And ems, even though this is a medical facility. Even though there was one specific is threat thatfully turned out not to be real there was more than one specific threat prepared for and what we might say, this is an example of the emerging science of safety. Attention. Attention. All personnel are directed to shelter in place. Reporter the siren and the recorded message was clear, something was up. An employee at this facility heard what sounded like a gunshot. An employee did what was expected, reported it First Responders did what they are trained do here. A systemic search floor by floor of the 20story tower that is building one. Theirs was just the first phase of the sweep. Then dogs trained in the detection of explosive devices will enter those floors and look for explosive devices. Reporter this, even though the initial report, the call to 911 was for a gunshot. And there was no indication that there was an explosive device. We are here. We will do a complete job. Reporter a job
Answers. Tom . Well we wont have any of that, thankfully. Yeah, those storms came through gave us some gusts of wind and caused some tree damage up near the pennsylvania border. Now everything is settled down. We have a few sprinkles in the mountains but those have dissipate. You may be leaping over puddles from the lingering rain, mid 70s, sunshine breaking out. In the afternoon, quite a bit of sunshine. You will notice the humidity will be lower and a cooler afternoon with temperatures into the upper 80s. So if youre going to be out for a morning run you wont need the umbrella or rain boots. You will need the sun block, sunglasses and short sleeves. A look at the hour by hour forecast for this fabulous friday thats coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Whats going on with the roads, melissa . Right now 95 southbound here, through triangle in virginia. You can see we have a bit of a slowdown here on the screen. That is because of some lateclearing road work. Right now,
Sunshine. Temperatures in the upper 80s. And next weather and traffic on the 1s the hour by hour breakdown as the day goes forward and now melissa any slowdowns . You still have this closure in fairfax, oakton at fox mill road because of the overnight accident. Chopper is on its way. So as soon as they get there, well get a view of things here from above and see how bad it is. Seems like it may not be reopened until 9 30 this morning. Wide look at the beltway, no major problems. 66 and 95 looking good. 95 a little slow northbound in dale city, totally step cal for this time of the year. B. W. Parkway and Everything Else looking quite good. Travel times in ten minutes. Thank you, melissa. Today stores caught selling illegal synthetic drugs stand to face new penalties in d. C. Theyre easy accessible you can find them inside Corner Stores and gas stations and now police are linking a spike in crime to these drugs. Megan mcgrath explains the action mayor Muriel Bowser is taking today. Mega
Well right now the Confederate Flag is no longer flying at the South Carolina state house. The honor guard took it down just a little while. It was a brief, short ceremony of huge crowds to watch the historic moment. Lets listen in for a second. [ cheering ] the flag coming down just a little after three weeks of the killing of people at a church in charleston. In that renewed calls for this moment, for the Confederate Flag to be removed from the South Carolina sit capitol. The flag was handed over to the director of the South Carolina confederate relic room where it will be displayed after 54 years of flying above the South Carolina capitol. Thank you christen. There will soon be a legal challenge to virginias decision to remove the flag from the license plates. It go go to court to keep the state from banning the plates. The governor asked the attorney general to work on phasing out the vanity plates. Breaking news right now. Former Virginia Governor bob mcdonald sentence up held. We
Resignation follows that massive hacking breach at the federal agency in what was believed to be the largest cyber attack ever against government computers. The records of nearly 22 Million People were stolen from opm computers. U. S. Officials are not saying who is behind the attack, but many are pointing the finger at china. The chinese will use this to spy on us. This gives them an immense intelligence advantage. Millions of americans are receiving letters telling them their data is at risk. The white house says there is no indication yet those hackers have used the stolen information. At 6 00 peggy fox gets more information on the stolen information from federal information. An investigation found at Howard University hospital patient names, account numbers and Service Dates from the University Faculty practice plan were involved. About 1,400 patients are impacted. The error happened when a Debt Collection company sent parents letters to the wrong addresses. It will be a wet start