Morning. For years it was known as aunt hattys house. It was closed last year but aunt hatty still lives there. Shes being treated to smoke inhalation but is expected to romp. Firefighters said flames were difficult to get under control. The fire was in the area of multiple layers of roof. It was a stubborn fire. Investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked the fire. One lane of route 108 in sandy spring was closed during the investigation, but its open now. It is time to talk trash in the district. It will be an all hands on deck effort this weekend trying to pick up all the trash across d. C. Because of all the snow and ice weve been experiencing, the department of public works has fallen behind. So city crews and private contractors hope to catch up within the next 72 hours. Delia goncalves has more. Reporter city trash trucks are hitting the streets today and youre likely to see a lot of them all weekend. Workers picking up the trash thats been piling up in alleys acro
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning. Live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Lab workers are getting ready to receive preventative treatment for exposure to anthrax. More than two dozen were exposed when live samples were accidentally shipped. It went to labs in as many as nine states and the u. S. Air base in south korea. John henry smith is here with more. This is trouble. It is so troubling because it can be fatal. The centers for Disease Control estimates inhaled anthrax leads to death in 85 of cases if not treated immediately and aggressively. Authorities are not taking chances with the people who came in contact with the cargo. A frightening mistake was made at doug way proving ground in utah when anthrax samples were supposed to be rendered inactive before sent to academic and research labs. Some of them were live. By that time, a sample had already been sent to a research lab in maryland and the maryland lab in turn sent parts that have sample to labs in eight other s
Ships live anthrax across the country and to a military base overseas. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im randall pinkston. A top official in international socker is breaking his silence one day after some of his key deputies were arrested on corruption charges. Sepp blatter is vowing to cooperate after a u. S. Lead investigation. He says the arrests and allegations have brought shame and humiliation on his organization but blames a small minority of people for doing it. I know many people hold me ultimately responsible for the actions and reputation of the Global Football community, whether its a destination for the hosting of the world cup, or a Corruption Scandal. We or i, cannot monitor everyone all of the time. If people want to do wrong, they will also try to hide it. Sepp blatter was hoping to win a fifth term for president. But this weeks arrest could threaten to end his time in charge. Jonathan betz has more. Reporter the charges go almost to the top, but n
Reporter im cate caugiran live at concord bart station where a teenage boy caught on fire. Well tell you why police say it was an accident. Reporter folks in san jose sleeping a little easier this morning. An arson suspect is in jail. Im kiet do with a live report coming up. And fire danger remains high in the bay area with a red flag warning continuing this morning. The latest problem area near the San Mateo County coast. Fire started in san gregorio about 9 p. M. Last night. It is contained this morning. There were no injuries and no buildings burned. Investigators trying to find out who started the fire. Unbelievably dry conditions outside, record dry conditions and now, we have High Pressure overhead. We have seen some strong gusty winds with an offshore wind. And yeah, that is just a recipe for dangerous fire conditions. So red flag warnings are up again this morning until 8 a. M. Seeing some gusty winds over 20 Miles Per Hour across some of the mountains, even had a gust of over
11 30 they were called to the concord bus station where they found the victim on fire trying to put it out himself. They say he was working on car and had gas on his clothes and police say he was in a car with another person when one of the two of them lit a cigarette. And it was that combination the vapor from the gas on the victims clothes mixed with the lighter that caused him to catch on fire. Police say he suffered nonlife threatening injuries. We know the other person who was in the car with the victim left before Police Arrived here on the scene. Live at the concord bart station, cate caugiran, kpix 5. We have developing news about the arson fires that put san jose on edge. Kpix 5s kiet do reports, police have a suspect. Reporter the arrest happened at 8 10 p. M. Last night. The San Jose Police departments covert Response Unit went in to make the bust. Apparently, this guy was under surveillance for 24 hours. He is now booked into the Santa Clara County jail. A sketch was releas