Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Army reserve captain sage fox found her career put on hold after she changed genders, even though she says it made her a better officer. Transitioning has allowed me to be better as a leader. I have gotten rid of the distraction of worrying about concealing who i really was. Reporter fox had to rely on private insurance to cover her surgery, but from now on, the military will cover the cost of sex change operations approved by a doctor. Our doctors will treat them and give them medically necessary treatment according to the protocols. Reporter once the Service Member switches gender, they would also switch to the barrack, bathrooms and showers used by their new gender. The decision comes after a year study during which secretary carter personally met with transgender Service Members. They are deployed all over the world serving on aircraft, submarines, Forward Operating bases and right here in the pentagon. Rep
They had people in the community, willing to give up the video and extremely thankful to people who saw the video and recognized this accused individual and were willing to call and give it the lead they needed to get him locked up. Reporting live in forestville. One of the victims in the case was 60yearold wayne rolis, who worked for our parent company, tegna. He is remembered as a wonderful employee and great neighbor. Somebody mistakenly reported an active shooter at joint base andrews this morning. A portion of the military base was on lockdown, while that report was checked out. Delia gonzalph Delia Goncalves has more. Im going to guess a lot of people are on edge. Reporter absolutely. We talked to folks about that specifically. And to fact, credits this woman for doing the right thing and calling 911, when she says she saw people walking into the Medical Center with long guns. Shes a new civilian worker, who is here, employed at the Medical Center on campus. It turns out, she saw
Her. While the incident allegedly happened april 12th, it wasnt until yesterday when hicks appeared in court that reporters and the public found out about it. Metro has no concern for us. We are going to wait two months to find out that we have been we know this woman has been raped, sexually molested and indecent exposure. All this time we have to ride a train and we dont know if we are safe or not. I really think they should have told everybody. The new gm today ordered that Metro Transit Police notify the public about Violent Crime the same day until its unless its going to jeopardize the investigation. The metro police are telling us about a robbery on the green line. It happened about 9 30 last night. Police are not confirming reports the victim was pistol whipped but they say the victim was not seriously hurt. Metros red line back on schedule tonight but under intense scrutiny on a day to showcase the good and the bad about metro. We were there this morning when red line riders e
Own life. She was in dc this week and Stephanie Ramirez reports from hstreet. Reporter 22 year old christina grimmy was here on wednesday giving performance at the rock and roll hotel on 8th street. Today im told one of the employees who worked with her that night is shaken up about what happened outside christinas death has people talking about everything from Mental Health to gun control, security at events like the one she held, even on line safety. Its a very unfortunate situation that a young lady lost her life. Someone who clearly has Mental Health issue to access a gun and shoot someone for whatever his motivations were, is just completely crazy to me. Reporter she performed here and at another venue. The been trending. The voice offering heartfelt condolences on line as well. Stephanie ramirez, wusa9. Police say grimmys brother tackled the suspect after he tried to get away. Thats when the suspect turned the gun on himself. Police do not believe grimmy knew that person. Capital
Whack into become into wake up washington. Im Nick Giovanni alongside melissa nord. The heat is on. We are finally in the summertime gear of things and that means 90degree days with a little bit of humidity as well and thats what we are going to see for your saturday. Its going to be hot. It will be humid, and that means you need to limit your Time Outdoors for today. There will be a breeze that will make it feel not quite as uncomfortable outside where we are just baking in heat, but it certainly will be a hot one. Right now weve got plenty of sunshine, temperatures with the sunshine going to be a fairly quick warmup today. At the moment its 68 degrees, dew point in the low 60s, it continues to rise into the mid to upper 60s today, making the humidity a big factor this afternoon. Across the region, even some low 60s showed up and some of our lower lying suburbs frederick, leesburg 56 degrees. Not much going to happen this afternoon, just an isolated shower or thunderstorm and the reas