Maryland Northern Neck and the bay. Dont turn your back on a ravena rain chance. Temperatures are just cold enough on the northwestern edge of this where we could get a sleek pellet or two, but the ground is relatively warm. So no Winter Weather advisories of any kind but you do need to be on the lookout for raindrops, southern Calvert County into st. Marys county. Temperatures as i mentioned, were generally above freezing. Colder air towards manassas and ft. Belvoir. No big deal expected. For today youll need your rain jacket your hat and umbrella as temperatures climb from the 30s into the mid 40s later this afternoon. A little chance to dry out later today. More on that coming up as well as a midweek snow chance perhaps. Thanks chuck. This morning metro is ap pom jazzing to you, the riders for last weeks deadly incident t. Transit agency took out a full page ad in the Washington Post, an apology to all riders and particularly the family of carol glover. Her death connected to the sm
The left side of the house. Luckily, the Fire Department got here quick and took care of it put the fire out. They save the day. The massive tree, standing 100 feet tall, chris the left side of his home. Fishers thing for he was on the right side of the house. He was unharmed, what certain that his discomfort has only begun. A neighbor had something happen if years ago and they said it took six months. Certainly grateful to be alive. It is so dark outside, that tree so tall, it stretches onto the neighbors property. He has another mess to clean up. This beautiful stonemasoe masonry retaining wall was ripped to shreds by the root ball. Jay korff, abc 7 news. When the crews got to the scene, they said the wind was howling. Right now, things are starting to die down a little bit. Steve rudin is here with a look at that. Not so bad right now, the wind advisory has canceled out. Sustained wind gusts out of the north and west at 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. The good news is the sustained wind is
August of 20 august. The officer said he thought he was reaching towards his waist and the other officers said they felt he was unarmed standing at the screen door. Said one when the shot happened his hands were up. Im not here to throw torres under the bus or anything like that but i didnt see what he saw. It made me feel good several of the officers basically saw the same thing i did. Reporter the attorney representing the family is even more important that torres had been fighting with his wife right before he arrived at the scene that day. Five months before the shooting torres had an angry meltdown at the Fairfax County courthouse his anger aimed at the prosecutor. This attorney is representing the family in a wrongful death lawsuit. What did the county know kept somebody on the force armed who shouldnt have been armed. Maybe he shouldnt have been there that day. Reporter the county leaders and Police Department have come under fire for waiting so long to provide key details in th
Anything in the report that surprises you . Kimberly, when you look through this report, there are some surprises. It gives a fairly good timeline from the firefighter point of view. There are also 911 accounts in here. The big issue in the report, as i see it is communications. For hundreds of metro passengers, it was a smoky hellish day at lenfant plaza. It made me nervous. At the end of the day i thought i would take out the windows of the train if i had to. 200 passengers stuck for 40 minutes. 61yearold carol glover lost her life. The initial report id see fire and ems revealed arriving firefighters going underground had difficulty communicating with fire commanders above. First responders also had trouble getting information from metro about whether power to the third rail had been shut off. Firefighters were communicating with each other on walkietalkies and also cellular communication. The first 911 calls when out at about 3 22 p. M. , firefighters arrived at 3 31 p. M. , still
Congress to authorize military force against isis. This comes as yet another american hostage is killed. Case boswell has more Craig Boswell has more from the white house. Reporter president obama is formally asking congress for the authorization to use force against isis. Officials have been engaged in conversations with democrats and republicans in both the house and senate to try to arrive at language that could be supported by democrats and republicans in the house and senate. Reporter the president is proposing that congress authorize military force against isis for three years. The military will be allowed to target isis and groups fighting with isis no matter where they are and it allows for u. S. Ground troops but prohibits enduring ground operations. Congress has the responsibility whether to use force, the senate will review the request thoughtfully. Hopefully we can come up with a bipartisan agreement. Reporter congress is expected to debate the proposal immediately. Republi