hack a huge deal. today we re learning exactly how huge it was. the numbers are astounding. hackers stole 19.7 million social security numbers of americans who went through federal government background checks. they took another 1.8 million from the applicants friends and family. the data had been stored by the office of personnel management, essentially the human resources department for the federal government. the hackers swept up addresses, education and employment history along with mental health, criminal and financial records. more than 1 million americans fingerprints were stolen. some victims received letters from opm alerting them to the breach. they offer credit monitoring and other services. the government says there is no evidence yet the stolen information has been used for identity theft or other financial crimes. on the streets of d.c. there s little trust in that assurance. i want to feel more secure about what s going on. i just want to feel more comforta
south. but with this cold front having flipped slue during overnight we re going to see that drier air mass move in. it s in the first alert seven day forecast. right now it s time for another look at timesaver traffic and larry miller. thanks erica. your right now 6:00. metro riders doing really okay little seasickness there right? we re doing really well this morning, no issues on the trains or buses this morning. but it s out in oakton we re keeling a crease owe on the accident that s eye on the accident that s closed fox mill road at fox vail drive this morning. should be there within next moment or so. so coming up in ten minutes a live picture, that s the goal but traffic is being diverted on to hunt road. so for commuters out in oakton you ll need to be mindful of this that the morning. a live look from the cameras this morning shows us this is eastern tv kenilworth avenue and eastern avenue. inbound on 50 no problems. coming down from areas like frederick on i
see a lot more direct water heaters used. in europe when on demand water heaters started xing out they were used at point of locations. they were not in the garage in the house, they were outside the bathroom near the kitchen, inside the kitchen area. i have a family that have homes with that sote up with that water heater. the energy is less and in the location of the ekitchen near. it makes sense to have. one of things i try to advocate with our inspector squz builders doing large remodels is something we spoke about was restirkulating systems for these types of water heaters coming in: you see more people putting recirculating lines and pumps and how to distribute the water so you don t wait 20 minutes on the third floor for a shower. it is a waste of energy. you see the industry coming to make that happen. one that came out not too long ago is something you put under your faucet and hot and cold side with a pump that is on a timer or temperature that passes the water thro
q: the crew members names will not be released until the families know what happened. they are working on that now. we will keep you focused. that is the latest from leonardtown. back to you. jonathan: that looks like golfers got to help the crew get out of the helicopter. the blackhawk helicopter is a workforce for the army. 4,000 unites have been built over the years. i entered service in 1979. the base model is $6 million. 60 soldiers have been killed in the crashes dating back 35 years. the most recent crash was four months ago. the crash did injure four soldiers. there are crews at leonard town. nancy: this come michelle: this comes after work continues from a fighter jet that went down in a training mission. the pilot ejected safely and was not hurt. there is more breaking news. this is out of montgomery county. flames are out at recycling business. there were several vehicles and a pile of scrap caught on fire. it was tough to put out. they used the foam to put the
we have complaints and compliments. david is the traffic engineer and said the city installed them back in october. the purpose is enerally to improve saaety and traffic flow. he says the point of the flashing yellow arrow is to keep drivers from stopping and to decrease wait time for a left turn. if you start out with a flashing yellow, just wait %- until you have an adequate gap to make the turn or it will turn into a green arrow. he says studies show the new lights reduce accidents and not increase them for drivers like this one he i don t want to go near that reporter: the city is studying the signals and educating drivers. one cool thing is that lake wood gets to control them so for example, during rush hour, they actually turn off the flashing yellow arrows going lake wood has a total of 14 intersections with flashing yellow arrows. it plans to add more. the city has made a huge difference in major roads. after 18 cities in the nfl number 18 is hanging