have this, quote, we are proud of the strides we have made to advance and support our female associates that have been recognized for our efforts to advance women through a number of awards and accolades. wal-mart could learn as soon as next week whether or not the supreme court will allow this to turn into a mask class action lawsuit. shep? shannon, live better and thank you. police have arrested the chief of staff for a united states congressman. the charge, soliciting sex from a minor. cops in gaithersburg maryland say they caught robert ducheine in an online sex sting. turns out he worked for the new jersey congressman steve rothman, or he did. we re told the congressman fired him. deadly gang violence shock ago neighborhood that police say is usually quite peaceful and quiet. top story on a fox at this point across america. massachusetts. three dead and another injured after cops say rival gang members crossed paths at a pizza place in downtown jamaica planes. locals say they
officials downgrade the economic forecast. both projections there are down sharply from previous forecast. what does it all mean in the big picture? we re back with the panel. steve? on the central question of quantitative easing, should the fed inject this in the economy, essentially printing money. two questions. one, will it work? second, is it something the fed should be doing? on the first, we don t know the answer but there are reasons to be skeptical. certainly, the first round of quantitative easing helped us come out of what was an economic emergency, the economy was on the verge of collapse. you can make justification for doing what they did at that point, because the problem was the potential collapse of the economy. global economy. in this case, it s difficult case on the fact what shay should be doing. crisis is one of debt. they re not solving the
street tunnel. eastbound i-66 in virginia, a little slow, not too bad from route 50 to 123. beyond that point, clear sail to beltway. more traffic at 6:12. thanks. at the top of the hour, we are focused on thanksgiving travel this morning. 990,000 people in the region expected to drive 50 miles or more at some point tomorrow. here is the current live look at the i-95 south of the beltway. you know that it will be packed with drivers. now to maryland, a look at interstate 95 between capital and beltway belt ways. it will be packed with people headed north to philadelphia, new jersey, new york, beyond. one of the biggest tie-ups on 95 is at the toll plaza at the maryland, delaware line. under construction, delaware prediction epic backups. six, even ten mile backups. the secret us out on the side roads. do what you can to get around it. today is the busiest day of the year for amtrak. union station will be packed. for advice on riding the rails, we are joined by steve
minor accident northbound on 395 in the hov lanes near duke. left shoulder partially blocked. no backup yet as of this point in time. hopefully we will get that cleared off as traffic builds up later on. again, minor accident to look out for. in virginia, northbound 95, pretty good drive. no delays to the beltway. outer loop in maryland, no delays between i-95, passing connecticut avenue moving to the 270 ramps. next update coming your way with traffic at 5:10. 5:01. here is hoping you don t have to go far when it comes to busiest travel day of the year. tens of millions will hit america s roads. we are waiting to see what will happen at the nation s airports where travelers are urged to protest more invasive security screening methods. 9 news kristin fisher is at the airport. any signs of trouble this morning. reporter: good morning. no problems to report whatsoever at reagan national airport. keep in mind, this is only the very beginning of this national opt out day.
in fairfax. arlington near 40. low 40s in washington. near 40 prince george s county. look at e mountains. low 20s there in many locations western maryland and west virginia. and colder in the upper midwest where they will be getting snow. for us we re off to a dry start. increasing clouds, though, later this afternoon. temperatures are going to be chillier today than yesterday. a blustery northwest wind as well. 40s throughout most of the morning. briefly touch the low 50s by early afternoon. sunrise, 7:00. sunset, 4:49. by then wehould be mostly cloudy. temperatures will be back down into the 40s by this evening. and then by dawn tomorrow we ll have it down into the upper 30s. after a cloudy night we may have a few sprinkles as we start off thanksgiving morning. a look at thanksgiving day at 6:11. tom, checking things out. 395 northbound, min delay for folks merging off the g.w. parkway. that s looking pretty g. under 395 is movingnicely outbound 14th street bridge looks