November. Of course in washington, nothing is really all that simple. The reality is that boehner is facing a battle over the looming government shutdown. He is facing a battle for his own job. A group of about three dozen conservative republicans wanted him out of the office. So he says today he feels like this is the right thing to do. Speaker boehner it has become clear to me that the prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable harm to the institution. Brad so he says he is going to step aside. He is going to use the remaining five weeks to try to avert the government shutdown. We will come back at 6 00 and have more on this, including reaction from the president and a number of members of congress. Brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thank you, brad. The question of the day is asking what you think of speaker boehners announcement. Join in on the Facebook Page. Alison speaker boehners announcement came as the g. O. P. Leaders gathered in the house to keep about how to keep the governm
Breaking news alert. Jonathan breaking news from hagerstown, where the police are investigating a hit and run involving a tractortrailer. A woman was driving northbound on interstate 81, just south of halfway boulevard, when her car was rearended by a silver tanker truck with the word side, causinghe her car to spin out of control come hitting a second grade. The first truck cap to going. We know the driver and passenger in the car were taken to the hospital. We dont know the extent of their injuries. We will get you more information as it comes into our newsroom. Keep in mind to avoid that area. Tonight kicks off the latest call for all hands on deck in the d. C. Police department, the weekend is to get officers on the street as the district sees a spike in crime like we have not seen in years. Richard reeve is live in northwest with a look at the Police Chiefs initiative. Richard jonathan, this is like , more footitzkrieg patrols, more cars on the streets. This idea,nts like the Poli
Rain have fallen on florida. The churning surf concealing dangerous rip currents. The current is bad. Its pretty strong. Richard the rain will move north over the next 12 to 24 hours, carrying as much as five inches of rain into the carolinas and georgia. On the other side of the country, Stormy Weather with being waves into whitecaps in washington state. Its Strong Enough to down power lines in touch off fires. Stuck. Re the elevators dont work. Ignacio, oneicane of three hurricanes telling the pacific. Its projected back takes it north of hawaii in the next few days. Tropical storm watches are in for the big island and maui. Kellye he devoted much of his life to serving his country as a navy seal, but an accident at home to the life of a bethesda man friday morning. Roz plater explains. Spent years as a navy seal and a counterterrorism expert for the navy. His life and distinguished career came to a tragic end early friday morning. The avid cyclist was not far from home when he was s
Accident, there is at least one fertility taliban from the accident, very tragic. This is eastwest highway, near the entrance is to prince georges. This is near the outback steakhouse. We are waiting official confirmation from the police how the accident happened, but there is a car in the intersection smashed up. On the sidewalk, to my right there is a motorcycle on the sidewalk. One of the investigating officers there. A few minutes ago i spoke with a witness who had just given his account to the police. Here is what he said. The motorcycle was coming westbound on eastwest highway, smashed into the car that you saw in the intersection. The driver of the motorcycle he said went airborne, the motorcycle continued up onto the sidewalk, near the crosswalk where there was a family, a group of people, both adults and children, standing. Motorcycle crashed into those folks and knock them into a tray. He said at least one of them was critically injured. He saw fire and rescue folks performin
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