When the suv crashed, touching off a manhunt that lasted more than an hour. The guy went off the road into the trees here and thats when all hell was breaking loose and they called in for extra airships and police units. Reporter a helicopter circled over the area as police from Montgomery County, d. C. , secret service and maryland parks all responded. It all came to an end at 47th and mass in spring valley, one of washingtons most exclusive neighborhoods. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, police are investigating whether the suspect committed yet another crime while he was on the run. Reporting live from northwest, Darcy Spencer, news4. A young mother is now dead, killed as the district still grapples with this rising gun violence. Her name is tenika fontanelle. She was shot and killed and her 12yearold son recovering after he was also shot in their apartment. Their 17yearold neighbor is now charged in this case. And today, fontanelles family told us that her son was shot trying to protect
Maryland. Rolling right along. Same thing. No issues beltway at river road. Its going to look a little different as the morning progresses. Pennsylvania avenue, branch, 301, end yann head highway, everything looking quite nice. A wider look at things. No real problems. Moving slowly. Im back in 10 minutes. Melissa, thank you. It is 5 01. The morning after election day, looking at a major upset in a race thats too close to call. The upset came in maryland where voters elected larry hogan. In the district, Muriel Bowser will be your next mayor. And in virginia the senate race is too close to call. They are separated by 12,000 votes. The stunning upset in maryland. Youre talking about the victory on facebook and twitter. Were learning more about how larry hogan won the state of maryland. Just the seventh republican governor or will be since 1776. Polls said that he trailed Anthony Brown by double digits. We caught up with him at his Victory Party in annapolis where the race was called. Th
Well. The hour by hour warming for the day ahead. Aaron . Traffic moving in both directions on the George Washington parkway. A small section near windy run is still closed. Yesterday they had to shut down 23 and spout run parkway. They finished fixing a big sinkhole last night. Lets go to melissa mollet. Happy to see that is almost out of the way. Something else to be aware of this morning in bethesda. East west highway had a single car crash into a pole here. Traffic slowing. Again, its move. So thats good of course. 66 and 95. 66 right here heading into town. 36 Miles Per Hour through manassas. Virginia, 95, slowest spot again will be dale city. A little bit of volume in the 6 00 hour. Otherwise rolling along nicely all across town. Well see you then, melissa. Thank you. Later this morning, the rights of pregnant women in the workplace will be in focus at the nations highest court. The case centers around a virginia woman who says she was fired because she was pregnant. Richard jord
That passed north of the metro area but now theyre gone. Our temperatures in the metro area now upper 20s in Prince Georges County mid to upper 20s in fairfax. Much of loudoun county. Prince william county, fauquier stafford. St. Marys anne arundel, upper 20s to around 30 degrees. Next weather and traffic on the 1s, chuck bell joins us with your drive time forecast. And weve already that a terrible accident this morning. Big problem here, taking a look now chopper 4 over the scene. Howard county route 1 at bonnie view lane all northbound lanes are blocked. Is this a this is a fatal pedestrian accident. A lot of people use this route. Your alternate is Old Washington road to avoid this since it will be closed for some time. Metro, red line delays to glenmont because of a signal problem. Orange and silver line, single tracking through east falls church. Branch avenue a crash there. Wide look, no major problems on the beltway. 95 in maryland and bw parkway in and out of town looking just
To convince voters to believe in him. Now he faces a similar test on the window. Jurors that he is telling the truth and not johnny williams, the star prosecution witness. Prosecutors allege he took hundreds of thousands of the in gifts and loans in exchange for nn in his testimony so far today Bob Mcdonnell touched on that just briefly. He recalled an incident in 2009 that occurred the morning after he was elected governor. He got up early, elated. Told his wife he had to make some calls. She was not so happy. Testified mcdonnell. She was yelling at me about something. It clearly exhibited some stress of what lay ahead for her in her new role as first lady. Now before Bob Mcdonnell took the stand the defense team laid the groundwork for his testimony by calling several character witnesses to testify. Two of his closest friends in life. Juan priest from notre dame university. His former college roommate, the reverend timothy s. And investigators turned to him to talk about Bob Mcdonnel