did resign he says in order to keep the metropolitan police from being distracted from their work so that he could focus fully on the investigation. here s what he said in a brief statement earlier. however, the issue of my integrity is different. let me state clearly, i and the people who know me know my integrity is completely intact. i may wish we had done something differently but i ll not lose any sleep over my personal integrity. both stevenson and brooks were due to be grilled by lawmakers on tuesday in two separate committee hearings. those are likely to go ahead but in brooks case she may not be able to answer all of lawmakers questions because there is a danger she may prejudice the ongoing police investigation or possibly even incriminate herself. so she may be very limited. but, of course, most of the attention is probably going to be on james and rupert murdoch who are also going to be grilled by lawmakers in parliament on tuesday. they will be answering ques
shaken. this woman said they thought i way is casey anthony and she tried to kill me. heather: they chased the suspect down. she was not seriously hurt. gregg: all right. let s talk about what is happening in southern california. warnings across l.a. right now. we are just hours into the closure of interstate 405. that is one of nation s busiest freeways. they are removing a 50-year-old bridge as part of a one billion dollar highway improvement project. gigi from our affiliated is live in los angeles with more. is this thing turning out to be as bad as feared or predicted? reporter: that is the big question, carmegeddon or
southern georgia. thunderstorms scatter in the northern plains especially there around minnesota. as we go into sunday, more rain down around louisiana but the hot dry conditions in the middle of the country will be the story in the days ahead. one of the worst weeks of hot weather we ve seen yet. bill karins, thank you so much. drivers this morning in los angeles appear to be heeding the warnings with the massive construction project under way that many are calling carmageddon. authorities shut down a ten mile stretch of interstate 405 for 53 hours. one of the nation s busiest highways and many drivers say they are steering clear. no way, no how am i going to be hang being around here for the most horrific traffic jam in a century. okay. yeah. the 405 is so important to the people in the southland. i can t imagine what they are going through down there. i know. you know exactly what it s like,
interstate 405. the closure sparking fears of epic gridlock. heather: and president obama meeting with the dalai lama, the spiritual leader entered through the back of the white house so no tv cameras could get a picture of him. this is a fox news alert. developments on the fighting in libya. we are getting reports of gadhafi forces unleashing a vicious attack on a key oil port in the east, killing at least ten rebel fighters. in the west, rebels are making serious new gains. leeland vitter has the latest. heather, that fight continues tonight. i was there for a couple of weeks during the beginning of this war back in february and
let s take you to los angeles where the traffic day of reckoning arrives. the so-called carmageddon. a ten-mile stretch of one of the nation s busiest highways closed for 53 hours. those are a lot of hours for folks down there. it began around midnight pacific time. residents have been urged for weeks to avoid interstate 405 this weekend throughout this entire weekend. nbc s george lewis has the latest for us. reporter: it s one of the world s busiest freeways carrying more than half a million cars on the average summer weekend. the billion dollar widening of the freeway aims at relieving traffic jams. great way to move people, reduce congestion and improve the air. to do that, construction crews have to tear down and remodel this bridge. forcing the shut down of a ten-mile stretch of the 405 this weekend. northbound side of the 405 freeway is going to be heavy long time radio traffic reporter tommy jarks.