D. C. Council. The council was supposed to hold a hearing today on proposals to test and regulate marijuana but the members were advised not to do so. Brianne carter is live in northwest to explain why the hearing was downgraded to a roundtable discussion. Maureen, the concern was that the council would be in violation of a measure passed by congress. And at issue today, proposals on how to regulate and tax marijuana as well as when you could be tested for use. We will actually cancel the hearing on bill 21023 the Marijuana Legalization and recreation act of 2015. Instead, dozens gathered before council this morning for what was called a roundtable discussion to give people a chance to speak out about how to move forward with pot in d. C. You know its disappointing today that the council decided to you know scale back its efforts here. Last year voters approved initiative 71 legalizing the possession of up to two ounces of pot for recreational use. But congress then added a rider to a
Cameras. Heres a look at maryland. This is the outer loop here. You can see brake lights are starting to stack up a bit and its blocking the right center lane so you want to stay to the left. Were following breaking news out of Prince William county that was just alluded to in traffic. Thats where a pedestrian was struck by a train around 3 45. This happened near quarry road. Delia goncalves joins us live at the scene. So far what do we know, delia . Reporter we gist arrived here at the Manassas Park station a short time ago and immediately heard on the overhead speaker and saw a sign on the electronic billboard that the manassas train to Union Station delayed at least an hour. The first train was expected at 5 15. Our last announcement we just heard was another ten minutes. But listen, this is going to be a delay thats really going to tie things up much longer than that because you can actually see where this Freight Train about a mile down [ no audio ] crews on the scene. I can say s
But a couple of light showers and sprinkles to start the morning through college park just east of laurel, these are not too big of a deal. A couple more showers as you head off to the west. Notice where it is a little bit colder you could see a couple of wet flakes or even a little bit of sleet and that will be possible again later on tonight as the last bit of precipitation heads on out and temperatures fall a little bit. Count on a lot more rain headed your way for this afternoon and into the evening. For now temperatures up into the 30s. 39 for college park. Temperatures stay in the mid 40s and it will be drier and breezy. A cup of stray showers until this afternoon when more rain heads your way. 44 by 5 00. Beverly time for timesaver traffic. A couple of issues. A problem on the green line, a power issue for metro rail commuters. Between branch avenue and naylor road. New crash 95 at bw parkway. That is tying up the right lane. Quite a jam up. As far as the maryland beltway is con
The simple thing that sends one woman over the edge and the Police Pictures they want you to see tonight. And pieces of homegrown terror attacks on display in the nations capital. The news at 11 00 starts right now. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] kimberly we begin tonight with a q minute he trying to heal, people coming together at old chapel road and route 197 where a twoyearold was hit and killed while crossing the street with her grandmother. Rebecca cooper has more from bowie. Rebecca at the vigil, the parents were too distraught to talk on camera. They said that lazindynstis father was across the street. She said, daddy, daddy. That in her hand just dropped and hit the ground. I believe at that time the angels of the lord came. Rebecca this woman is her gone mother godmother. She was a small girl, very brilliant, very bright for her age. She will be truly missed. Rebecca eyew
Behaving badly. They want to know more about a march 4th incident when senior agents disrupted a white house crime scene involving a possible bomb. Two agents are suspected of driving drunk and crashing through the white house gate. Committee leaders are upset that they wont let agents testify. You can learn more plans about the d. C. Middle schools. The mayor will head to the brookeland middle school. Shell announce new investment plans and Summer School initiatives. Investing in the middle schools will help ensure the citys young people have the skills to succeed in high school and beyond. Brooklyn middle is set to open in august. Breaking ground on two New Buildings baldwin elementary and intermediary will serve students. It will accommodate growth in the school system. Ground breaking begins at 11 00. Should be completed by 2017. Say it aint snow. We saw a few flurries a couple of minutes ago. Your weather and traffic on the 1s. Tom kierein is looking at the weather. You can count