Question is the word we. How is this counter messaging going to be organized . To what extent is it going to be spontaneous . Does it represent the youth of the region . My friends from the arab world keep insisting to me that as powerful and intimidating as is i. S. Messaging is, what is dominant in arabic is what i call the freedom spirit, the square statement i am connected and i am not going to take it anymore, and i wont take it from an authoritarian leader and i am going to live in my own world. Somehow that message that spirit of connectiveness, i think, of free citizens, which is still there and we get too depressed about the arab winter sometimes, and its still there and that has to become more of the dominant narrative. It probably needs help from governments, but i worry in the post snowden age about swallowing the poison pill. I worry about steps that seem sensible in terms of messaging that end up limiting the message, or undercutting it. I think this is an area where its
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
Quite the douseing of rain this morning. Were not quite out of the woods just yet. Were taking a close look at the radar. This rain inching along toward the east, southeast. The Flash Flood Warnings in red. The flood in green. These Flood Warnings, this one across page and shenandoah goes until 4 00. Cull pepper, that goes until 1 30 this morning. Some places have seen 3 to 4 inches of rain. Stay away from high fastmoving water. In it looks like one of the handest hit areas is wood stock virginia. Youve been sending us great photographs. This one taken from twitter. Heavy rain covering the road there. You never want to drive through a flooded roadway. This one another picture from wood stock taken by sam taff. Here you can see a car is driving through a flooded roadway. We want to continue to see your weather photos this morning. Send us your pictures. You can email them to us at weather at nbc washington doinl or tweet them to us. You can see the twitter handles there and you want to
Kari hall has the wind conditions they have to battle but we begin with stephanie. Whats the progress out there . Scott and kris we expect good progress. The winds dont seem as strong as yesterday, but were awaiting for the update. I spoke with the haffner family. They were told yet not to worry. By 8 00 think saw an orange glow over the ridge north. You can see the land completely blackened behind me. Got up close to their property right up to their fence. I looked up there, and fire was over the ridge. Reporter it wasnt just a surprise to them it surprised firefighters too. They said everything was south of us should be fine. The next thing we know we fire to the ridge to the north of us. I was thinking we need to get them off the property. Reporter its been a tough firefights. The terrain and few roads have complicated the fight. Copped biened with the erratic winds notorious in the area. Blisters couldnt believe the wind. They were probablying burn ago average of 2 feet off the gro
Fine. Skyforce10 and our Traffic Cameras have been providing pictures from the accident scene all morning long. I spoke to Delaware State Police. They says one person has died four others injured. Right now the state Police Collision reconstruction unit is on the scene. Its all because two vehicles crashed before 7 00 on the southbound side of i495 near route 13. One of the cars overturned. As of last check, all southbound lanes are closed. I asked police to share more about this accident, the ages sexes of those injured as well as the person whos deceased. I also asked if the driver was the person who was killed. And state police said theyll have more information later in afternoon. In the next 30 minutes, ill be back in touch with police to find out whats happening now on the highway. Live from along route 13 in delaware Monique Braxton, nbc10 news. Thank you. Nbc10 first alert traffic reporter jessica is watching the traffic in that area. We are seeing a massive backup behind the sc