In washington, d. C. This is about 30 minutes. Welcome back, everybody. Thanks so much for joining us. Glad to be with you. Good to see chip again and most of the rest of you as well. A pretty good crowd to great to be here. And the commissioner puts on the hard data climbs up the towers. We have that in common. I will never climb a tower we will never have that in common. Youve been such a great leader on these issues and i want to thank you for the leadership and always coming to the policy summit to talk about us about whats going on at the ftc. You said we are going to spend 45 minutes chatting . Whatever you want. I thought the best way to do this job is to spend as little time inside the beltway as possible. Within a day of first being sworn in, i got on a plane and went to North Carolina and i spent a lot of time with the fiber builders and the tower climbers. It was a way to understand the red tape that needs to be cut or the changes that need to take place. When you cut out th
County to the Eastern Shore of the bay. There were heavier showers there earlier. They will move out. Farther west we are tracking an area of showers across western maryland that will move east as well. The larger area is farther northwest. Look at this. A huge area of intense thunderstorms. For us it will miss us and it will head south southeast. But the same time we have to deal with a cold front. Rain totals today are well over an inch in many areas. In washington we have had 15 inches of rain just since the first day of june. Guess what else . We have the third Tropical Storm of the season. A few hundred miles off the coast of ocean city. A busy day. Kellye thank you doug. The heavy rain caused nodding in part of Shenandoah County in virginia leading to evacuations. We continue with the Northern Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg in woodstock. Jeff . Jeff well you can take a look. The flooding is bad. While it is bad its not as significant as it was a few hours ago. The water has really re
Wjla at wjla. Com. You can get the latest information on the weather through the facebook and the twitter pages or downloading the storm watch 7 app for the smart phone or tablet. Leon moving on now to a developing story in district where the Police Search for the people who shot a man inside his apartment. Brianne carter is live on the scene with the latest on the investigation. What is happening there right now . Still a lot of questions at this hour. Including how the two vims got in the Apartment Building. Take a look behind me. You can see one security resident tell us you have to use a key fob to get in here and another to get up the elevator. Somehow tonight the police saying two men ended up in an apartment on the sixth floor. Scary for sure. It makes you wonder how you will be safe. Fingerprint dust outside the door of the noma Apartment Building where a 26yearold man was shot not once but twice. I came out sunday for work and saw the police outside. Reporter according to the
Stumbled off a rock. Not sure which rock but the most popular rock is 190 foot drop. Its a technical rescue that took a half hour for rescuers to get to him. He was in he bottom of a difficult stop. At this hour we are waiting for word on the condition. As soon as we get that, we will let you know. Im jonathan elias. Back to you. Maureen thank you. Developing now concerns over dangerous drugs. We have seen a spike in overdoses and crimes fueled by synthetic drugs. Leon last week, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed emergency legislation to fight against the drugs but the efforts dont stop there. Maureen d. C. Bief sam ford is live with what is happening tonight. Sam im outside the ame church where the Community Members trying to get the message to young people that k2 is not marijuana. Its not sure what k2 is. But its dangerous. They are sponsoring the meeting to look at a growing problem. K2. The chemicals are unknown and dangerous and people are dying from it. They transport 715 people
Upper 70s by 11 00 or near 80. It wont be raining all the time, so have the umbrella handy. A look at your drive time forecast next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Melissa, what subpoenais happening on the roads right now . No problems northbound or southbound right now. For all the folks on the road this early morning. Beltway at indian head highway rolling along nicely. No major problems now that were in the 5 00 hour. That road work has wrapped up and gotten out of the way. 66 and 95 overall no major issues as well. Live picture 95 at 123 gordon boulevard, northbound and southbound rolling along nicely. See you at 5 11. 5 01. Breaking news d. C. Police are on the scene of a shooting not far from h street in northeast. We got an update from police. Megan mcgrath is live now. What have you learned . Reporter well, we have confirmed that this is now a murder scene. That one person is dead as a result of shots fired in the 900 block of third street. Look behind me, you can see th