Glass table off a 22nd floor midtown balcony. Two women were hurt when the table shattered on the pavement at 39th street and 7th avenue around 10 45 this morning. The department of buildings issued a violation to the Building Owner for failing to secure the property during todays heavy winds. A local actors movie role could land him in prison. He was playing an armed bodyguard. And then he found himself under arrest. Reporter new jersey actor and comedian cant find humaner in the current situation. Hes facing five plus years in prison for using what he thought was a prop gun while filming an independent film. Im waiting for Ashton Kutcher to say it was punked. Bluebloods, the good wife. And elementary. But the last gig was anything but professional. He was cast as a bodyguard in a simulated car chase with guns shot on bucknell avenue in wood bridge. I didnt fire anything. They were going to dub in the sound. Reporter the scene took no more than five minutes, and neighbors who had no i
Well talk about that next. Weather and traffic together every seven minutes. Heather tells us there is a jack knifed trailer rig in new jersey. I got a tweet. They told me there is an unauthorized tractor trailer on the Grand Central parkway. New jersey turnpike northbound truck lanes. There is a jack knifed tractor trailer, the truck lanes are closed down. Hop in the car lanes instead if you can do that. We also have this on going investigation, Staten Island, lily pond avenue, the major roads, we have all lanes closed off close to the verrazno bridge. Youll have to hop along an alternate route. Subway services are running, all of the subways are running close to schedule. New Jersey Transit. Long island metro north doing just fine and here is a look at the Grand Central parkway in front of laguardia parkway where traffic is moving great here but ill investigate that reported unauthorized tractor trailer. We do have our street cleaning rules in effect for today. Lori, over to you. Bro
Im annie yu thank you for waking up with us. Im tom fitzgerald, happy mothers day to you. Thank you. And to your wife. If she was awake i would say that to you. Im pretty sure she is sleeping in. Mike is with us this morning with caityln roth. Everybody has been talking about the rain and the rain and the rain and the rain. What are we at twelve days here. Twelve days in a row, youre right. Ive been counting. And yesterday the clouds. Im not sure what its called. It was coming and going. Today will be more consistent. Good news more mom. Later this afternoon just absolutely gorgeous, good news, mothers day sunshine i can guarantee today bad news i can not guarantee for the rest of the week. Well talk more about that as we get into the 55 your current number in washington. 54 gaithersburg and 54 frederick as well and mannasas 52 and 56 quantico and 54 leonardtown. Lets go to the radar were tracking shower activity this morning in d. C. We had the bulk of our rain go through two hours ag
The case. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you both for testifying today. Admiral, in your testimony you point out that we insist that all Maritime Claims be deraved from naturally formed land features in accordance with International Laws reflected in the law of the Sea Convention. Are we at any kind of a disadvantage because we havent been a signatory to the law of the Sea Convention . Senator, i believe we are at a disadvantage because we dont have the moral high ground that other countries who are cigna tors, including china and russia have. So when china makes these outrageous claims in the South China Sea, and the philippines challenges one of those claims and we support the philippines right to make that claim, at the same time were not a signatory, that looks strange. When russia makes claims in the Arctic Circle and they tell us, you have no standing on which to complain because youre not a signatory to the law of the sea, it puts us at a disadvantage. Thank
Refugee crisis in europe. Then the White House Daily press briefing followed by a Senate Foreign relations hearing on climate change. On the next washington journal, florida congressman david jolly talks about the gop leadership races and the highway transportation bill. Congressman jolly serves on the transportation committee. Then Chris Van Hollen on the debt ceiling debate. Washington journal is live every morning at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan, and you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. A House Armed Services subcommittee will receive an update on the f35 joint strike program. Witnesses include the programs executive director and Major General jeffrey harrigan. Watch this live wednesday afternoon at 3 30 p. M. Eastern. Later this week, Hillary Clinton testifies before the house benghazi committee, which is investigating the events surrounding the 2012 terrorist attack on the u. S. Consulate there. The democratic president ial candidate h