Accepting responsibility for the dui crash that killed 5yearold twins alexander and rosalie and 1yearold isaac mejia. Hawks vehicle slammed into thei back of t vehicle as they were stopped at a red lies on indian head highway last december. Hawks bloodalcohol level was mo than twice the states legaat limit. The scene he was unable to stand, and a one point he fell asleep in the Police Patrol ca. We were coming from church. They didnt deserve to leave. We had so many plans with them. Reporter parents alexis and juanita were both injured in the crash and are expected to live with the pain o fose they are also living with the pain of no longer having their chondren. Last mday they experienced the twins first birthday since d theirth. Reporter we had to sit at their grave site missing out on the plans that we had for them as graduating kindergartners. N reporter hawks is out bond as he has been since this accident happened unt his sentencing set for september. Hes looking at the possibilit
And because the flights cant be that close they have to be delayed. The flyovers and fireworks shutting down the flights at Reagan National airport. Between 6 15 and 745 p. M. And between now and 45 p. M. On the fourth of july there will be no Flight Operations at dca at all. The faa making that announcement on social media today. Hopefully they will divert them to dulles or something which is not enjoyable. Joseph bishop henchman. The flight was atan log national and 9 21 on the fourth. Onhe other hand, why is this all being done at the last minute. Air traffic has been stopped in the past for the flyovers. It has never been stopped before because of theireworks. The reason the fireworks are affecting the flight this year is because theti loca where they are being launched has changed to west potomac park and thats now closer to the flight path. And the Airport Authority couldnt tell us exactly how many flights will be affectedse becof this change but dozens of flights do usually come
Its a fraud, its a fraud, its a fraud. And later, a holiday warning from oprah herself. How shes trying to stop some grinches from stealing your money this christmas. Good day at 9a starts now. Good day, good day, good day. [ laughter ] d. C. Hey listen it is friday the last friday before christmas. The last good day before christmas. December 22nd gangs is owl here. All right. Ready to role. Its such a big show this morning were putting up the good day guest list right off the top because coming up this morning were getting wowed in the loft with mtv host nick cannon and star Justina Valentine a little bit later nashville store with hometown ties will join us live with special performance of his holiday hits. So looking so locking forward to that. Its going to be good. First at 9 00 lets talk about the weather. Because its not going to feel much like christmas the next two days. Which is good news for the holiday get away right but some big changes are on the way. Tucker is back with
Airplane theres plenty you should know before you get to the airport. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live at Reagan National with some of those details. Mel, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning, guys. Still only seeing really delays out of los angeles this morning and even then not that many. So, things do seem to be moving pretty well given the fact that this is supposed to be a record year for Holiday Travel. This seventh year in a row travel has increased. Its not your imagination if you think there are more people on the airplanes and the security lines. Weve seen a couple of different configurations here going on in these t. S. A. Lines. Right now this is pretty normal. Passengers are moving pretty steadily. Now, when the k9s are in operation, then its a little bit of a different scenario. They come back and forth and they sniff the shoes and the bags and those instances then people dont have to take off their shoes at security and it really does make things go a lot quicker. We ti
White commander in chief now says theres no reason to sit down with Robert Mueller to talk about any russian influence on his campaign. Plus, a retirement wait coming to capitol hill. Why the house and senate could look a little bit different after the mid terms. And later, paying up. Today metro riders could be a step closer to getting their money back every time the Transit System makes them late. Well have a live report. Good day at 9a starts now. Living like a thousand years. Were always on time. It is thursday, we have our coffee and were ready to go a. What . All right. Good day d. C. Here we go. Thank you. Thanks for playing along. We make you feel like a millionaire. There you go. Also ahead this morning tom versus tom. Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady opening up oh new facebook documentary about his biggest challenge andhy keep playing no matter what happens this weekend. Hmm. Unless his why says you stop playing. Thats right. We know who calls the shots in that house. She let t