To get to our destinations. Local triplea officials are concerned because this years fourth of july falls on a saturday. Gas prices are low. Some people may have a few drinks. Lots of factors come into play here, and you cant forget the rain in the forecast. You wont have any trouble hitting the road in wheaton this morning. Crews are done putting Georgia Avenue back together after a water main broke. Things were back to normal around 10 00. As soon as wssc announced that everything was fixed, the southbound lanes had been closed since wednesday near arcola avenue when a water main break flooded the street with 2. 5 million gallons of water. Muggy leading into the Holiday Weekend. Did you notice the fog on your way in . Tom says folks are going to have to deal with that right tom . Use your low beams and slow down. I ran into it especially in the rural areas. Maybe where there are open fields. Theres ground fog thats drifting over roadways this morning. Watch out for the next couple of
When that rain arrives. Now were looking at the commute. Problem still hanging around here northbound dumfries shut down after spriggs road. Police are trekt directing around that through the neighborhood. Over all of our major routes, and everything looking quite good. At this point this morning. Metro running on a saturday schedule. They dont open until sunday. A lot of people not happy about that. Not realizing that they open at 7 00 this morning. As far as marcos on a saturday schedule brunswick and camden no Service Today because of the holiday. Back with travel times. See you then, melissa. 6 01 now, and in a few hours during the fourth of july on the National Mall. The National Park service will begin hold aing full dress rehearsal for tomorrows capital fourth celebration. The annual concert brings thousands to the National Mall for d. Krchls World Famous Fireworks display. Can you catch that rehearsal on the capitols west lawn today, and youll notice a new safety regular laying
The intense opposition. Americas closest middle east ally, israel is condemning the accord, along with saudi arabia and most republicans in congress. Youll hear from them directly as to why they feel the deal is dangerous, and potentially a historic mistake. We begin this hour with the Landmark International deal to limit irans fuk lar program. Deal is welcomed to block irans pursuit of a nuclear weapon. And in the long run, it could reshape regulations between iran and the west. Or reaction from the white house and congress, and reaction from israel. And vienna on how negotiators bridged their differences. Starting with a closer look at the accord, calls for irans centrifuges, down to 3,000 and iran is supposed to reduce its stockpiles of uranium a crucial weapon component. And monitoring and examining sites, including military facilities. And in exchange, the world will lift sanctions on iran, but only after they have been verified that iran has taken steps to comply with the agreeme
Thanks for joining us. President obama begins his hard sell to a very Skeptical Congress over the nuclear deal with iran. That agreement cannot be implemented until congress has 60 days to review it and during that time, the president cant lift economic sanctions. Lease stark is live on capitol hill with the latest. How deep is the opposition to this deal . It is a very Skeptical Congress, a lot of criticism before law maker had a chance to pour through the details. Many say the president simply abandoned his goals for this agreement he was soilier to get a deal. Heres speaker of the house john boehner. Hes going to hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving the way for a nuclear iran. Boehner said i will do everything he can to stop the deal. Some democratics are also very worried and concerned about the agreement. On the senate side, harry reid urged patience. Documents of 100 pages long. I havent read it. I talked to the president last night. I thin
At the colorado. We go to the heart of the operation at the Colorado Gold mine. Good morning to you, this is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im jonathan betz. The search for survivors temporarily stopped this morning in china after a massive warehouse explosion. Authorities are now concerned about toxic chemicals leaking on site. At least 44 people are dead, more than 500 others were hurt when two blasts erupted at the port justified outside beijing where women kelsey and gases are stored. These are images that the blast occurred and then the immediate aftermath. The fireball could be seen from space. This is what it looks like this morning, plumes of smoke in the port city and debris everywhere. Authorities say the death toll is expected to rise. Adrien brown has more. This is close to the epicenter of wednesday nights debt nation. People say what happened was like an earthquake and in fact, everywhere you look, you feel youre looking at the aftermath of an earthquake. The