Right now, on news 4 this week. Safe streets. A new effort to make intersections safe for pedestrians. And we explain the markers popping up along streets in d. C. Shutdown slow down, how a big closure is impacting businesses in alexandra. And remembering the titan, a look at the ian whopired the movie remember the titans. Hello, everyone. Im leon harris. Icou may have n a lot of yellow at intersections. But were not talking about traffic lights but new plastic pylons that have been cropping up. We started investigating and we report its all in the name of safety. Reporter after 53 years of crossing the same intersection, aieda arudis takes a little more time. Are you worried about the cars and the driver ths . Yeah. Yes, theyre speeding, you know . Reporter and as she rightfully points out, speeding and turning dont mix. Thats why they are using more and re of these yellow pylon and yellow stripe devices, a lot more of them. We have 85ti locas across the district. Theyre known as left
Our transportation reporter started investigating and it is all in the name of safety. After 53 years of crossing the same intersection she takes more timeo get from one side to the next. Do you worry about the cars and the way the drivers are . Yeah. They dont see you . They are not looking at who is coming, nothing. Just speeding, you know. Speeding and turning. They dont mix. That is why d. C. Is using more and more of these yellow pylon devices, a lot more of them. We have 85 locationsthcross e district and put in place 35 of them. Over the next year we will be putting in more. They are known as left turn calming devices and are designed to protect pedestrians. The idea is to force drivers to go out into the intersection and stay away from the crosswalk, more of a 90degree turn. Drivers are still getting used to them. I think they are going to study it and see. C theity has data showing the intersections need the devices and so far this year traffic fatalities are down 25 and d. C.
Talking about there the socalled jedi contract, its about a 10 billion contract related to Cloud Computing for the pentagon amazon is seen as the frontrunner for that contract it is a big, big number. Here the president saying that other Technology Companies are complaining about the way it was handled. Hell take a look at it. He doesnt specify exactly what it is hes going to do about that contract or how it will be awarded but poses difficult Business Decisions for them. There will be a political overlay onto this as well, tiger. As you know the president is a robust critic of jeff bezos, irked by his ownership of the Washington Post which the president says he feels is unfair to him calling it the amazon Washington Post. This could be seen by the president s critics as an effort to get back at jeff bezos. Well see where this all plays out. No guidance from the white house yet as to what steps the president will take here but sending a shot acrowe the bow. Secretary steven mnuchin. Re
Of vehicular manslaughter and hit and run. Im very angry and i dont understand it. Reporter kristen says her dad was an incredible father and grandfather. The sharks fan loved to surf and read, but it was his kindness that set him apart. Anybody that knew him, he would help anybody. Reporter she first met bob in kindergarten. They had been married 43 years. We lost bob. My children and my grandchildren, everybody who was in bobs world, we lost bob. Reporter the family says they plan to honor bob by working to slow the traffic in the area and doing all they can to make sure the driver who hit him is convicted. We are committed to making sure that nobody else gets hurt. Reporter the family says as frustrated as they are that the driver didnt stop to help bob after he hit him, they say theyre also touched that more than a dozen strangers ran to assist him after he had been hit. Reporting live in san jose, nbc bay area news. Thank you. The major earthquake has come and gone, but the ground
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