7488001. If you are recently unemployed, special line for you this morning 202 7488002. You can also send us a text, 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good friday morning to you. President trump released his new guidance yesterday as the Labor Department announced another 5. 2 million americans have filed for unemployment last week as the Washington Times notes that raises the jobless claims for the month to about 22 million. Not since the Great Depression of the 1930s have so many people been thrown out of work so quickly. Reason, the white house argues, to get a plan in place to open the economy. This was President Trump yesterday. [video clip] believesam of experts we can begin the next front in our war, which we are calling opening up america again, and that is what we are doing. We are opening up our country. And we have to do t
Weather day by any means. Tracking showers on storm team 4 radar. We have had rain move into the area and its going to continue for the morning hours. Here is the latest now. The rain favoring parts of Northern Virginia back into western maryland and the panhandle of western virginia. Rain moving through Montgomery County Fauquier Frederick and howard county. Scattered showers for the morning hours. As we get into the afternoon hours, scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. You want the umbrella handy today. You have outdoor cookouts. Be ready to move indoors. Here is the morning planner, 73 degrees, spotty showers. 8 00 a. M. 10 00 a. M. Temperatures warm into the mid70s by noon. Limited sunshine is possible at that point. Coming up im going to show you future weather for this afternoon on into the evening, what we can expect for fireworks and timing out the potential for thunderstorms later today. All right. Thank you so much amelia. Happy fourth of july. There are so many thin
The u. S. Army near tokyo. The blast happened at 1 a. M. Local time, meaning just around noon here. It lasted for around 15 minutes. This is what we know so far this appears to be 25 miles outside tokyo. The army says that this was not a hazmat Storage Facility and that the depot does not store ammo. The pentagon is speaking out and saying that onbase firefighters showed up to stop the fire from spreading. As far as we know, no one was hurt. Stick with abc 7 for the latest on this. A man in laurel hit im suv. The driver . His own girlfriend. We are finding out from police that this was no accident. Kevin lewis has the details right now. Kevin . Kevin hey there, kelly. This couple was screaming at each other and minutes later his female lover was in hot pursuit is the man ran for his life. The outcome was deadly. A lovers quarrel, ending with deadly consequences. Police believe that a woman driving this silver suv intentionally ran over her partner, pinning him under the truck. Hitting
Low 70s in and around washington. Timing out the rain chances, 2 00 to 5 00 out west of the blue ridge, into the shenandoah valley. In the metro, between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. Rain chances later than that as you get into Southern Maryland and out to the eastern shore. Do have your umbrella ready to go. Still dealing with a bump in the fenders out on the roads, melissa. Yeah, 95 southbound at courthouse road, an accident there. Its not slowing anything down so you dont have to worry about that too much. Just letting you know its there in case youre leaving. 66 east of sudley, a little bit of traffic headed inbound. Volume not a problem at this point. 270 south blocked at buckeystown pike. Hopefully thats out of the way soon. Of course, those kiddos going back to school this morning. B. W. Parkway, no problem. 95 and 29 everything looking good. So is the top of the beltway here. Looking at Prince Georges County moving along nicely. See you at 5 11. A live look at 95. Thank you. Its 5 02 no
Points. It was the worst session in four years. It also marked the end of the work week on wall street in four years. Chinas economic problems hurt u. S. Companies like apple and walmart, who have counted on chinese demand to drive growth in recent years. Some say investors shouldnt be too concerned. Reporter this is a normal part of markets, really. They usually occur every year or so. We have been long overdue, more than four years since the last correction. One thing you should remember if you are putting money your retirement plan, the good news is you are buying shares cheaper. So stick to that game plan. One upside to the down market, analysts say it is now less likely the u. S. Central bank will raise Interest Rates next month. The last time the fed raised Interest Rates was in 2006. The pentagon says it is trying to find the cause of explosions which rocked the u. S. Army Storage Depot near tokyo overnight. No one was hurt at the blast. Hundreds of firefighters battled the flam