Happy friday. Im andrea roane. Welcome to wake up washington. Im glad youre with us. Im mike hydeck. A busy news day as well as the 20k in 20 days giveaway. Stay tuned for that. We start with break news. Firefighters have been battling the blaze at a Montgomery County country club. Makia turner with more on a really tough fight this morning. Good morning, makia. Reporter it was in deed. Good morning to both of you. When we first got here, we did get the chance to see the barn. It was a maintenance barn, held for storage, and it was still burning, but right now, its a controlled burn, and firefighters are down there, keeping an eye on it. They are trying to prevent the whole scene from collapsing. This was a big fire right here, guys, and this barn, it was two stories high, 60o sorry, 300 by 60 feet. 75 firefighters responded to the blaze around 11 00 last night, and good news here, no one was injured, and it is very cold out here, as you all mentioned, firefighters have been out here a
Because he was unsupervised, the family says he wandered off and was found dead nearly a month later. The family and their lawyer will make a statement this afternoon. A day after a loud and sometimes combative hearing on capitol hill, metro Board Members will meet. Among the issues being addressed, a proposed name change for two metro stations and the general managers budget proposal. Getting more money was a big issue at yesterdays hearings. Back and forth became heated when one congressman says metro did not know how to spend money. If youre looking at increasing the operating revenue the way that youre talking about, you building the most expensive operating system. All im asking from you is 300 million which is your fair share given the fact that we transport 50 of your workforce. Every day. Congressman mark meadows eventually said he would support more metro funding, but only if the system can major it more reliable and safe. Met proceed is also in the hot seat after a bus hit in
Are you fine . Hes waking up. Hes like somebody hit me from the back. I told him, yeah, i know. Reporter herrera said soon he learned the trooper was trapped. I tumpd his shoulder. Im like officer, are you okay . Are you awake . I didnt get no response. And i just got on his walkietalkie and i just said trooper down on 495. Caller he backed his tow truck up and moved the mercedes out of the way. Two witnesses say this man got out of the mercedes. Police have not confirmed that for us. State Police Identify the driver as Prasad Yadavalli of new jersey. He was in shock. He had head trauma. He was bleeding like crazy. When he stepped out of the car, i seen him just Walking Around his car, you know, and everybody else was trying to get the police, the trooper out of the car. Reporter this tow truck driver says his rig was also struck by the mercedes after it hit the trooper. He says everyone quickly sprang into action. All of trying to help the trooper, but we couldnt do anything with our
Theyre not chemically bound into the products, so they can leach, migrate off gas from the products and end up in your food. Researchers say people who ate fast food with grains or meat had the highest level of faphthalate exposure. Good morning, everybody. Its 5 01. Im aaron gilchrist. And im eun yang. Lets get right to our weather. Chuck bell telling us about a cold start to our thursday. You bet. Frosty and freeze zi cold in some spots. All these liter shaded counties, that is a frost advisory 245 goes until 9 00 a. M. For fairfax and Montgomery County and Howard County and out toward fauquier and Prince William county. Darker shading is a freeze warning. So very chilly here early this morning. The way the ne 2 30s with patchy frost on your way out this morning. By 7 00 this afternoon, into this evening, sunny and on the cool side. Still in the upper 50s to near 60 at 7 00 tonight and another chilly start coming up tomorrow morning, not quite as cold as weve been the last few. Well
Crash into the pole. Wendy . All right, Meagan Fitzgerald. The maryland state trooper who was hit in his cruiser on the beltway in Prince Georges County yesterday is still in the hospital. Were learning new details from a witness who says the driver of the mercedes was struck by another vehicle, and that caused him to drive erratically and thus hit the trooper. Bureau chief Tracee Wilkins is live in college park to explain how this all happened. Reporter wendy, we have spent the day talking to people who were involved in this accident and witnesses who saw it. Its giving us a clearer idea of what happened. This tow truck driver showed us the damage done to his rig after he says a mercedes spun out of control after already striking a state trooper on the shoulder of the beltway yesterday. It all happened just after 2 00 p. M. On the outer loop near 450. Police say trooper Ezra Ganeshananda was parked behind a disabled vehicle with a tow truck in front of it when a mercedes slammed into