Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. A republican kentucky lawmaker accused of sexually assaulting a teenager four years ago has apparently killed himself. Dan johnson died of a single gunshot wound on a bridge last night in northern kentucky. Monday the kentucky reporter reported he allegedly assaulted a girl in the basement of his home. Tuesday in a church where he was a pastor he called the allegation totally false. He admitted he was gruff with the teen on the night of the alleged incident, but denied that he sexually assaulted her. There was an incident before any of these accusations came up. I dont want to get into any details, but it was nothing to do with me or anything sexual. Johnson said the allegations were politically motivated. Earlier on facebook he asked people to care for his wife and wrote ptsd is a sickness that will take my life. I cannot handle it any longer. An autopsy will be
Smiley over sexual allegations. Morgan spurlock confesses to his own inappropriate behavior. And salma hayek calls Harvey Weinstein a monster. The new statement from weinstein just ahead. Those stories plus a dramatic Armed Robbery at a donut shop. A worker shot in the neck. The suspect is on the run. The email that had these students exploding with joy. Bravo, charlie. After 15 incredible months, were saying goodbye to our puppy with a purpose, today, thursday, december 14th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on a thursday morning. We have to say charlie. Are you going to be all right . Charlie, come here. Come here. Come on you mean we cant do that anymore . You know what . What . Charlie is going somewhere for a good cause. Yes, he is. Stacy, his veteran he is going to be with. We cant wait to send him off in the style he deserves. Itll be a tearjerker day here. Yes.
The maryland state fire marshals. Services for him are going on right now in rockville. Wolf was a special agent with an 11 year tenure at the federal bureau of investigation. Friends and family are gathering now at the church of the redeemer in gaithersburg. Wolf was involved in a minor crash and was pulled over on i 260. Cohen pulled over to help. A driver struck and killed both of them while trying to avoid a traffic back up. State flags will be flown at half staff to honor them. Now first alert weather rated d. C. s most accurate forecast. Probably reaching a high for today temperatures into the mid 40s. Colder air moving this afternoon. A little disturbance last night with some flakes. This morning a few flurries and this next disturbance clouds along with it. A mix of sun and clouds but the winds are bringing in colder temperatures. We were 44 hours ago and dropped down to 41. The mid 30s in german town and least burg and closer to 40 from north beach it doesnt feel like that it
County and Morgan County schools. While we had flurries here yesterday some areas to our north and west got a lot more snow. Good morning, tucker. Yeah, good morning, steve. Half inch to an inch so not a whole lot of snow but it was cold enough that it was sticking. 40s today for daytime highs. All details on your weather in just a minute. Erin. Crash on the beltway in clem involving a tractortrailer. Well get you around those delays. Earlier 95 delays from a seven car pileup. Your commute is going to be a rough one guys. Well be prepared. Thank you. Lets get to breaking news from overnight. This is Montgomery County. New details about a pedestrian who was struck and killed at the intersection of Rockville Pike and Church Street in rockville. Now, Officials Say the driver of a 2017 nissan arm mad today struck a man as he was crossing the street. That victim later died at the hospital. Authorities are investigating. Also developing overnight, take a look at this scene from Anne Arrundel
Smiley over sexual allegations. Morgan spurlock confesses to his own inappropriate behavior. And salma hayek calls Harvey Weinstein a monster. The new statement from weinstein just ahead. Those stories plus a dramatic Armed Robbery at a donut shop. A worker shot in the neck. The suspect is on the run. The email that had these students exploding with joy. Bravo, charlie. After 15 incredible months, were saying goodbye to our puppy with a purpose, today, thursday, december 14th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Thank you for joining us on a thursday morning. We have to say goodbye to charlie. Are you going to be all right . Charlie, come here. Come here. Come on you mean we cant do that anymore . You know what . What . Charlie is going somewhere for a good cause. Yes, he is. Stacy, his veteran he is going to be with. We cant wait to send him off in the style he deserves. Itll be a tearjerker day