appears right now it may have just been a fender bender and they are looking to clear the lane. They should have that cleared out within the next couple of minutes, because they do have a closed incident, so hopefully we start seeing that backup recovering over the next 20 minutes or sooner. 6 01 right now and it looks like northbound 101 to highway 85 about a 22minute delay. Northbound 280 to highway 85 seven minutes and northbound 101 to san jose about 20 minutes. Not too bad. Heres a quick shot of san rafael. We are definitely seeing a lot more computers out there, but it is 6 00 a. M. This is around the time im heading out if im not at work. Totally, were glad that youre here. It is 6 01 now and anyone driving into work this morning knows
Slowdowns on the roadways. Yeah, were seeing a couple. Thankfully, as the rain moves out, we definitely start seeing better conditions on the road, at least for commuters. Chp is still reporting slowing thanks to the crash along northbound 87. It appears right now it may have just been a fender bender and they are looking to clear the lane. They should have that cleared out within the next couple of minutes, because they do have a closed incident, so hopefully we start seeing that backup recovering over the next 20 minutes or sooner. 6 01 right now and it looks like northbound 101 to highway 85 about a 22minute delay. Northbound 280 to highway 85 seven minutes and northbound 101 to san jose about 20 minutes. Not too bad. Heres a quick shot of san rafael. We are definitely seeing a lot more computers out there, but it is 6 00 a. M. This is around the time im heading out if im not at work. Totally, were glad that youre here. It is 6 01 now and anyone driving into work this morning knows