Teresas church in ashburn. A huge water main break on columbia pike in Baileys Crossroads. Here is some good news. Water has been resd to most of the consumers but the clean up could cause a big mess for your evening commute. Jackie bensen is down near the break with more. Reporter were in the Baileys Crossroads area of Fairfax County. We want to show you the efforts going on now. You can see crews from Fairfax County working to repair that 16inch water main. We have some video from today, the break forced column pike to buckle around 10 30 this mog sending water gushing down the street. Columbia pike remains shut down between blair and tyler streets. Thats causing some traffic backups but they are not significant at this point. They could grow worse as we approach the evening rush hour. Now, we are told repairs are expected to take at least 24 hours to complete and, of course back out live now here at the scene, when this first began there was a concern there would be an extensive are
We caught up with one man from out of town headed this way and now says hes staying put in town. So im going to duck into my sons house for the night and lay over one more night. Ive been with friends in d. C. Yes, my son is one of your local residents, and homeowners over in great falls. Tell him to put something good on for dinner, right . Absolutely roll out the red carpet. Reporter we are going to have to deal with this for a little longer, but again, crews ar making quick work out here. They expect the contractor out here just told me not long ago he expects the lanes here on the southbound parkway near spout run could reopen by 7 00 tonight. By tomorrow morning, this should definitely be an option for you. Send it back into you guys. Todays weather sure isnt helping that situation. Its been wet and dreary all day. And now there is more rain, even some sleet en route. Lets get straight to storm team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson with your storm cast. Not much in the way of sha
Forecast for the winter classic. Marylands first female episcopal bishop is on administrative leave after being involved in a deadly hit and run. Good evening. Im derek mcginty. Im jan ffjecoat. Bishop heather cook was behind the wheel of a car that struck and killed a cyclist over the weekend. Cook initially left the scene on roland avenue and baltimore but later turned to take responsibility. Jim osman is live in northwest d. C. Tonight where he spoke with the Business Owner who knew the cyclist killed. Jim . Reporter hi, derek and jan. The cycling communities in baltimore and d. C. Are mourning the loss of one of their own. Phillip coopman who runs the downtown d. C. Bike shop knows the bicyclist who died, thomas palermo. I he he was a great person. Reporter heather cook allegedly was driving the Subaru Forrester that hit the bicyclist and left the scene but allegedly returned about 20 minutes later. To me she looked disoriented. Reporter rachel beck said she couldnt have been obliv
Government to work in terms of real good law enforcement, in term of National Security and public safety. Reporter a recent poll indicates most americans agree the immigration system needs fixing. They disagree on how the president is doing it. They said they want to see us working together. They said they want to see more serious ideas pass through congress. What they didnt say they wanted to see was the president sidestepping the very representatives they just elected. We expect that democrats and republicans in Congress Wont agree with everything, wont disagree with everything, but we should roll up our sleeves, get to work, fix the system because thats what people expect. Reporter again the president will be addressing the nation in less than an hour from now in the east room of the white house. Republicans say if he does go ahead with this plan, it will ruin any chance of passing comprehensive Immigration Reform in congress. Reporting live from the white house andrea mccarren, wus
Reason. So again, the marriages have begun already. People getting married in a number of jurisdictions in virginia. 30 is what the license costs. Same thing is going on in at least four other states today after this Supreme Court surprise. In the newsroom, scott broom, wusa9. Day 23 now in the search for the missing uva student, hannah graham, as you likely know, graham disappeared from the downtown mall area on september 13. Police charged Jesse Matthew with abducting the 18yearold, but searchers have yet to find any sign of her. Deborah alfarone is live with the focus of todays actions. Searchers are looking over specific tips. A hityouoverthegut plea. In case you missed it, listen to this. Please, please, please help end this nightmare for all of us. Help us bring hannah home. Words cant begin to describe what john and sue graham are going through. Still, these words, tearfilled and raw led to spike in tips and fueling searchers with resolve. To find missing uva student, hannah gra