Commute. Traffic etsell road heavy volume bristol to mannasas and also closed with over turned vehicle by 234. Sky fox headed there and well get you full work around next. Airport thanks very much. Lets get to the top story this morning. Students American University reacting to acts of racism on campus targeting black students. There will be a Community Meeting to discuss this issue coming after bananas were found hang around several place on campus. Melanie alnwick is live in northwest with more on how students at the cool are responding. And good morning, steve, allison. This definitely has just riled up the campus community. Even though today is a quieter day on campus study day as students prepare for final exams. American University President called this a despicable cowardly act. Now youre looking at pictures that were published in the Student Newspaper here of bananas found hanging on campus. They were fou strings that resembles nooses in three locations, word harambii and aka o
Tuck its beautiful out there but look at the sun glare on the roads. 66 on the eastbound side from 234 Prince William parkway to the beltway youre basically parked. Going to take you about an hour and 15point in get to the beltway. Leave early from manassas or centreville. Taking a look at metro. Metro is on time except for safetrack impacting the green line and yellow rush plus. Allison and steve back to you. Our top story this morning is the second time the charm . In just a matter of hours the house set to vote on a new healthcare bill. While republicans say they have enough votes for it to pass it could be a different story when it comes to the democrats. Foxs doug luzader live on capitol hill with the latest now. Doug. Reporter good morning. Well, yeah, this is kind of the second bite at the apple for republicans. This time, though, they think they have the votes to get this thing done. From the white house to capitol hill, the lobbying effort has been furious. Based on our and th
Annie. Reporter hey, good morning to you allison and steve. Thats right, after a nearly week long search it finally ended late last night. This morning we are told that 28yearold david watson is in custody with Howard County police and it was all thanks to a crucial tip that Police Received wednesday morning that led to the arrest. If you look behind me the clifton t. Perkins Psychiatric Hospital is located in an area thats filled with industrial buildings, thick forest and the local worker who called 911 after seeing a man who he believed to be watson was spotted not far from here. This is where he escaped from Police Custody last friday but the caller reported seeing him running not far from here Near Railroad tracks and after an all day search, watson was finally found hiding near the hospital in a wooded area off of dorsey run road just a few hundred yards from where the tipster spotted him. We have learned that where watson was found was in an area that police and k9 units and the
Tuck its beautiful out there but look at the sun glare on the roads. 66 on the eastbound side from 234 Prince William parkway to the beltway youre basically parked. Going to take you about an hour and 15point in get to the beltway. Leave early from manassas or centreville. Taking a look at metro. Metro is on time except for safetrack impacting the green line and yellow rush plus. Allison and steve back to you. Our top story this morning is the second time the charm . In just a matter of hours the house set to vote on a new healthcare bill. While republicans say they have enough votes for it to pass it could be a different story when it comes to the democrats. Foxs doug luzader live on capitol hill with the latest now. Doug. Reporter good morning. Well, yeah, this is kind of the second bite at the apple for republicans. This time, though, they think they have the votes to get this thing done. From the white house to capitol hill, the lobbying effort has been furious. Based on our and th
Full. Thats right. Get a quick check of the weather and traffic right now. Tucker washout for the weekend or just today. I mean lets start with today. Definitely a washout the first half of the day. Then scattered showers in the afternoon. Were getting very heavy rains across the area and even the potential for thunderstorm activity, reports of severe thunderstorm down near charlottesville. Bottom line rain in the forecast for the first half of your day. Things become shattered later. Well focus on the weekend forecast in a couple minutes. Erin how are the roads. Roads are terrible tucker. You know what rain can do during the morning commute. This is the outer loop at old dominion. A big crash blocking the right lane right shoulder. Its seeing some big slowdowns. Fire department on location. And if youre take, metro skipping the roads additional delays in both directions on the green line outside college park. In the in addition to the safe track work. We have several other crashes and