Good evg and h Independence Day pip. Im kate in for Brian Williams tonight. Hurricane arthur canceled many towns to cancel Holiday Plans an fireworks. This is the first of the this hurricane season. And take a view from space. North carolina has never seen a hurricane hit so early in the season. The g news, noeare reported, but the storm did do some damage. Opical storm warnin still in effect this evening in massachusetts, with watches farther to the north. We have Team Coverage for you tonight. We begin with nbcs Kerry Sanders in kill devil hills, North Carolina. Kerry . A deceptive hurricane. Packing a punch, the area escaped widespread devastation. No reports of serious injury. Just thousands waiting, going through the inconvenience, as they wait for power to come back on. In overnight, hurricane arthurai li leane nkting its over fireworks show, flipping a shed and downing trees. Are really getting e than four hours for the floodwaters bu he yhiof li fte timefo tome we weve been thr
Were seeing winds gusting over 30 miles per hour. Windchills already in the single digits. Were just Getting Started with this cold air. Two volunteer emts were hurt in a horrible crash. The crash happened on sunday on the beltway near river road and one victim is an ameri and the other a recent graduate. Jackie benson is live in bethesda with details. Jackie . Reporter doreen this Fire Department draws many volunteers from the ranks of local College Students often premed students who want to serve the Community Even though the job does have a great risk involved. When an ambulance rolls out of the Fire Department station on massachusetts avenue in bethesda there are often volunteer Emergency Medical Technicians on board. Sidney marshall who just turned 20 and tom, were onboard responding to a car crash on the inner loop near river road. The weather was terrible and winds gusting over 40 miles per hour. Still pictures from the scene show the catastrophic aftermath of what happened as t
Around 6 15 including our latest totals in just a minute. Thank you, doug. The mix of snow ice, and rainmaking it very difficult for road crews to prepare for this storm. Maryland will have trucks out early saturday morning, but they cant pretreat because the brine would freeze in these low temperatures. Virginia is calling in its crews by midnight tonight and says 1,400 trucks will be on the roads by noon tomorrow. And plows in d. C. Will start rolling out by 7 00 tomorrow morning. A fleet of 200 trucks will be on the roads all day. Broken water mains, theyre popping up all over the area. This one happened today in prince georges county. Theres been a spike in ruptured pipes out there. It was so cold inside one County School today that the students kept their hats and colts on. Our bureau chief, tracee wilkins, is in bladensburg with more on that. Tracee . Reporter coat hat, scarve they were freezing cold inside of that building and were freezing cold outside as well. As you said its
The department of Homeland Security is now investigating the claim. Sources tell nbc news that the female coworker is accusing him of making unwanted sexual advances. They also report it happened after hours. The secret Service Tells Us the supervisors security clearance has been suspended. Look for more details as we learn them on nbcwashington. Com and tomorrow morning on news4 today. Another woman is in custody tonight in connection with the high profile murder of a d. C. Turn. But police say she wasnt in the hotel the night david masser submit was shot to death. Dominique johnson is in a jail cell. Police say she was not in the hotel at the time of the murder but she allegedly took part in the robbery. Tonight, neighbors are stunned. Im hurt because the victim didnt deserve this. Reporter angela keeps things about the murder of d. C. Lawyer david messerschmit. Its a sad situation for all parties. Not just for them, but for the victims and the accused. Reporter officers also arreste
Woman arrested in connection with the case walked out of court. New this afternoon we are learning what police say was taken from the room at the Donovan Hotel. Pat collins is outside d. C. Superior court. What are you hearing . Reporter chris, this all came down just a few minutes ago. Here now some fresh video of 19yearold domeniqueonique johnson after she was officially charged with conspiracy to commit robbery at the Donovan Hotel. Johnson is the roommate of the accused killer in that hotel murder. According to police she was with the murder suspect before it happened and with the murder suspect after it happened. And according to Court Documents, johnson told police that David Messerschmit the lawyer killed in that hotel, was murdered for 40 in cash and a metro fare card. David messerschmit. He was 30 years old. He was a lawyer with a Prestigious Firm downtown. He lived in a fashionable condo in capitol hill. He had a wife who loved him dearly. David messerschmit murdered in a fou