Temperature in the mid 80s. I have all the details on that weather forecast. Erin how are the roads. This is what youre up against, sluggish commute use low beams and caution on the outer loop about a 20 minute delay from 95 over to Georgia Avenue. Also in virginia, gw parkway just outside alexandria shut down because of a crash scene. Well help you steer clear of all those issues with your traffic. We got you covered this morning, allison and steve. Our big story this morning though new details in that breaking news out of delaware where a tense standoff in its 19th hour between police and a man they say shot and killed a delaware state trooper yesterday. Trooper stephen j. Ballard was gunned down as he approached a car and parked at a convenience store. Sadly we learned trooper ballard had had a local connection to the d. C. Region. Melanie alnwick joins us live with the latest this morning. Reporter steve and allison, many of Corporal Ballards friends have changed their facebook pro
Their conditions and whether anyone else is inside the building is unknown at this time. The gunman is described as a white male. Police say the shooter barricaded himself inside the facility. He apparently had several items with him and officers are trying to figure out what those items are and were they dangerous. Police say at this point they dont know why he chose the parenthood building. More on this, jim reporter of course those things, those devices that the suspect left behind are the priority right now as police begin to process this entire scene. The strip mall where all this took place is just on the other side of this major road here. The mayor was here, just a short time ago. He spoke to the crowd. He said he was going to the hospital now to talk to the victims, and some of their families. He spoke to reports who talked about the condition and how proud he is of his community resolving this over the course of the past five hours. He was able to talk to us here just a short
The presiding officer are there think senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 95, the nays are 0. And the nomination is confirmed. There will be now two minutes equally divided prior to the vote on the crawford nomination. Mr. Leahy madam president . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Leahy is this the crawford nomination . The presiding officer the senator is correct. Mr. Leahy leahy strongly suppoy both senators from vermont. And i might say also by the people of vermont. And i yield back all time. The presiding officer without objection, all time is yielded back. The question is on the nomination. Is there a sufficient second . There appears to be. There is. The clerk will call the roll. Vote vote the president pro tempore on the vote of the confirmation of Geoffrey Crawford of vermont to be u. S. District judge, the vote is 95 yeas, zero nays. The nomination is agreed to. And under the previous order, with respect to the conf
Them out into the community and then you dont track their results out in the private sector or if you send them out and there are no providers in the private sector, we really have just kind of traded the devil for the witch. We havent solved the problem. I very much appreciate that, congress woman. I want to be clear about one thing. I wasnt suggesting we would send primary care providers to camp for three weeks and then they would be oggyns by any stretch of the imagination. This was more to be in the coordinating role and to be able to provide some basic services but also to make shoo your that people got the services that they needed in a timely fashion and i would just say that our top consultants in Womens Health of urgent sit would be her middle name, but i will be happy to get back to you about the mammography issue specifically. Thank you. I yield backing wrxt rope, youre recognized for five minutes. I thank the chairman. Im glad its not three weeks, it took me 30 years of exp
Some are asking whether that is an indication on whether he will push for stronger gun control laws. Question for you is and should u. S. Gun laws change . Here are the numbers to call you can also find us online. Send us a tweet or join the conversation on facebook, or send us an email. Our question for you is whether u. S. Gun laws should change . Heres the headline in usa today jumping down into the story, it says others are exploring the question of gun laws. We will hear some comments from members of congress this morning. Congressional democrats are vowing to push for stricter gun control laws. Several democratic lawmakers called yesterday for a new push for gun restrictions, including a ban on militarystyle assault weapons in the wake of the connecticut massacre. Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein is the author of an assault weapons ban that lapsed in 2004. She said she would introduce new legislation soon. Senator dick durbin said that lawmakers will hold hearings on guncontro