Capitol one arena. Before that, we have howie d. In studio. A very good friday to you. Good morning, and welcome to news 4 midday. Im erica gonzalez, today we are welcoming julie to the news 4 team. Were happy to have you back ime. Happy to be back, just like back streets back. Spent a few years at our sister station in new york. S. Were happy to have you, breaking new weve learned another shakeup in the trump administration, President Trump announcing alex asta is resigning. The two appeared together at the white house this morning, acosta ifyou remember, played a role in theen seng of epstein. He oversaw the agreement in 2008 that allowed epstein a toid federal charges. Another issue on President Trumps plate right now, immigration. After daysf hinting he would use an executive action tn insert a question about t citizenship, president is now backing off. Instead, hes ordering federal agencies to use already existing information to gather that data. Sarah dallehas more. Reporter Pres
And not much of a breeze either. Thickest of the fog towards Fauquier County and Prince William county. Upper 60s and a few spots in the 50s this morning. Tuesday planner nothing but sunshine all day long afternoon highs mid to upper 80s. More about tomorrow and the weekend coming up in a few. 4 traffic. Fir good morning. Right now Silver Spring Georgia Avenue and seminary dark traffir lights soat it as a stop. Repairs from an earlier crash and probably last through the morning hush. A slow situation there. Connecticut avenue at randolph road crash in the middle of the intersection here in Silver Spring. Seeing slowdowns the. Just got this in. F whiteserry shut down because of high water and impr debris. Pure panic and chaos as ugflash floods swept throthe d. C. Area yesterday. This is video from potomac, madeland. Outsi, folks are dealing with the aftermath of this. Many cars were waterlogged and seems like a river took over their neighborhoods in some cases. Molette green is ve on wi
Was hit by a car on i95. We have learned that he has been on the force for about three years and was just doing a traffic stop when he was hit. Now, this happened just before 4 00 on 95 south near the exit for route 32 in jessup. Right now, there is one lane getting by but the backups are almost all the way back to the baltimore beltway. Thats about 13 miles away. Theres also Traffic Building on the northbound side and on 295, as drivers try to take some alternate routes to avoid that area. Now, you can see the ripple affect there the there were was medevaced to a hospital in baltimore. No update yet on his condition. We are going to stay on top of this at the live desk, chris lawrence. Thank you, chris. Now to breaking news here in the district, a big announcement just in the last hour about a man found murdered in a trash can. News4s derrick ward is live outside police headquarters. Derrick . Reporter it was the police chief and the mayor that held this joint announcement here inside
Nearby building just prior to the attack. It is scary for everybody else who lives in this area. Surveillance video shows the suspect enter the building on claredon boulevard when an occupant opens the door. But the consee arge tells him to stop. Its good that he didnt recognize the person. He did get into the building a short while later while they say he posed as a Maintenance Worker and knocked on doors. The female opened the door and he allegedly assaulted her. It struck fear into this area pulsing with young people. One emailed a warning. Some are hoping this new video leads to break in the case. Hopefully theyll arrest him, yeah. Stephen police say the suspect was last seen heading in this direction just a couple of blocks from the condo building where the woman was assaulted. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc 7 news. Alison much. Now this a drunk driver who caused a crash that killed five people was a noshow for his sentencing today. Just in the last two hours, a judge issued
As he nominated him, the president elect emphasized a difference. The thing i like best, trump tweeted, Rex Tillerson, has vast experience dealing successfully with all types of foreign governments. Thats ha a ceo does, a global business. Praised from former secretaries of state, Condoleezza Rice and james baker, but he had deals with russia, accepted a friendship with vladimir putin. Worrying john mccain and other republicans. Democrats, upset that russia hacked into the election. Totally unacceptable. And it must be investigated. Reporter vow a hard look at tillerson. Were going stro to drill down to understand his relationship with will putin. Reporter but talking to putin is the new white house policy. President elect trump said throughout the entire campaign, in debates, yeah, im going to talk to p tv, we are ready to work with the u. S. , much closer than before, fighting terrorism. Former Texas Governor, rick perry, is the trump reported pick for Energy Secretary. Bill gaits tal