From nbc news world new york, this is nbc nightly news, reporting tonight, Kristen Welker. We begin with a potential danger in the sky averted this weekend. Two United Airline pie the lots arrested saturday morning on suspicion of being under the influence of alcohol. They were scheduled to fly 141 passengers from scotland to new jersey. Its not the first time this year pilots have been taken into custody for alleged intoxication. In this case, aviation experts say the system worked, but some passengers on that flight were left shaken and frustrated. Morgan rath ford has our report tonight. Reporter Authorities Say the two pilots are 35 and 45. Their identities still not confirmed. They were supposed to be flying united flight 162 scheduled to leave scotland at 9 00 a. M. Yesterday with 150 people on board. But then confusion. One paser going on . Very little information. It turns out the pilots were arrested suspected of being drunk. If you are uncomfortable with a member of your crew
Caught going by a camera. All the buses will have cameras within the next three years. 4 31 right now. 4 things to know about the forecast. Good morning, erika and everybody. Friday is finally here. Looking northbound here from our tower up wisconsin avenue, not much of an issue outside early this morning. The 4 things you need to know about the forecast, oh, the humidity, it is back in a big way. We will up close to a record High Temperature this afternoon. Todays record high at National Airport is 97 degrees. Im forecasting 95. So it is going to be a hot one for sure and this new heat wave that really gets in place today, this is going to stick around for a while and coming up at 51 past the hour, keep a close eye on that tropical wave. Well let you know whether it looks like it will become a Tropical Storm in the next couple of hours. Taking a look right now at the top of th of town are looking quite good here. You can also see as we look at Prince Georges County here this morning,
Reporter Police Believe there may be four to five suspects. They are searching for a motive. We are working hard to make an arrest. Reporter this young local talent on his way to something bigger has been silenced. He was one of the best rappers i have met, i have heard, his unique style of putting together words. Reporter right now, this case is wide open. Prince georges county police are looking for a motive, now, on seegs media, some people have tweeted believing that they know what may have led to this young rappers death. Coming up on news4 at 6 00, what the police have to say to those people. Reporting live, im tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio, jim. Tracee, thank you. What may have sparked this fire kennelworth avenue. Firefighters from prince georges and montgomery counties worked to knockout most of the flames over the last several hours. Well have a live report from the scene on the fires impact in that area later in this hour. Now to the race for the white house
They started unloading ships at 8 00 a. M. Local here in los angeles. Over on the long beach side as well. I have to say since weve been on the water since 6 00 a. M. We have yet to see a new ship come in or leave, and if are you flying into los angeles, well roll the video. Youll see something very similar to this. It looks still like an armada out there. In the morning midwest it looks reminiscent somewhat of dday. If you lined up all the ships waiting off shore, it would stretch 579 miles. At least the trucks are moving again. It could take until april until all the union locals vote on this tentative deal. Also, all the employer members of the Pacific Maritime association have to approve it. Its a deal which replace the lone arbitrator with an arbitration panel. It raises wages, which the pma say now average 50 an hour. Plus it raises the pension and it continues to provide Health Care Completely free to dockworkers. I have all the confidence in the world that when the rankandfile
Taft guy . Good afternoon commissioners my name is taft sky and i have been a street artist since 1974 most artists like the jefferson street made into a policewoman 98 and the widened sidewalks provide space for our three by 4foot booth and is we used to have more than five spaces on the street but due to construction we have only about 15 left. Even though most artists dont work there due to lack of Spaces Available we circulated a pigs this last weekend and over 225 artists signed it requesting that these few spaces remain part of our program i sent you a copy of this possession last week. The petition reads for most of those years we have had handmaid wears between hide and jones street and the construction project will begins in 2013 ask will revitalize the area and open a new pedestrian mall and we feel we add to the colorful ambiance of however we feel fear father fear our space may be limit and had so we petition you to give us the same number of spaces we have had and we have