To the downside as investors weighed the political and economic fallout of the conflict in gaza and the crisis over that downed passenger jet in ukraine. As the investigation into the exact cause of that incident crawls along, president obama asks for russias help at the site of the tragedy. But he stopped short of outright blaming moscow and made no mention of a rampup of economic sanctions. If russia continues to violate ukraines sovereignty, and to back these separatists, and these separatists become more and more dangerous and now are risks not simply to the people inside of ukraine but the Broad International community, then russia will only further isolate itself from the International Community and the costs for russias behavior will only continue to increase. On wall street, stocks began the day sharply lower with the dow down as much as 125 points. But the major averages battled right back. And at the close the dow was down just 4 points. The nasdaq lower by 7, and the s p 500
View from our tower cam this morning. Patchy ice on sidewalks. Watch out for that on the sleet and icing. A little bit of snow in the afternoon. A greater chance for accumulating snow coming in on thursday. Look at the drive time forecast coming up at 6 11. Speaking of driving this morning. We have a breaking backup. Big backup now southbound bw parkway as you approach the beltway. Chopper 4 over the scene now. Take a look at this. All the headlights headed southbound. We have a four mile back up from a crash that cleared out of the way. The delays remain. We pushed it out on the nbc washington app and tweeting as well. A mess. Take 95 as alternate. Brunswick signal problems on almost all the lines this morning. Running up to 10 minutes behind. A warning there. New crash that popped up 295 northbound at bedding road and one down south at four seasons drive. Just got a report of that accident. Wide look at things overall. No major problems into town and out of town. You can see the bw p
At this hour he is reported to be in stable condition. A short time ago he tweeted he was doing well and in good spirits and said hell be back to work asap. Earlier though blood was running down his face and wrist after a man sliced him with a ten inch knife at a morning lecture. President obama and secretary of state kerry both called him to voice support. A short time ago Reuters News Agency issued this report from north korea media on the attack quote, deserved punishment for conducting military drills. The focus now is on the suspect. During the attack the 55yearold screamed south and north korea should be reunified. He also may have travelled to north korea six times between 2006 and 2007. In 2010 he threw a stone at the japanese ambassador. He served a prison term for that. The south Korean Foreign ministry promises a thorough investigation. Now to the Boston Marathon bombing trial and a startling admission on the first day of system. A never before seen video of the first blast
Bensen news4. Back to you. Developing tonight, a bizarre murder case in Montgomery County. A man strangles a local pastor who was trying to help him. The suspect is now being held without bond after tr this week on st. St. Johnsburg lane. Kristin wright is there live. You spoke to the victims copastor. Talk about that. Reporter the pastor was murdered in the blue house here behind me and were told the pastor was murdered in the blue house here behind me. Were told this is the house he believed he could get rid of demons. Pastor Connery Dagadu served the beautiful feet ministry. He was routinely called upon to expel demons. Dagadu and minister alina held Prayer Service and cast away demons at the home on st. St. Johnsbury in german town. Roland zinneh reached out the to dagadu this week. He said he was hearings telling him to dance. So they came from pennsylvania with his fiancee and another woman. The two pastors tray preyed with him tuesday night. There were no problems until she awok
Hello, thanks for joining us. Many of us in the dc metro area woke up to a fresh dusting of snow but the heaviest snow fell in maryland. Even though several inches fell, most commuters had no problem getting rid of it. Reporter it is another snow day for many in the dc metro area. In this frigid weather, snow removal is not a fun chore. But it is not a big burden, either. It actually is so light, it just, you could almost use a broom. And i have like a scoop, like i just scooped it up. Last week the snowfall in Southern Maryland is more of a snowball making snow. And it is a little bit wetter and heavier, but todays snow is really light and fluffy. It doesnt compact well. But that makes it really easy to clean off the car. It also makes it easy to clear off the sidewalk. The snow removal crew at the Jefferson Memorial used a leaf blower on the sidewalks surrounding the area. And for other, the broom was enough to do the trick. Despite getting between 36 inches of snow, the roads in Sou