But i think it is something thats underrealized or viewed as sort of not serious. Theres a difference between being not serious and stupid. Its sort of data visualization. Right now were in the very days of that world of news content and people who have been in traditionally news look at that stuff as interesting, sort of a novelty, lets play around with that. But i think were living in an incredibly, incredibly complicated age and being able to break down issues, being able to break things down in a way thats more easily digestible and bringing those experiences right now, theyre very, very expensive and very hard to replicate on mobile devices. I think as that field grows it is going to become a bigger and bigger part of mainstream News Coverage and how we take issues and how we deliver them to people. Theres one thing that i think is, if i may, serious now that i think will be sill ly later whi is sort of niche media sites, things that are focused exclusively on one audience. There
Details on your weekend forecast in just a minute. Back up stairs to both of you. All right. Thank you very much. We begin with breaking news this morning involving the deadly Gulf Oil Spill back in 2010. Bp will pay billions of dollars as part of a settlement. A person familiar with the case also says that two bp employees will face manslaughter charges. Youll recall that 11 people died in the explosion and millions of gallons of oil tainted the gulf leading to a ban on deep water drilling. Were also following breaking news closer to home. A swat team is called to a tomorrow in district heights. Melanie is live at the scene with the very latest. Whats happening . Reporter good morning. Theres still more than a dozen fbi agents and support staff here. You can see over there the house were focusing on is 6709 kipling parkway. And theres agents up around the corner too. Looks like they may be beginning to wrap up the investigation. I saw them bringing bags of items out the front door of
Worry about windchills and as far as our highs are concerned, expected to be in the 40s. But that sun will be evident all day long across the area and thats at least good news. 46 for your daytime high. Changes ahead in the weekend forecast. Ill have that later. Back to you. First this hour, a traffic watch and a messy commute on the outer loop of the beltway at 270. A truck full of pineapple flipped over causing major back ups. Julie wright was on this story all morning long. Took a long time to get the pineapple loaded. This is video from a few hours ago. But the right lane is still shut down. Crews are going to try to get the truck back on to its wheels after rush hour winds down. Turning now to some of our top stories. Still no deal between republicans and the president to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. Speaker john boehner spoke by phone yesterday. Visit a Northern Virginia family today to highlight his call to extend current tax rates to 98 of americans. The two sides are at a
So today the white house through its sport behind michael sam, the young man who could become the nfls first openly gay player. He announced to the world he is gay last night. And messages of support came in from around the world, and they just keep coming today, including from the first lady, michelle obama, and Vice President joe biden. Sams announcement comes week before the nfls scouting combine and the draft in may. Michael yves is here. Its something that the sports world has been wondering quite some time. Who will be the first openly gay player of the nfl. Last night we got an inkling when michael sam used an interview with espn to tell the world that he is, indeed, gay. Im not afraid of who i am. Im not afraid to tell the world who i am. Im michael sam. Im a college graduate. Im africanamerican, and im guy. Joining us is Michael Samuels publicist, howard, thank you so much for joining us today. As i understand it. You were hand selected by sam and his agent because they wanted