Minor, police are not releasing that persons name at this point. Also more breaking news. This time out of silver spring, police were called to Francis Scott Key Middle School this morning. Police say their initial call showed them 10 to 15 students got sick after drenching a mixture of vodka, nyquil, and jolly ranchers. Five of those teenagers were taken to the hospital for treatment. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us for the news at noon. Im mike hydeck, problems just keep mounting for metro. First, this explosion at one of the stations. Today it was the relate line and Friendship Heights that was reduced to sippable tracking after two single tracking after two arcing insulators. Ellen brian reports. Reporter before they even get to the metro, riders who jump on at Friendship Heights say they checked the news. If its a morning like it was this morning, with the red line single tracking, they say theyre not surprised. [ sirens ] firefighters rushing from the platform after a
Mike hydeck. A live look at the district after a night of intense storms. What a difference in that live picture. Our sheehy Storm Tracker 9 ran into this tree down on southern avenue in southeast d. C. This morning. It looks like we are heading to more pleasant weather today. Howard bernstein is on the terrace with a look at the forecast. Its all relative. Not as many thunderstorms. We may get a few this afternoon. But i dont expect the widespread damage that we had. You can see the extending areas. Out to the shenandoah valley, Prince William and Fairfax County and through d. C. Also some down south through the Northern Neck and Southern Maryland and Eastern Shore but some of those damage reports are impressive. Like 66 Miles Per Hour gust at sea pleasant at the height of the storm in Prince George county. A large tree blocking southbound wisconsin avenue coming out of bethesda and chevy chase into the district this morning. Right now you can see the clouds and showers primarily sout
Focusing on South Carolina three days ahead of the gop primary. Donald trump far ahead in the polls and other candidates looking to come in second. Prez boswell has the latest from South Carolina. Reporter donald trump answer questions before 500 guests in South Carolina and offered his get out and vote message. These politicians it doesnt matter who you vote for and i dont feel that way. Reporter the latest polls show donald trump ahead 2 to 1 over marco rubio and ted cruz. And mobile calls for the party to unite behind one candidate. If we are still fighting with one another in september we will lose. It has to end at some point it someone has to bring us together. Reporter for those behind is jeb bush. Hes trying to win over South Carolina voters. The former florida governors told boaters who asked themselves the question. Whos skills that have been tested to make sure you know that person has a steady hand to deal with challenges Going Forward . Reporter Ted Cruz Marco rubio and be
It is called, as we mentioned and beautiful with the sun about to come up and it is amazing here in dc with this view. Temperaturewise, it is chilly, 28 degrees. It feels like 22, so even colder. There are a few colds clouds, but around the beltway, it is in the 20s. 22 in waldorf and 28 in dc and 28 at chevy chase in rockville. As you wake up and are going out the door, dress in layers. It is a cold one. 20s and thursdays 20s and 30s. Upper 40s for saturday and 62 tomorrow. A big jump in 24 hours and by monday, we are Holding Steady, near 60. The top of the rundown, a developing story which could impact life in the district for years to come. The Dc Public Service commission rejected a proposed merger of pepco and chicago based utility come exelon. The left over the possibility moving forward if both sides agree to the deal. The changes are geared toward improving service for customers. This morning, all parties are reviewing the recommendations and an answer is expected in the next f
Stephanie gailhart is near the scene with more on how it all happened. Stephanie . Reporter sphrietening moments for freetenning moments for the people on board the bus. The bus driver trying to do his job this morning and the passengers, most of them just trying to get to work. Police tell us a person boarded that bus, assaulted the bus driver, and then hijacked the bus. Luckily, we are hearing all of the passengers were able to get off the bus safely. They ran away. The bus driver, as i mentioned, was assaulted. But somehow, he managed to push the emergency button aboard the bus, and that called police to the scene. But the bus went over a curb, near the gas station, and ended up running over a person and we are learning this afternoon that that person has passed away. All of this went down this morning on minnesota avenue. Near noney helengoo are roughs avenue in northest. Police say it is the u. Number 6102, traveling to marshal heights this morning. Police do tell us one suspect i