crisis. prosecutors now going after drug companies using laws meant for drug dealers.old war ornao use a chrtm then i hit him on the back like this. i just hit kept hitting him like this. how he fought back. the pro football player opening up about the anxiety that sidelined him. his message to others fighting the same battle. and don t waste your time. the surprising number of pointless emails we send every day. good wednesday morning, everyone. it is a big travel day for so many, and we begin with severe storms battering much of the country during the busiest travel time of the year. more than 100 million americans in 32 states are under some kind of weather alert because of two powerful storm systems. one storm right now is dumping several inches of snow in minnesota and wisconsin. and as thanksgiving dinner nears, a storm being called historic is bearing down on the west coast. this morning, severe weather making thanksgiving travel treacherous. all this
with the largest number of inmates in delaware. the inmates there have complete control of the building according to the department of correction. they tell us that the inmates took three to five guards hostage. response teams and the delaware state police are on scene right now working to get things back in order. as it sands right now, there is as it stands right now, there is still no information out there how it all started. once we find that out we ll let you know asap. from the satellite center, i m q mccray, abc7 news. jonathan: thanks. stay with abc7 for breaking news updates even when you are away from your television. sign up at wjla.com/text and pick which alerts you want sent from the newsroom, weather, news or even metro. it will happen for you. also happening for us, maryland state police helicopters grounded. alison: that is right. inspections now being done on all ten choppers that respond to emergencies. michelle: this afternoon, just a few of them are read
kevin: in 2008, trooper two crashed on approach to joint base andrews killing four on board. since then they have overhauled the entire aviation program, retraining the staff and purchasing a new fleet of helicopters. the helicopters the maryland state police currently own are the ones that met all the safety recommendations that were made after the crash of trooper two. they met all of those requirements. it was decided by a blue ribbon commission these are the best helicopters for the job in the state of maryland. kevin: before grounding the choppers on sunday, m.s.p. called on delaware state police and u.s. park police for help. those agencies have since run five medevac calls here in maryland. m.s.p. stressing no patients have been negatively impacted. we re live outside joint base andrews. i m kevin lewis. abc7 news. alison? alison: thank you very much. right now president trump is at dover air force base in delaware. the presidt with the family of chief special warfar
that this is ollie bobcat. back safe and sound at the zoo. craig with the zoo who you heard from was over the moon about this. although ollie left the zoo and found and trapped on the zoo property today, the zookeepers believe she went further than that. there were sightings on massachusetts avenue. they think she followed rock creek and hung out in that area but eventually made her way back to the zoo property where she was captured today. reporting live at the national zoo, i m tom roussey, abc7 news. jonathan: protecting any president is a tough job but trump protecting trump is a harder job. joce sterman has an exclusive look. johannsson trump is not the use twitter but what he has to say has the secret service running down more threats. the answer depends who you ask. we want to make the products again. joce: may be no better spokesman for twitter than the leader of the free world. president trump: a great form of communication. but is it a two-way street and
african-american supporters at the white house on this day. he told any plans to monitor heritage when asked about the violence in chicago the president said the city is out of control. senate republicans are welcoming the president s nominee to the court. judge neil gorsuch headed to the hill today. democrats are somewhat skeptical of judge gorsuch, some activists claim he s hostile to women s rights judge gorsuch siding with businesses who argue, their reledgeous convictions would be violated if they had to provide contraceptive insurance under the affordable care act. democrats could filibuster his nomination, which has been the best defense. org, republicans don t have the filibuster. but they do have a simple majority, a 52 republican senators, they could break with tradition and use the so-called nuclear option. despite its name, it s a legal way to change the rules so that lawmakers can t filibuster a supreme court nominee. if it gets to that point, mitch mcconnell