Happened . Reporter they are still trying to figure that out. But me give you a lay of the land. It sits at the triangle of land where the potomac and the shenandoah rivers meet. The National Park is just down the road. That is with the rivers are. Let me show you where this fire was. In the heart of the historic district. You can see for buildings, all of them terribly burned up. We do not know the cause yet. It is under investigation but one of the pieces of evidence we know that they will be looking at is an extraordinary piece of videotape that was given to us by the man who took it early this morning. Take a look at this video. It shows at about 3 00 a. M. The first moments of this fire. It is crackling loud. You can hear the trauma and the voices of the people. They are wondering where the Fire Department is. They caution each other to get away. A woman is worried about getting her dog away from the fire. The good news, no injuries to people. Two cats were killed. This is a bad f
Say the technology will be on the train by the year end but it will not be on some of the tracks. The tracks are on by others like amtrak and norfolk southern. Amtrak says they will be done installing it by the deadline csx says they will need more deadline time. I cant imagine it helping people in fredericksburg. Reporter this woman relocated to fredericksburg knowing she could take vre everyday. It would definitely create some sort of hassle. The only other alternative would be to drive. Reporter speaking of officials they say this is not for a lack of effort. They have been working on this and spending billions of dollars in technology. They dont do put it on the system until it is safe. They say they dont have to create another risk on the rails. Congress could make an extension sometime ahead of the deadline. Brianne carter, abc 7 news. Kimberly if vre and marc are forced to suspend service the comedic pressure drivers on the road. The Transit Agency may have to make some service
Time. s book person tells abc seven they have more than 1 billion developing technology but they do not what to put it on the tracks before it is ready. Riders are hopeful lawmakers will step in. I dont is for congress to do nothing quickly but i think they will eventually. Reporter that is certainly the hope by many that say they move further away because they knew they could rely on the service like vre and marc. We will have to see what happens with congress before that december 31 deadline. Brianne carter, abc 7 news. Leon a similar story on metro. It needs time to make safety upgrades which likely will mean service cuts. That involves maintenance as well as safety upgrades. The final decision has not been made yet. They are looking at single tracking is released 8 00 p. M. Along with more today and we can work. Very upsetting because im in a rush right now turning it back to my job and i know waiting for another train is counterproductive. Its going to be in the middle of the day.
Over. Asked about the behavior and whether it was in relation to using k2 he said he didnt know. The judge called for spires to be examined. Sam the attorney said spires went from a 3. 4 g. P. A. In college one so mester until erratic behavior the next semester. We mention the surveillance. It shows spires after the arrest from the misdemeanor coming to pick up the clothing the morning of july 4 at the Second District police station. They show six hours later him running on the platform of the metro train and the prosecutors saying after he just killed kevin sutherland. Reporting live from d. C. Superior court, sam ford abc7 news. Jonathan new developments in investigation of the deadly shootings in the louisiana movie shooter. In two and a half hours we know the officials at the hospital treating survivors said one of them is still in intensive care. Three others are still being treated but their conditions are said to be stable. Two other people treated and released last night. All f
Autria hot out there. Devon heat and humidity. High temperature of 92, will feel like 95. Next rain chances overnight sunday into monday. Wednesday, thursday could be close to 100. The heat index could be 105. Thursday night, keep an eye out for the weekend. Autria saturday news extras next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] autria president obama is making history as the first u. S. Commander in chief to visit kenya. There was one subject that turned his warm welcome icy. Reporter the people of kenya lined the streets saturday to cheer for president obama as he made his way through the capital nairobi. The words from the kenyan president for the american leader. The nations first visit from a sitting u. S. President. For president obama it marks much more. President obama obviously this is personal for me. There is a reason why my name is Barack Hussein obama. My father came from th