Even worse. Many die before live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Thousands of bay area veterans cheated out of benefits. Even worse . Many died before they get help. Tonight at 5 00, whistle forwards come forward. Christin ayers tells us about a file cabinet in oakland that turned into a black hole. Reporter the letter is dated july 29, 2014. Ten years after Dori Stafford says her husband wayne applied for Veterans Benefits. It thanked wayne for applying. The rob, it did not arrive until seven years after he died in an accident having never seen any Veterans Benefits. Why would you suddenly after all these years send a letter to a dead man . Reporter staffords claim came here to the oaklands Veterans Benefits office where whistle blowers say it was stuffed in a file cabinet and ignored along with 13,000 other claims filed between 2006 and 2009. Cbs reporter Wyatt Andrews tracked down the whistle blowers. Every other piece of paper i touched was for a person who pass
Shenandoah valley and the mountains. Mid to upper 50s to near 60 in the immediate metro area. Right near 60 near the Chesapeake Bay waters. Rainy and cool morning. Damp. Wet afternoon. And then a warmer pattern begins to move in just in time for the memorial day weekend. Next weather and traffic on the 1s, amelia has your drive time forecast. Now a look at the commute. Melissa, everything going okay so far . Everything going okay so far. We have a little bit of volume building here on 95. This is because of some road work. We got a report that its 95 northbound here at dumfries road, one lane getting by. But the map looks like its southbound, so were having the first 4 traffic tracker head out and see what exactly is happening. Beltway at the branch avenue, not having any issues there. Top of the beltway, looking nice and clear this morning. 29 95 b. W. Parkway, into and out of up to everything rolling along just fine. 270 at clarksburg road, no problems there. Overall, looking pretty
Now its complete coverage, wjz, marylands news station. Hours left to strike a deal to keep the government open. The key decision today. Don and jessica are off today. In 12 hours the government will close laying off tens of thousands of workers, some of them right here in maryland unless republicans and democrats come to an agreement. It is time to pass a one year delay of obamacare. They are using funding bills to attack the president. Instead of working with democrats, house opinions have passed two bills that have no chance of becoming law. They have removed language that weakens the law. Unless one side blinks, it will be the first shut down in 17 years. Workers would be forced off the job without paid. Passports and visas will be delayed, parks will be closed. The military will stay on the job. Wjz Eyewitness News. The stock market took an immediate nose dive this morning. With this show down looming, moderate republicans are calling on conservatives to back down from the count d
Cardinal drive. A vehicle fire. The good news is the police are on the scenement looks like the fire is out and smoldering. Might take a while to get it out of the way. The good news is things are moving by pretty quickly. Tenminute ride on northbound 95 from the occoquan to the beltway. The trains are all on time. A Traffic Alert in fairfax county. Westbound lanes of Leesburg Pike near the dulles toll road should be open again. They started construction on the pedestrian bridge which connects the spring hill metro station with businesses and homes on Leesburg Pike. Work resumes next week. Today, president obama and afghan President Hamid karzai will meet for the First Time Since president obama was reelected. The leaders will discuss what the u. S. s role in afghanistan will be when the war ends there next year. Karzai had dinner last night with secretary of state hillary clinton. The meal came after the two had a private meeting. They also discussed the future afghanistan, including
Good morning mike. Good morning. Lets take a look at 66 east. No problems. Chopper 4 in fairfax at 50. No serious delays there. 12minute ride from Fairfax County parkway to the beltway at 55 miles an hour on eastbound 66. Also worryfree at east falls church. Looking good on the beltway in Prince Georges County. Lets take a live look at the beltway at route 4. No serious delays at the inner or outer loop. Back to you. Mike, thank you. Vice president joe bidens Gun Control Task force turns attention to the video game industry. The Entertainment Association which represents several video game makers has confirmed its a part of the talks this afternoon. Biden wants to know if violent video games like call of duty black ops ii play a role in mass shootings. Various studies debunked the theory that violent games lead to real life violence. There will be no class this morning at a Rural California high school where a student opened fire on classmates. The 16yearold boy shot one classmate with