Chris . All right, thank you very much, chuck. We begin with a developing story. Reaction has been fast and furious for President Trumps explosive and what sources say expletivefilled comments about immigrants. The white house is not directly disputing the language used in the oval office. Democratic aide confirmed those original comments to nbc news while discussing immigrants from haiti and african countries. President trump said quote, why are we having all these people from expletive countries come here. He also said why do we need more haitians . Take them out. Someone else responded by saying, because if you do it will be obvious why. Whats not clear is who was in the room who said that. A reporter who spoke with haitis ambassador to the u. S. Was on msnbc. Heres what she had to say. The haitian government has actually formally summoned a u. S. Official to come before the haitian government to explain what President Trump meant by these comments. As you can imagine, reactions hav
Lot of rain. Be careful as youre driving. We have quite a bit of steady rain around the beltway. The roads are already wet out there because of rain overnight. Were continuing to see that falling around the beltway and down 95. As you head into d. C. , no matter from what direction youre coming from, the roads are slick out there. Visibility poor at times too. Temperatures mild. You do not need thejgc heavy co today. You dont need the insulated rain coat. But dont forget to grab the umbrella before you leave. Were looking at a pretty rainy day throughout the day today. Your friday commute, by noon today, well see areas of rain around. 5 00 p. M. , a bit of a break and spotty showers but still looking at the wet roads. Well talk about when this will end and when the temperatures will go down to a crashing halt. Well take a look at that coming up. Good morning, melissa. Good morning, sheena. Brand new problem, 95 northbound near garrisonville road. A crash, car vs. Tractortrailer. Delays
Again, around 60 degrees through the morning. Grab the umbrella before you leave. The colder air gets here tomorrow, though. Well take a look at that straight ahead. Lets take a look at the friday commute. Its wet, melissa. It is wet out there. After 95 maryland, its blocking the lane. Beltway overall looking good. Heres a big problem in gaithersburg for a lot of folks on 28. 28 at schiffley square, were shut down both directions because of a pole and wires down. Pepco on the scene trying to get this wrapped up quickly. Your all the mat, great seneca highway instead. 95 north of Prince William parkway, wet and foggy in some spots. As far as travel times, in maryland, just fine. 66 and 95 in virginia good as well. Listen to wtop zye103. 5 fm wheu hop in your car. Thanks, melissa. We begin with a developing story where reaction has been swift following President Trumps explosive comments made about not directly disputing the expletivefilled language yoous in the oval office yesterday. Du
We want to get to the latest to taublg about trump how he described the curse word for haiti and african nations. This morning he denied it. Admitting though his words were tough. But now democrat senator dick durbin said he was in the room and heard the president use the words multiple times. News4 tracie potts has the latest on the hill. Reporter at a meeting democrat aide said this used this language expletive countries saying why they should admit these people instead of places like norway. Can you think of any employer walking into and saying this and not being fired . Reporter he says the language was tough, but this was not the language used. Never said anything torey against haitians except it is a poor country. Denied using those words. It is not true. He said these hate filled things and said them repeatedly. Reporter saying the president should apologize. Should we have an n word to be a racist. Reporter it comes amid protecting 800 immigrants in march. Off track. Reporter a
I was going to let you take a cheap shot. The yankees sweep the red sox while you were in london. K. D. And kyrie coming to brooklyn and not to the knicks. Well tackle those coming up. If chairman kim of north korea sees this, i would meet him at the border dmz just to shake his hand and say hello. Followed by a question mark and an exclamation point. Kim jongun apparently saw the tweet yesterday, leading President Trump over the border at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone. Together they held a brief photoop for north korean photographers. After about a minute, President Trump led kim in to south korea where they addressed reporters before entering the Freedom House for about an hour long private conversation with south korean president moon jaein. Id invite him to the white house. I just want to say that this is my honor. I didnt really expect it. We were in japan for the g20 we came over and i said, hey, im over here. I want to call chairman kim. And we got to meet and steppin