Here tonight . That to come to the united states, going through the process is a hard one. Someone is willing to do that, they want to come here and better themselves and better this country that has welcomed them with open arms. Reporter others echoed abras sentiment. Some saying freedom of religion, no ban, no wall, and welcome. There is a place here for everyone. My parents are egyptian. They are muslim. Im first generation. This is something that hits very close to home. Reporter there are comrades on the other side of the airport helping with legal help. We are hearing from worried families at baggage claims. Over the last few days people wouldnt be coming out when their family expected them to so they came to talk to us. Reporter a all volunteer group is here. A week ago, a small group of attorneys were on scene pursuant to order. No ban, no wall. Reporter scenes like this could return. However,. A huge group will come in tomorrow. And so, we would love to have people out here re
And our john henry got to see some of them in person. Reporter an emotional day here at Dulles International airport as a number of families took advantage of a federalups order halting president trumps travel ban. It was a scene many wanted to see here all week. Roya is tired of waiting. I have two sisters and family coming from iran. They were stopped twice, once last sunday and once two days ago. Reporter thats because the president s travel ban has delayed the reunion each step of the way. Its been a nightmare. Reporter but this weekend family kept apart had reason to believe theyd be made whole again. A federal judges decision to halt the travel ban reopened america to all. Well see a lot of people come home. Reporter we saw plenty of happy faces. This couple was one of many reunited at dulles after running into trouble with the travel ban. Happy. Reporter as for how long this will last, even lawyers with the Dulles Justice Coalition dont know. We urge people if you have plans to
This afternoon. Meteorologist Howard Bernstein is tracking what is headed our way. Howard . Yeah. Andrea, the big snow. By the way, theyre getting 3 to 4inch snow rates with this monster storm up here. This thing has been incredible up there. So a total of 14 inches across parts of central miscellaneous ms. Massachusetts. Even la guardia had about 9 to 9 1 2 inches. Philly, new york, boston, through portfolio, maine. What im tracking here, not a big deal. But if we get a heavier one, yeah, it could put a quick coating. Thats what im watching. Right now, i dont see anything like that. But certainly a bunch of flurries ive noticed this one as well. This is going to head over to looks like 210 there. Other flurries and snow showers coming out of potomac there. Just looks like the west side well take you through dickerson. And clarks burg, up through damascus. These were all flurries and snow showers. And everything coming out of the southeast. Coming through urbana. And middletown and mye
Arrival of the new u. S. Education secretary betsy devos. Shes visiting Jefferson Memorial Junior High School today. Black lives matter demonstrators and other people were protesting outside the school around the time of ms. Devoss arrival. On the other end teachers and parents held a peaceful vigil to promote Public Education. They joined the president of the Washington Teachers Union to voice their concerns about devoss new role. We simply cannot be on the sideline allowing things to happen to our Public School system without voicing our concerns and raising our voice and resisting things that will be harmful to our kids. Saying shame on you mike pence. And its spelled incorrectly because we are selling our School Department short in 2017. Ms. Devos does not belong as the secretary of education. Sometimes i was brought up in the Public Schools, and i taught in the Public Schools and we have support for Public Schools. Reporter Jefferson Memorial junior high is a Community Based Publi
Over your safety on the rail. The federal government just nounced it is yanking millions of dollars from metro. Now, transit systems from maryland are losing money, all because state lawmakers missed a deadline to help metro. Adam, this is the big impact. 9 million in federal help is being repealed. Even metro itself. The feds blame maryland and virginia lawmake areless. Lawmakerless. The deadline was yesterday. They just sent this letter to say it did tails the project details the project for losing money. The metro crash. The fda has been pushing to make this new safety oversight program. The feds have been picking up the slack so far. Then a year ago, then transportation secretary anthony fox set the deadli just spoke to metro chair jack evans. He is angry about this. He called this action foolhardy and irresponsible. He wanted the deadline extended. He said state legislators just dont move fast enough. Maybe 9 months. D. C. Has already done its part. Here, bouncers signed the city