Reporter yeah. Good evening. Just off laceberg pick which just shows you a goodish issial of this is carvers farm way and you can see the water running under here. It res over r thisoad this morning forces the closure of bridge. It was a difference kind of rush hour this morning as water rushed over the only access road to the neighborhood stranding hundreds of people as this is o theiry road in and out. It was high water are probably well, it was up above this guardrail. The scene was the same at Four Mile Run in arlington where the racing water was so high it ooded this parking lot. In mcclain, several cars were washed away by the force of the flooding water. Parts of the gw parkway had to be closed because of the rising ter this. Man wasappy the water didnt get inside his car. Driving to work, water comini down and stopped. Picked the wrong spot to stop. This was the sne on chimney hood near portfolio trap war car heavy rain was a factor in this accident on 49 and you canee behind m
Other side. Neighbors who live on the other side were having to trek through the forest around the road if they wanted to get out. Certainly very dangerous and convenient, and it is also the type of travel that a lot of people around the region have been forced to do today. I want to see how deep it is. Reporter wading through dirty water. This morning that was the only way tot around a lot of streets in potomac. The tennis court practically under water. Here you can barelyl, tel but this is a Swimming Pool at the river fall swim and tennis club and over on horseshoe lane Rushing Water turned this street into a raging river. Now be neighbors are left toic about up the pieces. There was just brown water just pouring out. This is whats left of laura gwynns basement potomac. Her home gymequipment, her toys, prized possessions all covered in soggew se water. She took this video deoutsi her house this morning. Her husband braving the downpour to go move their trk to safety. He and the truck
Ongestserving party leader in the senate, announced he will step down from his leadership role this fall. We want to hear your top news story of the week. Republicans can call in at 202 7488001. Democrats at 202 7488000. Independents at 202 7488002. You can text us. That number is 202 7488003. Please be sure to include your name and where you are writing from. On social media, it is facebook. Com cspan and on x cspanwj. Details coming out of the funeral of russian dissident alexei navalny. A story from the New York Times, thousands of people crowded a neighborhood on moscows outskirts on friday, some bearing flowers chanting noto war as they tried to catch a glimpse for alexei navalny. The outpouring turned the opposition leaders last rites into it took place under tight monitoring from the russian authorities who arrested hundreds of mourners at memorial sites since mr. Navalny died. Another story is the latest from the tragedy in gaza when many people tried to reach an aid convoy and
Evacuate 1. 1 Million People from that densely populated region and head south. That deadline expired four hours ago. As part of that notice, Israeli Defense forces dropped leaflets across Northern Gaza, morning civilians to evacuate immediately. However, all Border Crossings are presently closed, and the people of gaza cannot to leave the gaza strip. In response to israels order, the u. N. Secreeners Office Released a statement saying the United Nations considers it impossible for such a movement to take place without devastating humanitarian consequences. Israel has rejected the u. N. s plea, and is continuing with its mission. Tonight, Israeli Defense forces announced that they have made raids into gaza territory to eliminate the threat of terrorist cellos, and to collect evidence that will aid in locatings hostages. Told gaza residents to remain in place and called israels evacuation orders psychological warfare. To give you some perspective here, the gaza strip is 25 miles long. A
good morning. i ll call this hearing to order. and today we will conduct oversight of the economic development administration. i would like to welcome our witness, dr. john fleming. we ve worked together over the years. he s assistant secretary of commerce for economic development. in march of last year the senate confirmed dr. fleming. we look forward to hearing about the agency s priorities under your leadership. the economic development administration s mission is to foster regional economic investment efforts in communities across the nation. that mission is guided by the principle that sustainable economic development should be locally driven. instead of the washington knows best approach the economic development administration works hand in hand with local partners. the agency provides limited funding and technical assistance to advance projects that already have local buy-in and are best-positioned to succeed. these projects are linked to a region s long-term sustain