And good morning, america. A huge headline right now. Pope benedict xvi moments ago making this announcement. Speaking in lat on the a group of cardinals. And announcing his rezization. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before god, i have come to a certainty that my strengths, due to advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate carrying out of the ministry. The last pope to resign was pope gregory xii, almost 60 years ago. Benedicts rescission to resign sets the stage for a clooichb to be conclave, to elect a new pope. Ash wednesday begins this week. The most important 40 dmas the catholic calendar. The most significant spiritual period. Lets bring in dan harris. There has been speculation that he was in Failing Health this was a surprise. The vatican officials saying they were surprised. There were science. The pope admitting at times in recent months he was tired. He said he was in the final leg of the path of my life. In 2010, he fueled speculation around the possib
Across the area. Just a trace at reagan national. I cannot even see anything on the grass. Germantown had an inch as well as winchester. Just shy of an inch in wgaithersburg. Most of its stock to the grassy areas. Temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. Watch for slick spots on the roadways this morning especially if they are elevated. 35 degrees at reagan national. A Beautiful Day to look forward to. Lots of sunshine with a high around 49 degrees. A big cooldown for the weekend. The sevenday forecast is minutes away. First, jamee . I needed to scrape my window. So little extra time is needed for that. Watch for slick spots especially bridges, ramps, overpasses. Inbound the newtown, d. C. 295 northbound at 11th Street Bridge, theyre waiting for a tow truck. No problems to report around the capital beltway. Maryland and virginia checking out fine. Getting to the beltway from stafford, 95 is good to go. Back to you. Thank you. We want to start with a developing story. This involv
198. A survivor of the camp was rescued and treated for hypothermia. Meanwhile in the city of laurel a scramble to save Commuter Cars parked near the marc Railway Station and town officials spreading the word to businesses along the river like this transmission shop get out. They told us a mandatory evacuation, so we got to go. Reporter craig moe is laurels mayor. Were down so low in the city, so this always floods and theyre releasing so much water its causing real problems this time around. Reporter the water moe is talking about is coming from the two Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission dams upstream, brighton at and duckett at rocky gorge which simply cannot hold any more water. We had an excessive amount of rainfall, probably in some areas close to double the amount that was predicted. Were not planning on leaving unless were told its mandatory. Reporter laurel opened an evacuation center, though most residents are waiting to see what happens. They came door to door. It was a
Recognize as an agency, as a nation, as a state, that our school children, we have to take these kind of precautionary thorough investigative steps to make sure. Police tell us beaumont is the legally registered owner of those weapons. He is officially charged with trespassing but at this time he is undergoing mental evaluations at sheppard hospital. School officials said there needs to be improvements in security. A loud and emotionally charged crowd converged on annapolis. 1000 gun rights activists rallied at the mall. Several of them lined up to testify against the governors guncontrol legislation. David collins was in the thick of things and he joins us live from annapolis with the latest. The crowd was one of the largest in recent memory. So many people signed up to testify the Senate Committee reserve eight hours to hear from all sides. The right of the people to keep and bear arms. Shall not be deprived. The police estimated the crowd of 1000 strong was allowed was loud and most
The us and russia reach a groundbreaking deal today in the crisis in syria. Well have all the details. Good morning and thanks for joining us on this saturday september 14th. Im marty gonzalez. Well get to your top stories in a moment but janu for your weekend forecast. Developing news thisthe us and russia reach a groundbreaking deal today. On the framework to eliminate syrias chemical weapons. Kron 4s mike pelton reports the latest on this breaking story. Mike . The deal comes following the third day of negotiations in geneva between us secretary of state john kerry. And Russian Foreign minister sergey lavrov. The two made the joint announcement today. Laying out a series of steps the Syrian Government must comply with. Among the steps. The two diplomats say syria has one list of its chemical weapons inspectors must be on the november. The hope, then, is to see the destruction of all syrias chemical weapons by the middle of next year. This comes after president august 21st chemical w