. tonight, the toxic smoke from canadian wildfires is drifting farther and farther south, putting more americans at risk including right here where we are in washington, d.c. our brian todd is joining us from just outside washington in arlington, virginia, monitoring the air quality. brian, this region is in danger. it s in a danger zone we re now being told by authorities, and that s happening right now. what s the latest? reporter: wolf, it s been just a brutal day here in the d.c. area. we re going to show you a visual of that, right where we are, tthe iwo jima memorial, usually on a clear day, in a straight line, you can see the lincoln memorial, the washington monument, and the capitol behind it. but look, you can barely see them. you can see the lincoln in shadow, and barely see the washington monument. this kind of pollution in this area has caused delays, cancellations, and basically headaches all the way around. thick haze rolling into the mid
at that time. well, the scale goes to 500. so this is terrible. that s what that i don t know how else to say that. but it just you know, just dense particulates, you don t want to breathe it in. and anybody who had to go outside last night probably knows what i m talking about. if you looked at street lights, you could see the air. reporter: i can attest living here and having to make sure that my windows and doors were closed all last night it was bad last night. again, getting better throughout the day, a little bit today. like i said, the government is still urging caution, still urging masks for those who are sensitive and those outside all day. last thing i ll note, though, phillies just released their lineup for the game at 6:00 tonight. hopefully the air quality holds up in time for that game. yeah, let s hope, danny. let s hope. all right. let s head now to brian todd down the 95 corridor. he is outside of washington, d.c., in arlington, virginia.
one the highlights of being in congress so far was this, this morning for me. and congresswoman chrissy houlahan is a granddaughter of holocaust survivors well aware she s only here today because so many americans gave their lives to stop hitler. i would be remiss not to think about all of the people who are on that wall an in arlington and other places. just line after line of monuments and stones in tribute to people who have fallen to give us the things that we have this weekend and every weekend to celebrate in our freedoms. this weekend congressman mime waltz who organized the event thinks about his uncle and the men he left behind in vietnam. i m thinking about my uncle greg waltz who was a huey helicopter pilot, multiple tours in vietnam, lost members of his crew. and just as this memorial represents a scar on the country, that the vietnam war was, he still has very deep scars. but i m thinking of him. thinking of him today and
ten-car pileup where one person was killed. many roads in texas will remain very dangerous for the next 24 to 48 hours. reporter: this, after hundreds of crashes in the dallas/fort worth area monday. drone video from just after i-30 in arlington showing driver after driver losing control, sliding and crashing. tow truck drivers like luis can barely keep up. what s the worst you ve seen over the last 24 hours? just trucks getting stuck on the high rise and a lot of traffic, it s really crazy out there. reporter: in arkansas, west of memphis, wrecks in icy conditions stranding scores of trucks and cars for hours on interstate 40. back in texas, dallas-area airports, crucial hubs for american and southwest airlines, paralyzed. more than 1,800 flights cancelled nationwide, and hundreds more tomorrow. and david, we ve seen a number of stalled big rigs right on
and when i left my country, it was another. reporter: her five children and her husband fled with her each with just one bag. as a mother, you are thinking of your children s lives reporter: marsha s family was among 76,000 afghan refugees who arrived in the u.s. but for many their welcome was rocky. first, she was asked to go to the d.c. area to continue her work, but was resettled in dallas without three of her young adult children they told me there is no guarantee to send your children to your state reporter: months later, her family was reunited but there were long delays getting food benefits and health insurance without a car the apartment she was provided ended up being a three-hour bus commute each way from her new job to the university of texas in arlington. marsha said while she is grateful to be here life has been much harder than she imagined