The new friday. The holiday rush is well under way. Take a look behind me at that beautiful view of the chesapeake bay. Things are pretty smooth and now on the chesapeake bridge, but what an eventful morning we had here. At around 6 30, calls started coming in for an abandoned vehicle on the eastbound span. Take a look at some of the video from news chopper 7. You can eat a man described by authorities as distraught. He climbed over the rail and was literally perched on a support beam under the bridge, his feet dangling about 20 stories above the water after talking with a man for a while, rescue crews were able to grab him and bring him back over to safety. A lot of holiday traffic and even some daily commuters we spoke with left very frustrated. Traffic was stopped for nearly two hours. Calling it a record travel weekend. Nearly 960 6000 people in the region will be heading out of town, and that the most since 2005. For some, the morning did not go as planned. Was really excited to g
The reasonable standard that you have nothing to indicate the area. Just a mile and a half from here in november, the director of transportation, he was also shot and killed in his home one morning as police are looking at the possibility that the same person did it. Im peggy fox reporting live, back to you. All right, peggy, thank you. We continue to follow two developing stories this morning. And where a man wanted for murder is on the loose. Police say that the city officers were chasing the 20 yearold when he bailed out of the car and ran off. Still a heavy Police Presence on out there looking for him. And residents are being warned that you should be considered possibly armed and dangerous. And northwest of richmond where investigators believe they have found the body of the reserve captain kevin quick whose body, it may have been discovered in the remote area near the county line. He disappeared last friday night after leaving his mothers home in virginia. First responders have h
Stores. The movies. We were just at the ken der center. Reporter the americans with disabilities act allows Service Animals to accompany people with disabilities wherever the public is allowed to go. But she says she runs into problems when people pretend to have a Service Animal like the one she ran into in a local restaurant. And the lady had her dog in there. Big black german shepherd. And he got a look at arkin and went ballistic. Reporter its easy to pretend your pet is a Service Animal. Go to one of many websites selling Service Animal vests and i. D. S. Theres nothing in the law to stop the pretenders. The laws about protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities. Not penalizing individuals that dont have a disability that want to take advantage of having an animal accompany them places. Reporter arkin was trained for six months by a nonprofit called canine companions for independence. The blind Dog Foundation for the blind trains service dogs. But the disabled are not r
Consequences. For many residents across frederick county, another day of waiting for the light and the heat to come back on. I do not think it would be this long. Without power, he made a makeshift office. Stick it out. And this person has been without power for more than 24 hours after wednesday mornings eyes snapped trees and power po les in her neighborhood. As she got a generator to help her home and her neighbors. [inaudible] onlynk we are one of the ones with that capability with the generator. People are waiting for the power to come back on. Also in frederick county, three schools closed today because the power was out. Schools still the in the dark. Also still dark, several traffic lights around the county. Police are urging drivers to treat these intersections like fourway stops. Our companies hope to have everyone back up and running by friday. Numeral carter, abc seven. The power problems are so extensive that pge is calling in 400 crews from outofstate. Pge says the ice st
Animals to accompany people with disabilities wherever the public is allowed to go. But she says she runs into problems when people pretend to have a Service Animal like the one she ran into in a local restaurant. And the lady had her dog in there. Big black german shepherd. And he got a look at arkin and went ballistic. Reporter its easy to pretend your pet is a Service Animal. Go to one of many websites selling Service Animal vests and i. D. S. Theres nothing in the law to stop the pretenders. The laws about protecting the rights of individuals with disabilities. Not penalizing individuals that dont have a disability that want to take advantage of having an animal accompany them places. Reporter arkin was trained for six months by a nonprofit called canine companions for independence. The blind Dog Foundation for the blind trains service dogs. But the disabled are not required to show proof their dog is trained. There is not any certification that is required for having a Service Ani