Viciously hot wi the potential to be very dangerous. I go insidethe house. What happens when going inside isnt much better . Allen cassidy and his wife are in their 70fo years theyve been living at the charter house, which is a 55 d olderpartment community in silver spring. If it was on, you would hear it. And lately, their air conditioning unit hasnt been working. We were inside his apartment for about 15 minutes and we also started to sweat. Thats why a lot of people n downstairs othe second floor. We followed allen downstairs to the mezzanine. This is when we saw, an empty water jug and neighbors fanning a woman who had passed out it felt as though the air wasnt working on this levelf the building, either. She got too hot. D an drink. And were having to Work Together because the water bottle was out. She fated. She fainted. That woman was taken to the hospitaer montgcounty fire and rescue Officials Say the heat likely exacerbated this womans preexisting condition. On daike today thi
Airplane that made a hard landing near potomac airfield in port washington. Prince georges county tweeted the pilot called 911 and we learned the pilot was coming in for landing when the incident happened. We will follow the story and we will have the latest developments on the air and on our wusa9 mobile app. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. Im andrea roane. Supporters are trying to make sense of president Donald Trumps latest statements defending russian president , Vladimir Putin. That came during a presuper bowl interview with fox news. Meanwhile, several legal briefs were filed as more lawyers question the constitutionality of president Donald Trumps executive action on immigration. Weijia jiang reports from the white house. Reporter President Donald Trump faces criticism after he praised russian president , Vladimir Putin during the pre super bowl interview with fox news host, bill oreilly. Putin is a killer. Theres a lot of killers. You have a lot of killers. Do thin
Democratic senators stayed up all night debating the nomination of betsy devos to be the next education secretary. And they continued into the morning offering reasons on the senate floor for why devos should be rejected. Republican leaders plan to vote on the nomination later today. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill watching the nonstop debate. Just one more republican. Thats all we need. Just one. Reporter more than a dozen Senate Democrats pulled the all nighter. Parents and teachers in this country are freaked out. Reporter railing against betsy devos and reading aloud from constituents letters. She will not improve the experiences of marginalized communities. Reporter they are reacting to a torrent of mail. And hundreds of thousands of phone calls. We will not be voting for in nominee. Reporter some senators had to avine extra staffers just to man the phones. Ive received of mail opposed to miss devos. Reporter devos is a billionaire businesswoman and longtime advocate for School Vo
Thats the thing were it is. Thats the thing were tracking, first alert doppler this system is moving eastward and we might actually be able to measure this snow a good bit. Thank you for joining us for the news at noon, im mike hydeck. So whens it going to hit and how much to expect . All depends on where youre waking up tomorrow. Howard take it away. Here in d. C. Its kind of warm. In fact 73 just came in at national airport. This is a record for today and we are tracking the system and it doesnt look like much now. When this thing heads towards the east coast its going to deepen and become a formidable snowstorm for some especially from pennsylvania into new england and even some of mountains may see half a foot of snow. Its moving to the southeast and then going to make a turn. Places like boston could have 6 to 12 inches of snow and no advisories for the immediate metro area but upper montgomery and western loudoun, frederick, blue ridge west, Winter Weather advisories and you see
Michelle the president s cabinet grew today. The u. S. Senate confirmed retired neurosurgeon ben carson as the new secretary of housing and urban development. An hour after carsons confirmation, they voted in rick perry as the secretary of state of energy. Perry famously forgot the name of the department in 2012 when listing agencies he would eliminate if elected president. He said eliminating the department would be a mistake since then. President trump spent the day aboard the uss germed r. Ford speaking to members of gerald r. Ford speaking to members of the naver i navy. He also discussed an Expansion Plan to increase the navy. Alison right now police are investigating a threatening email sent to a woman in winchester. Michelle she is the leader of a Government Watchdog Group working to protest president trumps agenda. Alison but as Richard Reeve reports th it was alarming. I dont alarm easily. Richard for lisa holiday, founder of the Watchdog Group indivisible winchester it began