We begin with that terror attack, right across our border in the Canadian Capital of ottawa. A gunman opened fire at a memorial for soldiers, then stormed parliament. And tonight a show of support. Oh canada our home and native land that was in pittsburgh tonight before the hockey game against the philadelphia flyers. Dan harris is in ottawa tonight with more on todays shooting. Reporter running for cover, panic in the halls of parliament, and on the city streets. Police rushing to reports of shooting across the city. The fear . A series of coordinated attacks. The violence starting at canadas national war memorial. Just before 10 00 a. M. , nathan cirillo, shot dead by a gunman. Bystanders rushing to help him. Others in sthok. A fourth shot. He just took off. I yelled at all my guys. Theres guys shooting. Everyone get down. Get down. Reporter police, guns drawn, hunting for the shooter. We have multiple locations. Reporter then within minutes another attack, this time inside a packed
Degrees. A milder afternoon throughout much of the region. Right now wind gusts 20 to 30 miles per hour. Leesburg just had a gust of 33 miles per hour. Most of the gusts are under that, though, around 20 to 25 miles per hour. These blustery winds will be increasing by midday. Temperatures right now are rather chilly. 50 degrees. Shenandoah, into the mountains, some locations there in the 40s. Washington, 50. Montgomery, prince georges, fairfax, mid50s around the chesapeake bay. Lingering showers on the eastern shore. Those are beginning to pull away. Winds coming from this big area of low pressure rotating off long island and the new england coast. That will be with us throughout the day ahead. Next weather and traffic on the day ahead. When the winds finally diminish. Melissa is dealing with a new accident. Brandnew crash bw parkway southbound at 175. Police on the way to the crash. Sounds like a vehicle off the roadway right now. Not impeding anything at this point but it could be on
Driving a larger vehicle like a mini van you will feel it rocking with the winds. In addition, hair styles by mr. Wind throughout much of the day today. Chilly this morning. Mild this afternoon. These are the weather headlines for your thursday. Temperatures right now around the region hovering near 50. These are the latest wind gusts near 20 to 30 Miles Per Hour. Leesburg with a gust of 28. 30mileperhour Miles Per Hour gusts near the bay. 50 near montgomery, prince georges and fairfax. Low to mid50s by the chesapeake bay. A look at the hour by hour breakdown when the winds diminish. Back to you. Thank you, tom. Montgomery county police are looking for two men who held up a shell gas station in gaithersburg. Shady grove road, 1 00 this morning. You can see that the front door was shattered by bullets. No one was hurt. Police dont have a description of the suspects. New developments out of canada. A memorial is growing for a canadian soldier killed by a gunman outside canadas parliament
Theyll kill you. And then you have the assad government, which restricts visas. Right now, there are no visasc for u. S. Based correspondents. Ifill plus. The egos in this business laughter ifill . A starstudded cast revives a play about the politics of broadway and thec comedy backstage. Woodruff those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. c ifill Canadian Police announced today theyve found no connection between two fatal attacks this week on soldiers. That word came as parliament cheered the man who put an end to yesterdays shooting assault. ap
Yorkers to be alarmed. The paurpt is a doctor who recently returned from guinea where he treated ebola patients. Craig spencer, admitted to bellevue and placed in isolation. Dr robert glater is an emergency physician. Is there no reason to be alarmed. You heard bill de blasio. Spencer was back in new york, felt sluggish and reported a fever. At this point theres no need for panic. His symptoms began late this morning. What we do know is patients are only when they are symptom attic is when they are infectious and transmit the disease, the virus. You are government as the governor said at the press conference, that it may have been a good thing that he was a doctor, he took precautions. Exactly. This is someone who know, who can identify with the symptoms, he worked in africa and knows what the symptoms are. It was responsible for him to make the calls and the orchestrated response is to be commended. We were prepared for this compared to dallas. He started not feeling great on tuesday.