A Record Number of fires are burning in brazils amazon rain forest the countrys a right wing. Group accuses environmental activists of starting the blazes critics say the president s claims are outrageous. And of a warm welcome to you among the dutch eba british Prime Minister Abbas Johnson has met with french president in modern mccraw to discuss drags this both leaders said they believe its possible to find a way for the u. K. To leave the e. U. With a deal but a number of obstacles remain johnson says therell be no deal unless the socalled backstop is taken out of the banks that agreement the backstop is the insurance policy to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland. And johnson reiterated what the u. K. Intends to do with the border in case of a no deed backset when you look at the border with Northern Ireland just repeating a point that bears repeating under no circumstances will the u. K. Government be instituting imposing checks or controls of any kind at that border and
We have temperatures quickly climbing and weve got just a few clouds passing over. Another view from the tower camera. A little bit better than it was earlier this morning. The haze and humidity we had early on, that has dropped a little bit. Its a little more comfortable but it is still incredibly warm for this time of the day. Its in the upper 80s. Look at easton 90 degrees. Virginia, arlington and up into montgomery and prince jornls counties. And Shenandoah Valley mid 80s. Developing right now, the u. S. And cuba are officially reestablishing dep lomatic ties. You can see the cuban flag being placed inside the state department and moments ago, the Cuban Embassy officially opened in d. C. Lets get to david cull ver who is there. Reporter take a look over my shoulder and see a sight this country has not seen since 1962. The cuban flag flying over an embassy that belongs to cuba. You can hear some folks still cheering along with it. Other folks protesting it. I want to show you the hi
And traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Melissa is looking at a disabled vehicle. Still have this disabled vehicle, 395 southbound at seminary road. The right lane is blocked at this point. A warning for you there. As tom was just saying a lot of water now coming down here. Beltway at New Hampshire avenue, so had some rain there. Camera is wet. Going to see this for the next little bit at least. Wide look at the beltway, inner loop and outer loop moving along. 66 and 95 overall looking quite good. Back at 5 11. Deputies in Frederick County, maryland, are now questioning a man they say admitted to stabbing two people. The Frederick County Sheriffs Office says husband and wife were stabbed in frederick last night. The man died. His wife is in serious condition at the hospital right now. According to deputies the attack happened during Prayer Service yesterday. They say multiple people called 911 including the suspect in the case. Were told the suspect had stayed at the Counseling Center for at le
Sun shine. The last of the showers exiting the atlantic beaches and were getting a few breaks in the clouds just to the south. Temperatures right now are near 80 degrees. And the Shenandoah Valley, more sun this morning out in western maryland, West Virginia the leading edge of heat beginning to push in. Low and mid 80s there. In the upper 70s around the chesapeake baey where its still quite cloudy as well. Chance for storms later this afternoon. This is chris gordan with that developing story in rockville. Vandalism to the confederate memorial statue. Spray painted black lives matter and on the bottom red spray painting that iappears to say black lives matter. It apparently happened overnight. An uber driver came to take a look at the statue. He called the police. They called rockville city police. This is a rockville district. The Montgomery County official said he will have it removed. They had a crane operator in last week measuring it for removal from this area but this vandalism
Open fields. Its in the upper 60s to near 70 as well as Shenandoah Valley. Out in the mountains. Around northwest washington all the pavement is dry. Live view from our tower camera. Humid morning, in the mid 70s with some hazy sunshine. It will be hot by noon. Already into the upper 80s by then. Then we get up to around 92 or 93. Then by 5 00, theres a small chance of an isolated thundershower coming through. Not as numerous as we saw yesterday. By then temperatures will be back down to around 90 degrees. Your drive time forecast, thats coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4 41. Whats going on now, melissa . Well, at this point, we still have that issue again here in Montgomery County, in bethesda. Were talking about bradley boulevard shut down there at huntington parkway. Could be something were dealing with throughout the morning. Best alternate is wilson lane or old georgetown road to make your way around it. 270 into and out of town no issues there. 66 here, its fine. 9