Which closed minutes ago. Now the exchange reopened an hour ago after computer glitches halted trading for hours. Kimberly the New York Stock Exchange issued one of a trilogy of computer issues that caused problems for people all across the country. Sam sweeney is live in the Satellite Center with what we are learning now. Is it smoothed over sam . Sam i wouldnt say that but it has been a busy afternoon on the Stock Exchange but not with trading. Trading shut down abruptly before noon before it reopened after 3 00. Officials in new york are calling this interim technical issue. They say its not a cyber attack. New York Stock Exchange wasnt the only one with the technical issues today. Just after the nyse shut down the wall street journal website went down as well. Earlier this Morning United Airlines halted nearly 5000 flights when their computers went down. The department of Homeland Security says the problems are not related and dont appear to be cyber attacks. The white house also c
It broke out around 3 45. The 12,000 block of white drive. You can see extensive damage here. The flames are now automatic, but the house was pretty much fully engulfed when nair fighters arrived here. We still have smoke rising from the chimney and the Center Portion of that house. Too early to say exactly what caused this blaze. But certainly, theyre doing their job trying to get a better look inside the home. Weve seen firefighters use ladders to go up into the second floor. And their big priority here is determining whether anyone was home at the time that this fire broke out in the studio. Megan, were going to keep checking in out there the morning. And were also going to check in with storm four meteorologist tom kierein. Tom. What we dont need is more rain and here it comes. More rain moving into western maryland. Eastern West Virginia, its very light rain, may hold together from hagerstown, winchester, down to luray. Low 70s to the west. And weve got some breaks in the clouds.
The heavy rain we have seen the last one to three hours here. Flash Flood Warning for Arlington County until 8 00 tonight and for Prince Georges County and southeast d. C. Until 7 30. Once again, looks like a water rescue going on right now through Prince Georges County. Please, i cannot say this enough do not drive through flooded roadways even pictures of it on my twitter and Facebook Pages this evening, dont let it happen tough. More rain coming through once again, following that same line, we call this training. As a result of a train, just like train tracks, the rain is moving over the same tracks well. Continue to keep you posted. Thank you, doug. Now to the technical glitches that captured headlines much of the day today from the impact on wall street to airports around the world. We have Team Coverage on all this begin with chris lawrence. He is at the live desk now. Chris . Jim, flights are still delayed on United Airlines and the dow jones lost more than 260 points by the clo
Ch so, after days of debate, the Confederate Flag will be removed from the South Carolina state house. It will now be moved to a military relic museum. Dave this movement is making a powerful statement. Reporter it really is. Its been three weeked since that rampage at a church in South Carolina in which nine people were killed. Today at 10 00 the Confederate Flag is coming down. Its been a long time since the civil war, but emotions remain high over the future of this flag. The Confederate Flag is coming off the grounds of the state house. Reporter it was a moment of pride. It is a great day in South Carolina. Reporter spurred by a crime of hate. You wont ever get past what happened in charleston. Reporter 150 years after the civil war ended a contentious debate continued this week in the state where the war began. A battle over the most recognizable symbol of the confederacy. I cannot believe that we do not have the heart in this body to do something meaningful. Reporter three weeks
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