The bitter cold remains. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im brian bolter. Im shawn yancey. Are you ready for the refreeze . There are some slippery spots out there tonight. Gary mcgrady is in the Weather Center to start off our coverage. Thats right. You dont need me to tell you viewers at home it is so cold out there it has stayed below freezing all day. As a matter of fact, this is one of the coldest days weve had, i think the coldest day, weve had since january 29th of 2010. So this is real cold stuff. Listen, let me show you the snow as you well know, too, is out of here it. Passed through this afternoon, early this evening. We have some clouds in place now. Theyll be with us most of the evening, should break up a little bit towards the Early Morning hours. Were expecting to have some sunshine tomorrow. That will help melt some of the snow. Alexandria officially 1 2inch of snow, herndon. 7, gaithersburg. 8. I think thats really the trend across the area, too, anywhere between 1 2inc
Night. And i decided i should based on the press conference yesterday. People were asking did i take the test. What was the result. I dont know whatever it takes a day or two days. They send it to a lab. As for the public, the number of cases is growing by the minute. At last count, there were more than 2,600 people that have tested positive for coronavirus, 57 deaths nationwide. So far no federally mandated closures. But 19 states along with puerto rico and d. C. Have shut down schools. A look overseas could be a glimpse into the near future. Both spain and france have kane a cui from italy and shut down this weekend. France closed all nonessential stores, restaurants movie theaters and clubs. Spain going further, banning anyone from leaving home unless its to go to work, to buy essential supplies, go to the hospital or support an elderly person or minor. President trump surprising reporters when he walked into the briefing announcing last night he was tested to see if he was infected
Assistance is available to hourly workers. The dow plunged more than 2,000 points yesterday. The coronavirus pandemic is affect everyday life for people around the world. A u. S. U. S. Health officials are moving to mitigate the impact in various communities in the capital in the middle of the financial crisis. The s. E. C. Has told employees to work from home. More passengers will be unloaded from that grand princess cruise stip ship today. And nearby Santa Clara County announced a ban on large public gatherings until the end of this month. Overseas, all of italy is on lockdown. Thats 60 Million People ordered to stay out of Public Places for the next three weeks. Landmarks like the coliseum in rome look like a ghost town. Overnight, chinas president visited the epicenter of the outbreak in wuhan. President xi wearing a mask while meeting with medical workers. All of this as the first polls opening the second round of super tuesday primaries in six states. Lets begin with the coronavi
He was very unhappy. We knew this storm was coming. He needed a bourbon. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. It is friday, november 16th. For the tenth day we are waking up wondering when the midterms end. We will get to that shortly and we start with references to wikileaks founder over Court Filings which he may be criminally charged. It could have significant implications for the mueller investigation. Assange leaked government secrets on the wars on iraq and afghanistan. Federal prosecutors referenced assange by accident in a filing last week while arguing to keep an unrelated case sealed. They wrote, quote, no other procedure is likely to keep confidential in the fact that assange has been charged. A spokesman for the Eastern District of virginia said the court filing was made in error. He declined to comment if there are charges against assange or what the error was or if it was run in the first place. The wall street journal reports that the prosecutor i
Sort of happy friday morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. The pictures underplay how terrible it was yesterday. Accidents on the bridge. Port authority was slammed. People were furious. We hope it is better this morning. It is friday, november 16th. 5 00 a. M. In the east. We begin with references to wikileaks founder Julian Assange in an unsealed court filing suggesting he might be criminally charged. Developments could have significant implications for the Mueller Investigation. Assange made a name for himself leaking government secrets, including on the wars in afghanistan and iraq. Prosecutors referenced assange by accident in a filing last week. Joining us is our political reporter hadas gold. Reporter this is a fascinating story not only because of who it involves, but how it came to happen. The filing were made in august, but unsealed last week. It seemingly inadvertently a spokesperson told cnn and mentioned assange by name. Authorities had been