Well keep you updated on the story in the nbc washington app. 4 31 now. President trump is back in washington this morning after a weekend trip to camp david. Now a top lawyer for his Transition Team has accused a Government Agency of unlawfully turning over thousands of emails to special counsel, Robert Mueller. This is all part of the russia election meddling investigation. President trump says he doesnt plan to fire mueller. No, im not. What else . What are you, surprised . President trump cannot technically fire mueller. He could order for his dismissal. The only person who could fire mueller would be depply u. S. Attorney general rob rosenstein. He just told the iteam that hes satisfied with the special counsels work. Republican senator john mccain is home in arizona right now. The 81yearold was recently treated for a viral infection at the National Cancer institute in bethesda. Doctors say he is responding positively to his treatments for brain cancer. Senator mccains daughter me
When you have bad traffic, its hard to stay sane for too long. The next light is already red usually. Then you have to wait at the next one. People speed past you and have to stop at the light. Were all here together now. The forecast is looking good, especially if you like the mild weather. 41 degrees right now in washington. Almost everybody is above 50 except manassas. Theyve dropped to 30 degrees. Still chilly. You want a jacket. You might want to shed the jacket in the afternoon. 39 degrees right now clinton. 40 quantico. 35 gaithersburg. 41 in leesburg. As you are leaving the house, nice dry roads. No rain in the forecast today. But we have nice mild temperatures. Were going to be back in the 50s. Look at the radar. Were nice and dry. We dont have rain in the forecast for quite a while. Not until we approach the weekend. A closer look at that forecast coming up and milder temperatures ahead. Letec hopefully not too bad. Not too bad. A couple of things happening. Shady grove road,
The fire. Hes okay. The remnant of this brushfire in gaithersburg are still burning. Chopper 4 flew over the scene near lay tonsville road last night. Firefighters contained it as much as they could but expect it to continue burning for hours. No word yet on what caused it. Right now, things are getting back to normal for air travelers. This is a live look at flight awares misery map. You can see that Hartsfield Jackson airport is finally green again. This after being red since the massive power outage created a travel nightmare. It lasted more than ten hours. The ripple effects were felt all day monday by millions of travelers. More than 400 flights were canceled yesterday, on top of the 1100 on sunday. A fire inside a tunnel is to blame for this blackout. New images show the damage there. Airport Officials Say a switch caught fire and burned through seven critical lines,ck system. Equipment failed by our focus and responsibility for this airport is to ensure reliability. It failed. N
As lawmakers seek to approve a sweeping tax form. Including what it means to your bottom line. A rodent could be to blame for the power outage that has some airlines scrambling. Not a good night in atlanta for folks. The problem is, this time of the year, theres so few seats available. All the flights they have to reschedule. Some wont make it. I grew up in atlanta. When you live there, thats the worlds best airport. The moment theres trouble at hartsfield forget it. Its the critical cog in the wheel. Weve been watching the travel weather. Hopefully, as we get closer to the weekend, not too bad. One day to enjoy it . Yes. The last great day of 2017. No complaining allowed today. Sunshine, temperatures near 60 degrees. It will turn colder tomorrow and stay on the chilly side for most of the rest of the week. Nothing too terrib far as cold is concerned until the day after christmas. Know this. Santa is going to really deliver the cold shot early next week. Right now, 30s and 40s across t
Isnt that bad compared to what theyre dealing with in the midwest. People in chicago and minnesota reported temperatures, 35 to 40 degrees below zero. Thats before the wind factor. Those conditions, frostbite can set in, in less than 30 minutes. 4 31 right now. Were tracking a developing story out of Fairfax County. Eight people, including a Police Officer are recovering after a police chase and crash in herndon. Chopper 4 over the scene near frying pan road around 8 30 last night. Fairfax county police say they went after a suspect who assaulted a child and carjacked a pickup truck. You see the truck slammed into a minivan on the scene here. One of the injured had to be flown to the hospital. Adam tuss is gathering the latest on the story and will have a live report at the top of the hour. Now to a daring chase in germantown. It was the store owner in pursuit. When he heard his pizza shop was being robbed at gunpoint, jumped into action. Th a last night at tasty 5 pizza. One of his em