These waves of rain come through, theyre going to be heavy at times. I will show you what is going on as we look at the larger picture. We have had one round come through and now we wait on what is taking place to the west of us, and you can see that is some fairly heavy rain as well and i zoom in to roanoke because there is a fairly heavy line of thunderstorms coming through there and that is moving up in our direction, and were going to see just how far north that can get with the strong therm characteristics. Okay. And seeing lightning in that particular line and no doubt, that will have some wind in it as it comes in our way. Right now, we scoot up to the north and this is sentinel radar live. The rain here for d. C. Moving on through and sue said it was dry out there and that is north of the station. Back to the west, western secs of Loudoun County and into Frederick County, all that orange and red, some very, very heavy rain and that is going to continue on and off throughout the
Is following two developing stories in syria and egypt. First, stern new reaction from the white house following reports that in the past 24 hours, the Syrian Government has killed more than 1,000 people using chemical weapons. Now, the attack centered on ten towns it and villages near damascus. We want to warn you the video thats come in has been very disturbing. Antigovernment forces say more than 1200 people have been killed, many of those reportedly children. The video provided by the rebels and not verified by nbc news shows people struggling to breathe as rescuers scramble to save lives. It also shows rows of bodies on the ground. The Syrian Government denies any chemical weapons were used. The white house says it is deeply concerned and trying to get more information. There actually happens to be a United Nations chemical weapons Investigative Team on the ground in syria. They were just granted access to the country yesterday, i believe. So given the reports that weve seen overn
Bridge another 30 minutes. Traveling from San Francisco into marin county that is a nightmare, one our, 30 minutes. Here is a look at the golden gailt bridge. You can see traffic crawling makes it up to the waldo tunnel. Another loif shot for you this is mill valley this is a different perspective of that traffic in the northbound direction youre headlights coming towards us. You can see how slow up to 580. So slow conditions indeed. Taking a look at the san mateo bridge that is that 30 minute commute heading out of foster city. Slow going with an early report of an accident that is clear. No crashes to report but its slow because of the congestion. Its a stand still this is in the city before you head over to golden gate. You can see weve got nine Miles Per Hour speeds, eight Miles Per Hour, slower in places. And you can join our group. Carolyn . Ama . Over to you. Now, weve got i u sky, excue me, sky 7 technology. Hello to dick. Where are you now, dick . Well, laila im southbound on
Burgeoning middle class, but for hardscrabble factory workers mounting protests against unlivable wages and working conditions. Ifill and Vice President joe biden hangs out with Hari Sreenivasan on google plus to talk about gun violence. Make your voices heard. This town listens when people rise up and speak. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. Military has a new order of the day working up plans for putting women on the front lines. The process was set in motion today at the pentagon. Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier.
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Brown the u. S. Military has a new order of the day working up plans for putting women on the front lines. The process was set in motion today at the pentagon. Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance. Brown with that, defense secretary leon panetta joined by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, general Martin Dempsey announced hes ending a 1994 ban on women in combat roles. As secretary, when ive gone to bethesda to visit wounded warriors, when ive gone to arlington to bury our dead, there is no distinction thats made between the sacrifices of man and women in uniform. They serve, theyre wounded and they die right next to each other. The time has come to recognize that reality. Brown nearly 300,000 women have deployed over the past 11 years in iraq and afghanistan, where the frontlines arent so clearly drawn. And 152 have died there. Todays decision opens