From a long line of witnesses. Illegal conversion of the properties to hotel and inns. Sam airbnb put a lot of money in the d. C. Homeowner pockets. Its a popular and expensive destination. Visitors get break to stay in a persons home. But it would ban converting apartment buildings to airbnbs. They decided to take money taking the rental units off the market. Sam the build would require the hosts to get the licenses, maintain records, have the d. C. R. A. Inspection. No one guest more than 30 days. The host would have to rent 15 days a year when not at home. Some airbnb hosts say they might need to take care of her sick mother longer than 15 days. It worries me that some developer is a bad actor but it is hurting the common people. In mcduffie says he is open to perhaps extending the days somewhat. But egyptair wants 1 but airbnb wants 180 days and mcduffie is not expected to go that high. The bill is not expected to a vote until late may. We will have more coming up at 5 00, includin
Signals are. Larry eighth street is open after a megabus crashed in a platform but the nation will have to be rebuilt. No one was hurt in the accident. Another traffic innocent for you tonight. New development in the plans to expand interstate 66 in vienna. Abc7 news confirmed that the commonwealth is canceling plans for a massive flyover. This was to be a bridge. The neighbors raised concerns about this. It would have gone over existing power station. They will go back for the alternatives but the change should not delay the project. Larry metro says it is ready for whatever happens on friday. After a spike in sick calls. We are covering live outside the navy yard to explain why metro knows what is brianne metro telling us they had 500 advance notices for leave on friday that were denied. Anybody going in and out of a station will still see the service as scheduled friday. This is as there is growing frustration from the workers over the policy. We are not calling a sickout. Tonight t
Train. Police say a teenager was shot, not long before the train came to a stop. When the train arrived at the platform there was a Metro Transit Police officer who was here who met with the victim and called for medics. Metro expects man dan stessel says there were plenty t of witnesses. They were able to provide officers with look out information. The three guys believed to be involved circumvented police but they couldnt escape. Back at the tacoma park vied ers were shocked to learn someone was shot on a train. I feel really bad for anybody who was on the train it with happened. I just hope to ride the metro save every day. Of koashes im going to still ride metro in the future, but its really not a good feeling. Tonight its still not clear exactly what led up to this or if the suspects and the victim knew each other. The shooting happened on one of the newer series. They are he skipped with High Definition cameras. So police should have a clear picture of what happened. Metro last n
Good combination. I like mango. Okay. Katie, what say you . I also enjoy a planning owe but my favorite would have to be strawberry. Although once in a while a good jill at i with lemon ice, good little sweet and sour thing going on, oh, my goodness. Now that were all hungry, allinall, looks like real good grab yourself a water ice or wuter ice, depending what neighborhood you hail from. But i think we can expect some sunshine today. Day of transition, at the moment humidity still not all that palpable, still low, feels pretty good. Slight breeze on the skydeck too, nice morning, but when you look at storm scan3, no where near as Crystal Clear that is has been in the last few mornings, at the moment, even just outside of our area, into central pennsylvania, a few sprinkles are currently coming down, you do have little bit more cloud cover out there to work with, as well. With time eventually we see shower, thunderstorm, but mainly later this afternoon and specially tonight. So, most of
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. Everything that is broken in our country can be fixed. Every problem can be solved, so why not join forces and finally get the scro job done and get ie right. A call for cooperation between republicans and democrats for the benefit of the american people. Observers were waiting to see if President Trump would ask for unity in tonights speech before a joint session of congress. You heard it. Its safe to say most americans hope he meant it. The big story tonight is President Trump addressing the congress but more importantly addressing the country. He highlighted the trump agenda and priorities of the trump budget well hear more about next week and perhaps more than ever before he presented himself as president ial. Monica malpass is live in the capital tonight. A crucial speech for trump. Well get reaction for days. Absolutely, jim. Thats right. President trump started his speech tonight by listing his accomplishments