To. Lets begin with that dismissed fbi director in our news4 scoop late this afternoon. James comey is being invite today appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee Early next week according to the top democratic on that committee. We want to see him next tuesday or as soon as he can. Reporter you think he comes before your committee as early as next tuesday. Thats been our request and i would hope he would want to tell his side of the story. Reporter unclear if comey would appear in a formal Public Session or in a closed session. The Intelligence Committee operates behind this secure door on the second floor of the heart senate building. They want to meet with the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. The longtime federal prosecutor for maryland began his new role last month and issued the memo laying out the reasons for firing james comey. Look this is a shock to the system and it really smells to high heaven. Reporter senator Chris Van Hollen testified in support of Rod Rosen
Expects around the district, most of our counties in maryland expecting very high winds today and were talking about wind gusts near 60 Miles Per Hour. These are winds that we typically see in a thunderstorm. We do expect it to continue through the afternoon so its not just this morning. Its going to run through almost the rest of the day. Current wind gusts near 26 Miles Per Hour in the district. Leesburg near 40mileperhour wind gusts. Take a look at martinsburg now up to 45 but these winds will be increasing so make sure you plan accordingly. We also have some issues out there on the roads. Good morning. Several problems on the roadways here this morning. This one is actually one thats starting to get some real delays southbound. Southbound near 109. Crash on the left side of the roadway, the rest of what im talking about this morning, lots of downed trees, lots of downed wires. Wyoming avenue at connecticut, downed tree with some lanes blocked there. 66 and inner loop and outer loop
Media. Announcer from tampa bays number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. Alcides good morning and welcome to good day tampa bay. Time is 9 a. M. I read your script. Yenz jennifer i am jennifer epstein. He is dave osterberg. It is not. Dont be confused. Dave i have more rain. If this was a normal day where we didnt have 20 inches of rain in some spots are it wouldnt be that big of a deal. Nowhere to put this water that is coming down. Big thunderstorms and strong thunderstorms along the pinellas and pasco county coastline. It is moving its way onshore and these will drop an inch, inch and a half of rain in short order meaning that we may pick up some additional flooding in morning, and thats why the flood advisory is out for those three counties, and they will run through 10 15 this morning. And we will have to watch and wait and see what happens with these storms as they start to move further inland whether they prompt more advisories, whether they just weaken and you have
Yet because we still have a lot of leftover tropical moisture that is streaming through the area. I think today is going to feel be a lot like it was yesterday afternoon where you just had a lot of cloud cover, occasional showers running through the area. This morning we had a little bit of rain in the Citrus County area up to leve. Not a big deal. We are not going to put too much more in the bucket. We cant have more rain, there is nowhere to it go. The rain . Southout east winds at 3 Miles Per Hour. A lot of cloud cover. A few showers mixed in. It is not going to ruin your day and not going to rain every minute of the day but keep checking the sky tower radar for chance of showers. Tropical storm hermine causing problems for the part of the country. I will talk about that in a minute. Investigating a house fire in port richey. It broke out before 4 00 on westport drive in port richey. Bring you an update as soon as we get more information. Also new this morning, Sarasota Police are i
Well, matt yurus is live in the studio with us tonight working on the story. So matt, tell us why. Reporter there is not enough evidence to warrant charges at this time. So by law, you have to let him go home. But the spokesperson for the state Attorneys Office tells me this could change. So many moving parts. We are a little over 24 hours we. Are just not at a point where we can say this happened or that happened. Reporter investigators are looking to see if the homeowner acted negligently. By examining what led to the 911 call. The forced entry through the front door and the weapon fired multiple times. The homeowners state of mind is also in question. If there was a medical emergency, does that impact the homeowners ability to process things . Is there a possibility of this going before a grand jury . Yes. One of the investigative tools we have is the grand jury. We may as we go through this process put some or all of the information before the grand on possible charges. Reporter th