And flurries in the sevenca. He starred in blockbuster hits like take tank and twister. Actor bill paxton has died after complications from surgery. His death adds a sad note in tonights award ceremony. He was never nominated but appeared in several oscar nominated movies. He was in the movie training day. Paxton was 61 years old. Friends and celebrities posting condolences on twitter. Tom hanks wrote bill paxton was a wonderful man. Kevin bacon said some of his best memories were floating around in a tiny vessel with big hearted bill packs paxton. He was always funny person i will miss. Judge wapner passed away. He presided over the peoples court. Wapner died in his sleep at home. Hed been hospitalized for breathing problems and was in hospice care. Switching gears, the new head of the Democratic National committee is laying out his plans for the party as democrats try to capitalize on op decision to President Trump. A new poll shows the president s Approval Rating hitting a record lo
Roundtable, the president and t governors ball at the white house and across down Maryland Democratic lawmakers hosted a town hall for think constitute wednesdays who had a lot to say for their constituents who had a lot to say. Our john henry was there. Reporter were here in downtown Silver Spring where people gathered and at times this crowd had the atmosphere of a rally. Resident Sheryl Martin stood outside the civic center eager to hear those who represent her in government. Members of congress are missing the face to face opportunities with their constituents. There is a growing mistrust. Reporter this has become apparent at republican town halls across the country, issues of the repeal of obamacare some members of ngre have resorted to telephone town halls to avoid conflict, but we didnt see that in Silver Spring. U. S. Senators ben cardin and Chris Van Hollen readily answered questions on topics from womens rights to russia. What are you going to do to stop them from Defunding P
Jackie bensen got there soon after. What are you hearing . Reporter you can see Fairfax County police have this section taped off. Look at the service road. That is where witnesses say the victim who was shot in the abdomen crawled and crawled for some distance down that service road on little river turnpike after he was shot around 9 00 this evening. Now, what we are told by police is that they are looking into the possibility that this res t resulted from some type of argument. I will tell you we talked to witnesses here who did not want to appear on camera who said they heard a woman screaming at this man at the top of their lu lungs, using profanity, and then they heard two shots and realized a shooting had happened a short time ago. We talked to one of the incident commanders to see what he had to say. We did have some witnesses, talked about a vehicle that sped away from the scene. We believe it was a white vehicle. Were not exactly sure of make and model yet. Thats something our
Be involved in conflict in the troubled region. I was in desert storm, so my opinion is pretty short and bleak. We were in iraq once. We should have taken care of it then. Reporter for some the human cost is too great to stand by idle and they support president obamas authorization of targeted airstrikes. There may be some genocide involved and i say by all means. I just dont we cant turn a blind eye to that, not america. Reporter the first bombs fell early friday morning less than 24 hour after president obama approved the action. I understand the position and wanting to help people, but typically foreign intervention causes more problems than good. Reporter opinions are also mixed over further military action, questions still remain over how deeply involved the u. S. States will become in the countrys civil war with some firmly against putting boots on the ground. Absolutely not. You know what . If theyre willing to send their kids and family members to go and get mangled and hurt, t
According to this criminal complaint, cornell went on twitter last summer and posted statements, videos and other content supporting isis. In the fall a confidential fbi source made contact with cornell and they began going back and forth about this. When they met in november, cornell said he considered members of congress enemies and he was planning an attack on the capitol in d. C. He wanted himself and the source to detonate pipe bombs and then use guns to shoot officials and employees at the capitol. Cornell also felt he had the authority from isis leaders to carry this out. He made his initial Court Appearance today in ohio. Hes due back in court friday. Well have live reaction from the capitol coming up on wusa9 news at 7 00. A ward 8 Council Member candidate and son of the late marion barry is accused of making threats and destroying property at a d. C. Bank. Our mola lenghi is live in the newsroom to tell us about this. According to metropolitan Police Reports, Christopher Barr