Security is visible for the holidays. And in boston, lining the charles river, a half Million People will watch the fireworks. City Officials Say they are a bit nervous. Obviously, everyones concerns have been raised because of all the isis activity thats going around. Reporter isis is urging its sympathizers to attack in the u. S. The fbi reports no specific plots uncovered, but in pittsburgh, the cops are alert. The lone wolftype thing, there is generally no precursor warning because of the very nature of it. Reporter heres a warning, the roads are jammed. This is new jersey on the way to the beach, the heaviest holiday traffic in eight years. Heres denver. Cheap gas has more people driving. Prices today are almost 90 cents per gallon lower than they were last year. Reporter jammed roads . Check. Fear of terrorism . Check. Millions having holiday fun . Check. In pittsburgh theres been so much rain, they say their big problem is they had to cancel their annual regatta. And Boston Poli
Dreary throughout the day. But as amelia forecasted, it did clear up in time for the fireworks. And ill take credit for that. No but in all serious ngs we did have heavy rain moving through the area yesterday afternoon. But by the time fireworks came around, it was muggy, dry, it was feeling like summer. This morning were dealing with areas of fog across the region. National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory for all of the counties here in gray. This includes fairfax, parts of montgomery Loudoun Frederick and Prince William counties. This is until 10 00 a. M. Visibilities under a quarter of a mile . In spots. Heavy fog being reported. Aside from that, this morning its a comfortably cool start if youre going for that Early Morning walk, run, bike ride. Heres what you can expect for today. 7 00 a. M. 60s in the suburbs, 72 inside of the beltway. Fog burns off by about 9 00, 10 00 a. M. 11 00, were mild, temperature near 80. Coming up, ill let you know how warm it will be th
Yard nearly two years ago. As Scott Mcfarland reports, coordination was smoother this time around. Two years ago after the Navy Yard Shooting, cc police said there were too many vehicles on the scene, is that it was so crowded officers struggled to move around the area and navigate the building and Many Police Agencies on the scene were on the same page. Two years later, the mayor said Police Worked well together. Im very proud of all of the officials that answered the call. We know that there have been a lot of Lessons Learned from previous incidents. But why did so Many Police Agencies respond to what amounted to a false alarm . Because different agencies had different specialties. U. S. R. Police flew their eagle two helicopter above the navy yard a special sized unit from which rescuers can propel to the ground in an emergency. Particularly helpful because its kept in a hangar within close range from the navy yard. We have a crew here at what we refer to as the eagles nest. And the
Unless it is first approved by the fda. Reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Tim Iowa Governor Terry Branstad got the chance to stop by our abc9 studios today to speak on his goals for the hawkeye state. Caling it one of his bolderst proposals ever. The governor is asking the legislature to extend the states one cent sales tax earmarked for School Improvements gthrough 2049. A 20 year extension. The plan calls for the fuirst 10 Million Dollars in new revenue to again go to schools with additional dollar targeted for Water Quality improvment in the state. Almost 5 billiion dollars. The plan has receuived a luke warm recepton in des moines but he told me the dollars make sense. Sales tax unlike uncome tax doesnt vary as much. In a year like this where farm income is down, farmers arent paying as much in taxes, but people are still buying things and so the sales tax is a pretty stable reliable source of income and thats why we think these projections are attainable, said govern