Answers. Tom . Well we wont have any of that, thankfully. Yeah, those storms came through gave us some gusts of wind and caused some tree damage up near the pennsylvania border. Now everything is settled down. We have a few sprinkles in the mountains but those have dissipate. You may be leaping over puddles from the lingering rain, mid 70s, sunshine breaking out. In the afternoon, quite a bit of sunshine. You will notice the humidity will be lower and a cooler afternoon with temperatures into the upper 80s. So if youre going to be out for a morning run you wont need the umbrella or rain boots. You will need the sun block, sunglasses and short sleeves. A look at the hour by hour forecast for this fabulous friday thats coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Whats going on with the roads, melissa . Right now 95 southbound here, through triangle in virginia. You can see we have a bit of a slowdown here on the screen. That is because of some lateclearing road work. Right now,
Well right now the Confederate Flag is no longer flying at the South Carolina state house. The honor guard took it down just a little while. It was a brief, short ceremony of huge crowds to watch the historic moment. Lets listen in for a second. [ cheering ] the flag coming down just a little after three weeks of the killing of people at a church in charleston. In that renewed calls for this moment, for the Confederate Flag to be removed from the South Carolina sit capitol. The flag was handed over to the director of the South Carolina confederate relic room where it will be displayed after 54 years of flying above the South Carolina capitol. Thank you christen. There will soon be a legal challenge to virginias decision to remove the flag from the license plates. It go go to court to keep the state from banning the plates. The governor asked the attorney general to work on phasing out the vanity plates. Breaking news right now. Former Virginia Governor bob mcdonald sentence up held. We
South. But with this cold front having flipped slue during overnight were going to see that drier air mass move in. Its in the first alert seven day forecast. Right now its time for another look at timesaver traffic and larry miller. Thanks erica. Your right now 6 00. Metro riders doing really okay little seasickness there right . Were doing really well this morning, no issues on the trains or buses this morning. But its out in oakton were keeling a crease owe on the accident thats eye on the accident thats closed fox mill road at fox vail drive this morning. Should be there within next moment or so. So coming up in ten minutes a live picture, thats the goal but traffic is being diverted on to hunt road. So for commuters out in oakton youll need to be mindful of this that the morning. A live look from the cameras this morning shows us this is eastern tv kenilworth avenue and eastern avenue. Inbound on 50 no problems. Coming down from areas like frederick on i270, you might see a little
Ticker tape parade being held for the world cup champion u. S. Womens soccer team. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for the news at noon. Im mike hydeck, we will get to the live look at the u. S. Womens soccer ticker tape parade ahead but first the exercise flag exercise flag was was low Confederate Flag was lowered this morning. And marking a stunning political reversal in a state where many thought that rebel banner would fly indevaluate. Dan com indefinitely. Don champion reports from columbia. Reporter crowds cheered and chanted as the confederate battle flag was lowered at the South Carolina state capitol. [ chanting ] it is a relief. Reporter 57yearold columbia native Frances Parker a descendant of slaved was among the thousand slaves was among the thousand who is watched the power thousands who watched the powerful moment in person. The flag is just a imboll that other symbol that others use and it perpetuates the hate. Reporter it ends years of controversy in the sta
Resignation follows that massive hacking breach at the federal agency in what was believed to be the largest cyber attack ever against government computers. The records of nearly 22 Million People were stolen from opm computers. U. S. Officials are not saying who is behind the attack, but many are pointing the finger at china. The chinese will use this to spy on us. This gives them an immense intelligence advantage. Millions of americans are receiving letters telling them their data is at risk. The white house says there is no indication yet those hackers have used the stolen information. At 6 00 peggy fox gets more information on the stolen information from federal information. An investigation found at Howard University hospital patient names, account numbers and Service Dates from the University Faculty practice plan were involved. About 1,400 patients are impacted. The error happened when a Debt Collection company sent parents letters to the wrong addresses. It will be a wet start