Than average. So, very cold stuff around for today. Brisk, but sunny today. A chance of a little wintry mix coming our way late tomorrow night into early monday. More about that coming up in a couple of more minutes. Plan on it being cold for most of the next seven days. Brrr. Join us at the Convention Center. Back to the news. Thanks, chuck. Breaking news. Route 50 in queenstown is shustt down after a deadly accident, two cars, minivan and tractor trailer involved in this crash before 2 00 this morning on route 50 and college drive. Were told five people were killed. One of the passengers a pregnant woman. Well bring you updates as we get them. A 7yearold boy decide after falling into a frozen pond in Prince Georges County. Two men nearby rushed to help the boy but it was too late. Right now news 4s Darcy Spencer is at the scene. She will be joining us live. This is just a tragic accident. Good morning. Reporter well, good morning. Thats exactly what i was going to say. This is a trag
Standing by, olivia nu sfwlchlt zi, a look at her story in new York Magazine, at Rolling Stones d. C. Bureau chief andy krol with a story about fox news. Lets get to this first. How interested are you in this years president ial election . Fox has been asking that question several times every election season going back many years. Right now, the results are off the charts. Take a look at this graph. This is the 2008 response to the question of how extremely excited are you in the election . Are you extremely interested in the election . You can see every year the amount of interest grows, but this year, 2020, 62 of americans say they are extremely interested in the election. Most others say they are very or somewhat interested. People are tuned in, both Trump Supporters and biden supporters. They are paying attention. And you can see it in the polling, you can see it in the tv ratings. People are very, very plugged into this election cycle. That means people are also paying attention t
There, jim, have also been told to stay home this year because of the pandemic, just like here as brynn was saying in times square. Its really beautiful. I love fireworks. Even from a distance, even from thousands of miles away they are still rousing. Meanwhile, here in the u. S. , the story is not as uplifting. We are again breaking records for coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations. 3,744 american deaths reported just yesterday. And the outlook for the start of this new year is very grim. The cdc now projects another 81,000 americans will die in just the next three weeks. More than 125,000 americans are hospitalized with coronavirus. Thats a new all time high. Health officials in Southern California have identified a new case of that highly contagious strain of coronavirus, confirming that the strain was found in a 30yearold man who has not recently traveled. California already dealing with a rushing number of coronavirus patients and the National Guard has been called in there to h
Desperately needed vaccines into the arms of americans. Dr. Anthony fauci calling the administrations failure to reach its goal of 20 million vaccinations by today disappointing. Also breaking, im learning more than one republican senator is now likely to object to the Electoral College vote when congress meets to certify the results next week. A gop congressional aide telling cnn to expect at least a handful of senators to join the protest and it would be, quote a spectacle. They expect 140 gop lawmakers to object, joining whats sure to be a futile last ditch bid by the president s allies to overturn joe bidens win. Lets go to athena jones. Were heading into a new year with the pandemic raging and concerns about when we will get relief. Reporter hi, jim. Thats exactly right. The u. S. Has added more than 100,000 new Coronavirus Infections for 58 days in a row. 17 of those days, that number has been over 200,000. Wednesday, the u. S. Tallied nearly 230,000 new infections. These are ast
On the uks regional economies. Im at belfast airport to find out what impact will be felt here. In sport, the slump deepens for englands women. The defence of their she believes cup gets off to a disappointing start as theyre outclassed by the world champions the usa. 25 years afterjagged little pill, Alanis Morisette tells breakfast how one of its most iconic tracks nearly didnt make the final cut. People said, i love this song, so i was like, all right, lets put it on there, i dont care. The irony is not lost, another weekend of wind and rain, but not as bad as it sounds, a dry and frosty start to friday. The full details later. Its friday 6th march. Our top story. A woman in her 70s has become the first person in the uk to die as a result of coronavirus. 116 people have tested positive for the illness here. The Prime Ministers Spokesman Says its now highly likely the virus will spread in a significant way. Jon donnison reports. Royal berkshire nhs trust say the woman whose died was