And im lynn yang. This is at i270 at montrose. Were keeping our eyes on patches of ice. A patch of ice is believed to be the cause of this crash in chevy chase this morning. Choppers were over the scene after it happened. Two cars went off the road and into the snow there. One car almost seemed to have hit that tree. No word on any injuries. Lauryn, are we going to get enough of a warmup to melt the rest of the ice on that road . I do believe so, because temperatures will dtop out in te mid to upper 40s, above that freezing mark. Last night we slipped below it, so things refroze on the roadway. I think well have icy spots out there once again tonight and into tomorrow morning. Were getting a little sunshine here in northwest washington, a little bit. We need to go closer to virginia think well get it here eventually. A mix of sun and clouds out there today. Temperatures in the 40s right now. 34 seems to be the cold spot, everybody else in the upper 30s. Everybody was involved with that
Tonights big democratic debate. News 4 midday starts right now. We start with the school arrest. A new lawsuit claims the principal knew about the abuse by a school aide and did nothing to stop it. Police say 22yearold Deonte Carraway may have abused up to 30 children. This is a case that shocked the community with many parents left with questions. Tonight though parents and students will have a chance to get some answers at a meeting at the school. Molette green reports. Reporter children are taught to trust the adults in the classroom, so what happens now after Prince Georges County Police Identify nearly a dozen abused inside judge sylvania woods elementary thin gasoline arrest deny. You have to talk to your children about what is going on and making sure that they understand that theyre not at fault. Reporter prince georges carraway. A lawsuit says carraway, a school volunteer, pulled a 9yearold boy out of class a multiple occasions to persuade him to participate in sex acts in var
More with todays yellow weather alert. We had snow, ice, fog, and rain and its about to move out. The last threat we will deal with today is potential for flooding near rivers, streams, and sides of roads and so much water moved through this morning on top of the snow that quickly melted. We have flood watches in an area of Flood Warnings in dc, prince georges and Howard County until 2 00. As expected its moving out of here and thankfully we will take it out because we dont need more of this messy weather. Temperatures jumped. We woke up to frozen everything and then the temperatures jumped 20 degrees in two hours. Slow to arrive above freezing but still melting out there but everyone else starting to see good melting. Into the 40s now and light showers hanging around. Through the beltan Prince Georges County and everyone else trying out. Still a little cloudy but we will cease on this afternoon. Flood watches and warnings in place, the area and break green is where you should be conce
Enormous contributions to the United States. And we are grateful, not only for his service but for his familys service. The constitution is pretty clear about what is supposed to happen now. When there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court, the president of the United States is to nominate someone. The senate is to consider that nomination and either they disapprove of that nominee, or that nominee is elevated to the Supreme Court. Historically, this has not been viewed as a question. Theres no unwritten law that says that it can only be done on off years. Thats constitutional text. Im amused when i hear people who claim to be strict interpreters of the constitution suddenly reading into it a whole series of provisions that are not there. There is more than enough time for the senate to consider in a thoughtful way, the record of a nominee that i present and to make a decision. And with respect to our process, were going to do the same thing that we did with respect to justice kaigans nomi
Marylands law reporting abuse may have made matters worse. Caraway is accused of shooting child porn. Bruce . Yeah, adam. Principals and teachers all over the country are required to report if they have any reasonable suspicion that a child has been abused. But maryland is the only state in the whole country, where there is no penalty for those educators if they let children down by failing to call the authorities. We are so proud of the work we do here. Reporter principal michelle williams, still on paid leave and not talking. But lawyers for several of the alleged victims say she ignored the concerns students, teachers and parents were all raising, about classroom aide deontae caraway, who is now accused of abusing more than a dozen children and shooting video of it on his cell phone. There were red flags from teachers, parents and student, all of Georges School ceo declined to answer our questions about that today. But we do know that state law man dates that mandates that principal