Low 70s in and around washington. Timing out the rain chances, 2 00 to 5 00 out west of the blue ridge, into the shenandoah valley. In the metro, between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. Rain chances later than that as you get into Southern Maryland and out to the eastern shore. Do have your umbrella ready to go. Still dealing with a bump in the fenders out on the roads, melissa. Yeah, 95 southbound at courthouse road, an accident there. Its not slowing anything down so you dont have to worry about that too much. Just letting you know its there in case youre leaving. 66 east of sudley, a little bit of traffic headed inbound. Volume not a problem at this point. 270 south blocked at buckeystown pike. Hopefully thats out of the way soon. Of course, those kiddos going back to school this morning. B. W. Parkway, no problem. 95 and 29 everything looking good. So is the top of the beltway here. Looking at Prince Georges County moving along nicely. See you at 5 11. A live look at 95. Thank you. Its 5 02 no
Town for a twoday visit. Nutter said yesterday the focus was on showcasing city attractions. They stopped by terminal as well as Independence Mall where the dnc committee participated in a candle light tour. The mayor says todays goal will be answering questions including logistics, security and how the city will raise as much as 80 million. Crucial issues are delegates, donors, democratic nominee, details. It is all about the ds. All of those are covered. We will do whatever we need to do to get the convention within reason obviously. Reporter when asked about how Business Leaders are feeling about the possibility of two major events here one year apart the ceo of Independence Blue Cross told us no problem they can handle. The pope coming to town in 2015 and democrats coming to town in the summer of 2016. We will let you know what the outcome is. Right now the toughest competitor on record is new york. Live for now monique braxton, nbc 10 news. You can read more about how philadelphia
Fun. This is exactly what the kids need after such a terrible tragedy. Reporter crews are renovating an old school in a nearby town for students who sur vierved the shooting. Its expected the survived the shooting. Its expected the school will be ready for classes later this week. Sandy hook elementary remains a crime scene and its not known if it will ever reopen. Police refuse to reveal details. One spokesperson saying theyre too awful to discuss. In newtown, im randall pinkon. Back you to. Thank you for that report. Were learning the mother of a Georgetown University student here in washington was one of the newtown shooting victims. Katie sherlach was the school psychologist, one of the heroes. The Newtown School shooting has spark add new push for gun control. New york mayor Michael Bloomberg joined with dozens of families affected by gun violence today. They announced a campaign to press lawmakers to come up with a plan to reduce the number of guns on the streets. They are callin
Yet lets quarantine anyone and everyone. Just to be safe. As a bioethicists, youve seen this before. Why are we doing this as a nation as the politicians are saying maybe we need this. Event lugsary we evolved so if we see a sick person, our instinct is stay away because we dont want to get sick. And this is tapping into huge fear. Weve all seen movies like outbreak. Best selling books about the notion of the plague, the disease that wipes out mankind. This is the stuff of science fiction. So, it taps into these very instinctual fears we have. However, we need to realize that if we want to get rid of the epidemic, we need to quarantine people who are at risk of infecting people and also get rid of the epidemic abroad. We cant just say were going to protect the citizens in my state and put a wall around my state and not let anyone in. We also need to stop the epidemic in africa because thats and elsewhere because otherwise theyre just going to flood the walls. Doctor, is is there a happ
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