Woe do want to begin with that breaking news. The man accused of firing a gun at a d. C. Pizzeria is facing new charges, he is being transferred to federal court. Mark . Reporter this is his third appearance before a d. C. Superior court judge since that incident last weekend on connecticut avenue and like the previous hearings this was very quick. This time prosecutors came in, told the judge they were dismissing the charges. Three felonies and one misdemeanor and executing an arrest warrant on him. These are pictures taken from his facebook page. He walked into comet pizza and fired an ar15 multiple times telling police he was there to selfinvestigate the fake news reports about children being held in captivity at that recent pizza parlor. Felonies and one misdemeanor. Today prosecutors again told a judge they are dropping those four charges and instead with one felony in federal court. Welch is expected to make his first appearance down the street in federal court later this afterno
As he nominated him, the president elect emphasized a difference. The thing i like best, trump tweeted, Rex Tillerson, has vast experience dealing successfully with all types of foreign governments. Thats ha a ceo does, a global business. Praised from former secretaries of state, Condoleezza Rice and james baker, but he had deals with russia, accepted a friendship with vladimir putin. Worrying john mccain and other republicans. Democrats, upset that russia hacked into the election. Totally unacceptable. And it must be investigated. Reporter vow a hard look at tillerson. Were going stro to drill down to understand his relationship with will putin. Reporter but talking to putin is the new white house policy. President elect trump said throughout the entire campaign, in debates, yeah, im going to talk to p tv, we are ready to work with the u. S. , much closer than before, fighting terrorism. Former Texas Governor, rick perry, is the trump reported pick for Energy Secretary. Bill gaits tal
Words of warning now from the chief. This is serious business. This kills people. This is the holiday season. This is horrible. And for those that are listening out there, if youre a driver, and you decide to drink, why dont you think. Spend a little money and plan, take a taxi. Reporter Christie Edgar was held overnight. She was released this morning. Susan, back to you. All right, thanks so much, pat. A d. C. Public School Employee has been arrested on drug charges. News 4s Mark Segraves broke this story this morning, rita gray, accused of conspiracy to import at least five kilos of cocaine into the united states. Court documents say gray intentionally and knowingly conspired to bring the drugs in through florida, d. C. Police arrested her last wednesday. The drugs have a street value of about 500,000. Gray has been placed on the search is on for a group of men behind a brazen Home Invasion robbery overnight in Prince Georges County. Police tell us the suspects posed as Police Office
Times, yeah, i m going to talk to people. Vladimir putin told japanese tv were going to work with the u. S. Fighting terrorism. Former Texas Governor rick perry is the pick for energy secretary. Bill gaits talked about innovation and trump appeared with kanye west. They discussed length, trump said. Meanwhile, mitt romney goes back to his life, he famously called trump a fraud and phony, and then said very nice things about the president elect for weeks, while romney was considered for secretary of state. He didnt get the job, but romney said last night, he was honored. Im steve handlesman, news 4, jim. Thanks, steve. We have been asking what you think of mr. Trumps pick for secretary of state so far. The majority of people who answered our informal poll are not happy with that selection. A significant number is willing to wait and see. You can add your voice conversation on your nbc washington facebook page. All of this comes as nine Democratic Senators are demanding more information
Seems unlikely that any of them will be included in trumps cabinet. Insteaned weve seen others maye unexpected figures filling those rolls. General james mads for secretar of defense. Tiller son which came out today, Rex Tillerson for secretary of state. Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general. Governor nick i hail i for un ambassador and then dr. Ben carson for secretary of housing and urban development. If our show 5 6 30 were going to have a panel take a closer look at some of these new cabinets. Before then let me hear from you. I love to hear what your thoughts are on these picks. You know where to find me, t facebook and twitter at ronica cleary, reporting live at the white house, im ronica cleary, it has been reported that ryan zinc can i, republican freshman lawmaker from montana m has been chosen as the next secretary of interior. He is a former Navy Seal Commander and was an early trump supporter. He met with trump on machine ann discussed a range of topics relating to mon