Of Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945. Thats the latest from the live desk. It is now 4 31. Community leaders are demanding action after the recent csx derailment in northeast washington. The Advisory Neighborhood Commission wants to meet today with d. C. Council members, ddot and d. C. s department of energy and environment. The group is expected to bring up the response and how to make neighborhoods near tracks safer. 16 tracks derailed. Csx removed the soil affected from a leaking tank car. Verizon workers are opening up talks to resolve their strike. Nearly 40,000 workers here and across the country have been picketing for more than a month thousand. Two unions say they went on strike because verizon wants to freeze pensions, cut benefits and rely more on contract workers. Both sides met with u. S. Labor secretary yesterday and no word what is next to this building that partially collapsed. Its an old tomato pack plant that was under vrenovation. The strong winds on sunday is likel
Rain chances. More on that in ten minutes. Its traffic time. Lets go over to our traffic partner, wtop. Okay, chuck. We are watching light traffic right now on i95 and watching the full strawberry moon in the camera on i95 southbound at route 32 with light volume below it. There you can see it. No delays heading out of Howard County toward the capital beltway with the moon overhead. Dark but quiet around the beltway and no travel troubles around 495 in maryland and virginia. No issues on 66 in or outside the beltway. Thats the latest. Back to you. Were talking phase 2 of metros Safetrack Program and impacts on the blue, silver and orange lines. Dont expect trains to run from Eastern Market and benning road. The armory stations are closed and there wont be any train or bus service between Arlington Cemetery and rosslyn on the blue line. We do have crews metro station this is morning to let you know about issues. 502 right now, david, anybody showing up early there . Reporter they sure a
He has a knife. He assaults her. She breaks away and grabs her ipad. She used the ipad to get help. She was incredibly brave. She saw her opportunity to get away from him and she did. She should be commended for what she was able to face in this incident. Reporter by the time the cops got here yesterday morning, the suspect had made his escape. Now at 6 00, advice from the cops on how to stay safe. Ill see you then. Wendy, back to you. Pat collins. Thank you, pat. Well, this is it. Its the first big test. Phase two of metros safetrack program. The disruptions are everything we warned you that would be. Service along three lines heavilyi impacted as crews make repairs to this vast system. Four northeast d. C. And Prince Georges County. There is frustration. Got to get up early in the morning. How much earlier . An hour earlier. Its been crazy. Now i have to go from addison road to benning road. Then catch the shuttle. Adam tuss live at one of the closure points, Eastern Market in southe
Timeline of the events from that tragic morning and transcripts from 911 conversations with omar mateen. The killer 49 and the shooter 53 others identified himself as an islamic soldier who pledged allegiance to a terrorist organization. Reporter Law Enforcement arrives within two minutes after the first call of gunshots at the pulse nightclub. During that time, our officers were in and out of that club saving people, rescuing people from inside the club. Reporter while s. W. A. T. Team negotiators talked with mateen during three short phone calls. He told Police Explosives were planted inside and outside the club and warned that more attacks would take place in the next few days. The fbi initially released the pledge to the Islamic State redacted. The transcripts were reissued unedited for the highest level of transparency possible. That attack in orlando opened a new chapter in the National Debate over gun safety. Right now, the senate is considering amendments that would restrict ce
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