We are joined by ellen, bloomberg businessweeks editor. There was an article last week about amazon that is attracting attention. We did a story that showed that six major cities had amazon prime available but it was not available in predominantly black areas and was not the intention of amazon to discriminate but the results were there were these lines. In boston, it was extremely obvious because the Delivery Service excluded roxbury and was surrounded by areas that were able to get the prime one day service. There was a hoopla and the mayor asked questions and senator markey of massachusetts demanded answers. As of today, amazon have that track and said roxbury will be getting this oneday service now. David in the Global Economic section, a hes about wild cap minors going after amber in going afteriners amber in ukraine. Ukraine is a bit of a mess area they have rebels backed by Russia Fighting in the east. There is a lot of tension still going on and the attention is economy is real
Waco, texas. Sevenday forecast and more about the cold, coming up. Thank you, chuck. Developing right now, an arrest this morning in the deadly shooting of a transgender woman. Montgomery county police say that rico leblond shot zella ziona in a alley behind the Montgomery County shopping center. They say the two knew each other. Theyre also investigating this as a possible hate crime. Leblond faces first degree murder charges. Friends say that the victim zella ziona was elegant and brave. A transgender woman openly identifying that way just within the last several months. Friends are still trying to figure out why anyone would want to kill her. News 4s Jackie Bensen has the story. It doesnt make any sense how somebody could have hate as a motive of killing for no reason. Reporter friends since seneca valley high school, now one is gone. 21yearold zella ziona was shot to death in broad daylight in this Service Alley between two strip Shopping Centers near lake forest mall. Witnesses sa
Picked up by the cops. Japheth newman and two others charged in connection with the crime. Nobody breaks into a house at 3 00 in the morning without thinking that people are inside. They also brought along the tools to implement the crime. Reporter brandon paul and is the mayor of indianhead, and hes the youngest player in the state of maryland. He knows jason newman and he says hes shocked and well hear from the mayor coming up at 5 00, now back to you. Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert will plead guilty in an apparent hush money case. Hes accused of lying to the fbi about bank withdrawals. Hester planned to give more than 3 million to a man to hide claims of past misconduct. Sources tell nbc news that man was a student at a high school where hastert worked and the misconduct was sexual in nature. Its unclear if hasterts plea deal includes jail time. A woman from virginia is about to face charges on swindling a powerful state senator, but people who donated. Scott has the latest fro
I thought it would be after halloween, but its colder than usual right now. Parts of our area, a lot of locations dropped to around 30 degrees for a few mornings this past week. Well, the future of travel is in the testing stages in virginia. If you are on i95 monday or tuesday of this week, you may have been driving next to a driverless car. As transportation reporter adam tuss explains, its just one of the many new Ways Technology is taking over our roads. Reporter press a button, take your hands off the wheel, feet off the pedals. Its closer than you think. Tom dingus says how about two years. On the highway youll be hands off the wheel, feet off the pel the pedals. Reporter in 2017. In 2017. You still have to watch in case something goes wrong, but you can sit there and relax. Reporter do we know which models its coming out on . We do, but i probably shouldnt say. Reporter insiders say in reality most of the auto giants are already developing this technology. Chrysler, ford, tesla
Change as well. Im angie goff. And im david. Lets go to chuck bell. Hopefully you will feel better. c outside this morning, youll need a hot cup of coffee on your way out the door, maybe hot tea or lemon water, whatever it will take to stay warm. The cold air is back. Not cold, not freezing yet. We have freeze waings for tonight, colder tomorrow night. The weather impact then on your saturday on the whole, a low impact, sunny, breezy and chilly. No rain to worry about. Current temperature, 36 gaithersburg, a milder 50 downtown. Planning out your morning, the sun is not up until 7 19. We stay in the low to mid40s through 9 00. This afternoon, plenty of sunshine, breezy, cooler for sure. 58 for the high. That will make it the coldest afternoon high in six months. Colder still tomorrow into tomorrow night. More about that part of the forecast when i see you in a few. Chuck, thanks. Three big developing stories right now. A woman is fighting for her life after a crash in Montgomery County