20 Million People are under heat advisories. Factor in the humidity and it felt like 111 in tallahassee florida, 102 in atlanta georgia, and 98 in the nations capital. In the west the punishing drought appears to be giving way to devastating rain. Ben tracy begins our coverage. Reporter today construction crews began fixing the highway bridge washed out by heavy weekend rains in california. Scientists say such rare summer storms are a preview of a potentially recordbreaking wet winter in the west. Nasa climate scientist josh willis says the storms are fueled by the phenomenon called el nino. A whopper of an el nino could bring a lot of really heavy rain really quickly which brings as many problems as it does solutions. Reporter el nino is a band of warmerthanusual water in the Pacific Ocean along the equator that changes weather patterns worldwide. Forecasters say this one has the potential to be the most powerful el nino on record. Signs of el nino have been washing up on western shor
Has real questions about whats going on at metro and how not only how its managed, but frankly, whether the people who serve metro in all capacity have the competence to do so. We are not waiting for the ntsbs final report to work on making the system safer. Work is already underway on 14 early actions to improve safety, Emergency Response and the suspects state of good repair. The National Transportation safety board officials were also there, but they had no new information or details about the incident to offer as their investigation is still going on. They did say, however, they expect to have a final report sometime next year. Just hours before that hearing got started metro announced they are looking to hire a fire officer to work in that nerve center for the rail system. That person will be a fulltime liaison to fire and rescue crews coordinating communication between metro and the first responders. There is new information from Court Documents in the case of the lyon sisters. T
Reporter well, joyce bartoo who lived here in adams morgan and was a long time d. C. Resident went on a small trip with long time friends and never came home. Harvey flamanoff was surprised to say the least. During one of his first encounters with his new neighbors, the stubbs offered him, something the keys to their beach house. They said you look tired. Why dont you just go down there and use the house for a few days. We did. Its an example of their generosity. Reporter the generous couples lives were cut short this weekend in a Small Plane Crash Near Yellowstone National Park in wyoming. College sweethearts 69yearold gerald and 68yearold diane of annapolis were on board with their good friend and donald scott from denver who was the pilot. It was shocking, very shocking. They were great people. Reporter bartoos son said his mother and diane stubbs had been friends for years while gerald was an employee of the Environmental Protection agency. He had collections of indian artifacts th
Neighbors just too fair find to terrified to show their cases on camera but they told Stephanie Ramirez what it sounded like last night. She will tell us more about that at 6 00 along with who police are looking to find. Pretty busy night for d. C. Police, two suspects now in custody after taking off during a police stop Near George Washington University and Police Believe they were in a stolen car. People living in the neighborhood received a text from police and they were pretty startled to learn about the incident. Pretty shocking. Im not sure, you know, what the circumstances were but it would be pretty surprising around here. Glad i didnt see that right away, but, yeah, so basically we got three texts. Police shots were fired on that scene but no one was hurt. New information emerging tonight on last weeks deadly shooting in chattanooga. The military tells us that several troops, quote, ran back into the fight to help get their colleagues to safety. Major general paul breyer says
Of a controversial traffic stop in texas that ended with the arrest of a black woman by a white Police Officer. The woman was later found hanging in her cell, and now we have learned jailers knew she was a suicide risk. We have two reports beginning with Omar Villafranca. Reporter when 28yearold sandra bland was placed into cell 95 at the Waller County jail, there is now evidence her guards knew she had attempted suicide before. According to the sheriffs office, on a jail intake form, she checked yes when asked whether she had tried to kill herself in the last year. Surveillance video from the jail shows guards violated policy by not doing an inperson check on bland hourly, including the morning she was found dead in her cell. Police say she hanged herself from a partition using a plastic bag from the garbage can. Cannon lambert is the family attorney. This family has no evidence that that is the case. None. We know for a certainty that when she went into that jail, she was ecstatic. R