Buckle down on towing. A debate over police force. Honoring Abraham Lincoln. Hundreds of people across the district marking the change in america 150 years ago tonight. First at 11 00, a towing crack down in Montgomery County. A councilmember says it is the number one Consumer Complaint of the county. Tow truck operators grabbing cars as fast as they can and costing you big bucks. Dorothy spencer is live in bethesda tonight with a practice that could end whats called predatory towing. Dorothy . Reporter its inconvenient and its expensive. Many Companies Put up these signs in their parking lots warning people if you park here youre going to get towed. But one Montgomery County councilmember says some of these towing companies are taking it too far. Jeanette bordeaux knows what its like to have her car towed. What was your thought when you walked out and your car was gone . I thought my friends were playing a joke on me. Reporter but it was no joke. It happened when she was visiting frie
If its indeed there will be a closure coming up in a couple of minutes. Ramp from dale city to 95 north northbound northbound, a crash on the ramp. And 29 ramp to 66 eastbound, not looking as bad as it did. It was pretty nasty there for quite a while. Now were kind of clearing out. Wide look at things overall, no major problems as you take sort of a big look at the beltway. 295, a little slow as you pass 50. Typical for this time of the day. 95 in and out of town looking quite good. Travel times are coming up in a couple of minutes. 6 02. At this hour, 150 years ago, doctors were fighting to save the life of president lincoln while a massive manhunt was under way for his assassin. Fords theatre is marking this anniversary with around the clock tributes. Reenactors have been giving updates on the president s health and Megan Mcgrath good morning to you. Reporter good morning. People are in period costume who have been reenacting the events as they happened 150 years ago includes those u
Perez. And im john muller. We begin with the uphill legal battle for amanda knox hit with a guilty verdict for the second time. A court in italy has convicted knox and her exboyfriend of the 2007 murder of her roommate. For now she is still a free woman in the u. S. , but she may be in for a long extradition fight. More now from abcs mary bruce. Reporter its the latest twist in the roller coaster case thats made global headlines for more than six years. Amanda knox once again found guilty of murder. The former American Exchange student convicted by an Italian Appeals Court for brutally killing her roommate, meredith kercher, now sentenced to 28 1 2 years behind bars. Amandas upset. We were all just shocked and i think upset, but were all ready to fight too. Reporter now living at home in seattle, the 26yearold said she felt sick as the new guilty verdict was read saying in a statement, i have been found innocent before. I expected better from the italian justice system. This has gotten
Good morning, im Marci Gonzalez in for diana perez. And im john muller. We begin with the uphill legal battle for amanda knox hit with a guilty verdict for the second time. They convicted knox and her exboyfriend of the 2007 murder of her roommate. For now she is still a free woman in the u. S. , but she may be in for a long extradition fight. More now from abcs mary bruce. Reporter its the latest twist in the roller coaster case thats made global headlines for more than six years. Amanda knox once again found guilty of murder. The former American Exchange student convicted by an Italian Appeals Court for brutally killing her roommate, meredith kercher. Now sentenced to 28 1 2 years behind bars. Amandas upset. We were all just shocked and i think upset but were all ready to fight too. Reporter now living at home in seattle she felt sick as the new guilty verdict was read, she said saying in a statement i have been found innocent before. I expected better from the italian justice system
Of federal appropriations from the National Park service. We recently spent be several hundred thousand dollars repairing their or sewer system, we do ongoing safety and food inspections, trash removal and road maintenance. So we had to evaluate in the case of claude moore, in the case of dozens of these, of whether or not we would be in violation of the antideficiency act by allowing these to continue to operate. So if you may, let me just say we took the closure date on october 1, and then we began to evaluate each of these operations individually to insure that we were not violating. And those that we felt we could honestly and clearly and legally reopen, we have done that. By the way, i have limited amount of time left, but i want to say at least speaking for this member i just heard my colleague from colorado make some rather strong statements about you and your service. I completely disavow those comments. I think you have been an exemplary public servant. I think youve done the