Audiences, please be aware that in the audience today are members of the general public, and so any applause or reaction that you may hear are not, is not necessarily from the working press. So, let me begin by introducing the head table, and idd like to ask you to please hold your applause until all of the head table guests are introduced. So from my left and your right, we have shawn butcher, Communications Manager at disabled sports usa and editor of challenge magazine. We have retired navy captain jim noon commander of the american lee jun post here at the National Press club. Next to captain noon, we have retired u. S. Marine corps Lieutenant Colonel brooks tucker, the assistant secretary for the v. A. s office of congressional and legislative affairs. We have Lori Rousseau who is the president of the National Press club Headliners Team. We have max ledder who is the publisher of the stars and stripes. We have retired u. S. Marine corps Lieutenant Colonel jim burn, and he is the n
Happened. Reporter one of the counsellors came to coles aid. He collapsed in her arms. She has been given some time off. The lady actually came to his rescue. I thought she was somebody crossing by. I didnt even know she knew the boy. Reporter i visited coles family today. They were not up to talking on co camera, but one Family Member told me they know he is peacefully at rest. We have been telling you for sometime now to get ready for some big delays in your commute. Starting next week as metro begins a years worth of major track repairs. Mark segraves joins us live. Reporter you dont have to ride metro for the metro track work to impact you. It is going to who tries to commute in our region for the next year. Mayor bowser rolled out an implementation of changes. We are preparing to have more cars on already congested roads. Reporter metros safetrack plan will mean single tracking and some closures for the next year beginning next week with the orange and silver lines. Metro will als
A brazen thief caught on camera. Tries to steal a womans purse. Denise Valdez 8 news nows Mauricio Marin joins us live near sahara eastern about what really concerns them about this case. Mauricio . Mauricio Marin the purse snatch happened at this Fast Food Restaurant in broad day light. Police say the suspect in the Surveillance Video is believed to also be connected to other thefts in the area. So they really want to put him behind bars. Tonightwe spoke with some folks who have a warning for criminalsdont mess with us. Mauricio Marin it looks just like another quiet day inside a Fast Food Restaurant. Except metro police say this man steal. Authorities say he tried swiping this womans purse while she was restroom. But the suspect got a big surprisethe petite women wasnt having it. And puts up a fight. Knocking the suspect to the ground. Until she finally gets her wallet back. And the suspect takes off. Melissa Thiel takes bus to work i think about being an big Mauricio Marin its somet
Walker has been working the story all day. And spoke with a number of people. Including bundys family. He joins us live in the newsroom with the latest. Patrick Walker weve learned bundy was arrested on six federal charges. Outlined in this 32page criminal complaint filed in us district court. His arrest comes nearly 2 years after an armed standoff near his bunkerville ranch. Patrick Walker court sketches give us a glimpse inside a federal courtroom in portland. Where bunkerville Rancher Cliven Bundy faced a judge for the first time. His arrest. Coming as a surprise to bundys family. briana bundy Cliven Bundys daughter in law weve seen the charges they all seem pretty much like nonsense to us. But you know. Thats about the only reaction we have. Patrick Walker this criminal complaint outlines six charges. Including assault on a Law Enforcement officer and obstruction of justice. The federal government says bundy was the leader of an armed militia. That attempted to impound his cattle a
Kierein. The winds have been picking up. Weve had gusts over 30 miles an hour. Kind of swirling that fluffy snow around blowing it off tree limbs. Slick side streets. We are below freezing. Your headlines for this wednesday is going to be a wednesday afternoon. As well as overnight tonight. Which will bring us frigid tomorrow morning. Temperatures right now are hovering in the low to mid20s across Northern Virginia and much of maryland. Right near the bay. Its near 30 degrees. Farther west though it is frigid. Out in western maryland. Oaklands only 5 above zero though. Just 19 degrees above petersburg. Hagers town martinsburg, wind chester, down to front royal. Well have this frigid windchill tonight. And this cold pattern lingering for the next several days. A look at how long it lasts. Thats coming up at 11 30. Now we join chuck bell live out looking at Road Conditions. Good morning, tom. It has been cold all morning. It was 24 degrees when we left the tv station just before 4 00 a.