Germanys chancellor Angela Merkel speaking out calling crimeas referendum on joining russia illegal. Lets get to jim maceda of nbc news in moscow. We are looking at all the different ramifications and details. And one of them, jim, is the lock that russia has on energy in ukraine and the west would have to there eticly make up for that if they dont go with russia. So now we are looking at the details, and once again, a lot of it is about money when it comes right down to it. Reporter its about money, its about energy, and right now its about president Putin Holding all of the cards, joe. Were only six days away from the referendum you referred to in your lead. Taking place in crimea. But with those international monitors now prevented for the third time from entering the peninsula over the weekend, theres no reason to doubt that the final result will be a vote in favor of seceding from ukraine and becoming part of russia. Those russian or prorussian, if you will, troops continue to con
Have slow downs but three lanes are shut down for 30 minutes. Now, mike nicco . Thank you very much, leyla gulen, here is live doppler 7 hd drop and i have not heard reports of drizzle unlike last week with each commute was wet. There could be the possibility the next hour or two of drizzle along coast so we will watch that. Downtown, you can see the clouds are rolling in and are late arriving clouds so they will be quick to leave. That will help the warming trend, the coast into San Francisco is 60 to 64 and around bay, 67 to 75 and inland, up to 87 in the east bay. The slow warming trend continues and i will show you how much longer in the sevenday forecast bart trains are running this morning after a judge ordered a 60day cooling off period in negotiations between bart and the unions. It is a relief for hundreds of thousands of people who use bart each weekday. Abc7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield has more. Bart riders are caught in the middle hoping they are not going to see this happ
Autos, in the oils, and in the back. But i saw some bizarre Silver Linings in this market that you might not appreciate. Silver linings that i think were necessary to come to the fore, before this market can go higher. So what are they . First, you know that ive been very concerned about what i regard as some of the frothier segments of the market. Yesterday, for example, while we were on ensco 99, the gulf of mexico, i would walk by the various offices on the brig and i would peek my head in, see what people were up to, say hello. Almost every office had a television on, perhaps they wanted to make us feel at home, almost every set was tuned to cnbc. And i was thrilled to see it. But each time i took a look, i was deeply distressed because of the amazing run in plug power, ballard power, and fuel cell. All three of which are involved in the concept of producing clean energy in one form or another. I was distressed, because all these of these companies have been around for ages. All th
For the next hour. 95 looking good, smooth ride from laurel to the beltway, inside the beltway on 295 the ramp to eastern avenue, theres a crash involving an overturned truck on the left side. The through lanes are open. 95 looks good in virginia, dale city, woodbridge through newington, travel lanes are open. Rob woodfork live from the wtop Traffic Center. Jummy and scott back to you. Thank you, rob. Investigators in st. Marys county classified a suspicious death as a homicide. Minetta strickland was found over the weekend. Detectives are gathering leads in this case and theyre saying if you know anything please give them a call. Also new this morning, we know that one man is dead after being hit by a car in prince georges county. This happened just before 11 00 in upper marlboro. The driver stayed on the scene and police say alcohol was not a factor in this accident. The road is back open this morning. And weve got good news for drivers this morning. Gas prices, theyre going down com
In your 70 just a few minutes away from. The belfort furniture Weather Center lets go to wtop, rob woodfork is in this morning, good morning, rob. Good morning, jacqui. It continues to be a pretty pleasant commute so far on the interstates. Well start off with a shot of the beltway on connecticut avenue, things are moving along at speed, no incidents or accidents slowing you down in maryland and virginia. On to our maps where we have a look at the overnight work zone on 355 southbound after jones bridge road, you will get by single file to the right. No major delays associated with that as of now but expect that to build if they continue to keep that in place for the next hour. No reported problems with youre traveling i95 in maryland, all lanes open there. Moving along at speed on 29 and the bw parkway. Inside the beltway still dealing with the earlier incident. Well get to that in a second. Right now 95 moving along well from quantico and points to the north, looking good getting ove