Reporter good evening. Right now im here at 10th street northwest and constitution avenue. You look here, these Police Officers are directing traffic blocking off the area to make sure no one drives down constitution avenue en route to the washington monument. Come with me over here before i show you some video. You can see this fire truck here. The area right down there, which is 13th, that is blocked off. So a lot of folks are packing their patience trying to avoid the irs building. Lets roll some video right now. Here is what happened. A transformer fire sparked in the basement. Now, a d. C. Fire and em s representative told us that he doesnt know if anyone was injured. Well, i have an update right now from the irs spokesperson, and he tolells me no one was injure. This is the Internal Revenue Service Headquarters building here and all of the employees inside were evacuated. Many of them decided to go home. Others i presume are standing around here because they have work to do, tryi
Matt lauer. Were covering this breaking news out of belgium. The Prime Minister said this is a terror attack, a dark moment for his country. What we fear ee eed has happene someone or someones went up to the airport area, detonated one device outside of the building. Someone else, apparently a suicide bomber inside the terminal, packed with morning commuters. People lining up to catch flights to other parts of europe and parts of the world. Near a starbucks, waiting to get coffee. Standing side by side, everyone with a backpack, suitcase or package, when the explosion ripped through the terminal. The devastation is apparent for anyone who can see the images. At least 15 people confirmed killed. This is an area of an airport where you havent gone through security yet. You pull up in a car,et one of our colleagues from msnbc said, he came up from a rail system beneath into the great hall, the departures terminal, when the explosion had gone off. No one had been screened for security. As
Shomari stone is headed to the mall to see what he can learn. Theres another security scare on capitol hill, a day after police shot a man at the capitol visitors center. Minutes after the center reopened to tourists this morning, two suspicious packages turned up on the grounds, visitors were kept away and streets closed while police cleared and checked the unattended bags. Were line onle hill tonight looking at yet another security situation. Darcy . Well thats right. Things are pretty much back to normal here on capitol hill. There were a couple of questions, some threats this morning, they thought there were two backpacks, as it turns out everything has been deemed safe. The suspect charged in with yesterdays gun incident remains in the hospital at this hour. Now, lots of tourists turned out today for the reopening of the capitol visitor center, they told us they felt safe because of all the security and the law that suspect, larry dawson, is a 66yearold minister from tennessee. He
80s today. But they are falling as a cold front moves in tonight. With the cold front we will see area of low pressure develop Early Morning to bring part of the area rain overnight to early tomorrow morning. 48 to 56. More big changes in the weather. We will highlight that in a few minutes. Maureen thank you, doug. Stay connected to the strong watch 7 weather team and get alerts when Severe Weather moves in. You can follow us on any of the social media platforms. Go to wjla. Com to sign up for text alerts to be sent to your phone. There are new details on what happened when a man opened fire at Greyhound Bus station. He killed trooper chad dermyer. We have the late tend criminal history of the shooter. Kevin that is the state Police Trooper of chad dermyer. All day today people have been dropping off grieving the loss and offering support to the Virginia State police. This comestote as we are learning more information about the suspect. 34yearold james brown of aurora, illinois. James
On all metro lines will be parked at the station. Metro says the closure will be a result of systemwide emergency safety inspections and this after monday ace cable fire near the Mcpherson Metro station. Employees have option for unscheduled leave or telework and d. C. Scars on tardiness and absent teeism will be excused today and heads up metro parking lot will be on an free. So passengers can catch buses or car pool. Lets begin now with the woman of the morning erin aaron i hope you got a lot of rest. I did. Just starting to pick up on roads. Weve been telling everyone all morning get an early start. That time is capped because were seeing really crowded roads 270 inbound and hov restrictions in place in virginia and maryland. How different is it this day than yesterday morning. The commute hit a lot earlier. Usually its 6 were starting and right now its full on congestion. Hov lanes though could get the commute going and car pool and everybody on board. Plan ahead best advice. Figur