What you do need before you walk outside. You dont need the light jacket this morning though. Were talking about temperatures in the 70s. 90s again as we go through today. Thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. Thats going to be pretty important because those thunderstorms are part of a cold front and thats actually going to cool us down for the week end. So today short sleeves. The kids need to be in the shade for recess. It will be a hot one. And also plenty of water if you are exercising, but i think if youre tired of the heat already, youre going to like the cooler weekend changes. Speaking of changes, we have changes on the beltway. Some slowdowns, melissa. We do. A bit of a slowdown. You can see chopper 4 here on outer loop after colesville road. Everything on the shoulder. Looking better than it was. Delays. Hearing about a new crash on the beltway. Would hell talk about that in a second. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, where is the beltway crash . Looking okay right now bu
Leon harris has the latest on the investigation. Its a really crazy situation in new york. An 18yearold woman died and two dozen people were hurt when a wrongway driver slammed into a crowd of pedestrians on the sidewalk. These are live pictures from the scene. Police are telling us that Richard Rojas rammed into the lunch hour crowd just before noon. Investigators say he made a uturn and started speeding down the sidewalk for several blocks before crashing into a traffic pole. Right now, Officials Say they do not think this wreck is terrorrelated. According to Law Enforcement sources, rojas appeared to be under the influence of drugs or challenge and he has two prior dwi arrests on his record. In 2008, he was arrested in queens for drinking and driving and also in 2015, he was arrested in manhattan for drinking and as of now, four people are in Critical Condition in the hospital. The word is, they are expected to live. Thats some good news. Thank you, leon. Back here in our area, what
My brother and i are calling for the removal of his statue on monument im new in richmond, virginia, because we believe the monument is an ongoing symbol of racism in the United States. Amy you will also speak with the former neonazi who founded the group life after hate, an organization that fights White Supremacy. It was recently stripped of its funding by the Trump Administration. Time went on and i became a respectful leader both locally and regionally, and then it grew to nationally and internationally. I started a band that was singing racist music that was used to recruit people. It was a powerful topic and itll for young people to adhere to. Amy after the funding was cut after urging from trump adviser who worksgorkas wife for the department of Homeland Security. Then we go to fargo, north dakota, to equip a man whose uncle to speak with a man whose uncle marched in charlottesville. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace
Roman general, but he was a simple man. He was a farmer and he was minding his business, tending to his crops and there was a war that was brewing, and they were being taken advantage and being treated unfairly. He knew he had leadership qualities. So they asked them to put down his equipment and join the war, and lead as the a roman general. He led the war with jump a incredible victory for the roman empire that he won. They asked him to assume power. And he said, i was in this for power, and he returned to his farm. That humility, that saint igin thathatcincinnati comes from gok to 443bc. This story. You can see that humility here, and even with story, cincinnati, ohio is still the Farming Center of the united states. Absolutely. Armstrong for the tobacco, whether its small grain, whether its cattle, whether its horses, its still the farming capital of the world and theres more grain, and more corn than any other place in the united states. Which brings us to the fact that while you
Blustery, colder today, chilly start tour morning. How this weather will be affecting our halapoulivaati wean plans. Great to have you with us, good morning, everyone it is. Friday. Tgif im Thomas Drayton with thomas hepp. Good morning we made it the through. It is great when you wake up, you are alive and living and it is also great that it is friday. Sue serio joining us. The rain is moving out but the wind, wind are coming in. That is right. The wind of change, right . It is going to be a good change eventually. Chilly change today, but warming up over the weekend. There is your head line. Seven out of ten in weather by the numbers. We will look at precipitation, most of the heavier stuff has moved off shore which means cold trent made its way through. You wille wrap around moisture in the western part of the the state. Mostly not making its way here maybe a sprinkle this morning but shouldnt be a big deal. We have nothing to show you on radar. It will be about the temperature and w