Ecuador. We start there with the rising death toll. At least 272 people dead, thousands are injured. This was the biggest earthquake to hit ecuador this decades at 7. 8 and now the country is under a state of emergency. The time is 4 31. Water main repairs this morning may affect your commute. Wssd is resuming paving along university boulevard lieu lang through langley park starting at 9 00 this morning. You will see lane closures between piney branch and New Hampshire avenue. Meanwhile, in alexandria and arlington, commuters will pick up commutes will pick up to bus riders there. Today will be the first weekday for the entire met roro way rou which is dedicated bus only lanes. Its between Pentagon City and braddock road metrorail stati arlingtons portion of the route officially opened up yesterday. 4 31. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. Im loving this warm weather. If we can could only keep it like this. I know. Here is chuck bell with four things to know. Give you one nice day
Syria. And nepal, devastating its earthquake, affecting the countrys biggest festivals. The Israeli Government unveiled a raft of security measures tackling a wave of unref. The new rules signed off by the security cabinet following Binyamin Netanyahus promise to take aggressive steps to end violence. In the latest attacks, the palestinian man and three israelis were killed. Since the start of the year many have died. More jewish visits to the holy site has increased tension, of the theres palestinian frustration at Israeli Occupation and the expansion of settlement in violation of disagreesments on international law. Mick hannah reports. Reporter spot checks of palestinians, Police Searching for weapons in the streets of jerusalem. The cameraman is told not to cause a disorder. This is a regular search. Random searches in the old city. This palestinian resident told us that hed been stopped and searched four times since leaving his house a short while before. The intensified security
The candidate herself feeling energized in iowa. But now, her opponent he g everybody. Also comomg up on the show, abab news is on the ground covering a pair of intertwining weather emergencies. Rob is right in texas where theyre dealing with massive flooding. Meanwhile, matt gutman is further south in mexico where patricia made landfall. As the most ever to hit the western hemisphere. But well start here with horror and death at what was supposed to be a day of fun, family and football. Theres the mugshot right there of the young woman accused of running her car into a crowd of fans, many of them children, at the annual Oklahoma State University Homecoming game. Four of them dead and 44 injured. Ryan owens on the scene. Ryan, good morning. Good morning to you, dan. This morning. This really is so sad. These people never had a chance. The car hit them from behind as they were paying attention to that parade. The sound is the sound of the car hitting the parked police motorcycle. Anothe
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