Area. Orange and silver line delays because of a switch problem outside of west falls church. Overall no major problems in Prince Georges County. Looks nice and dry at least for now. And top of the beltway, actually looking pretty good, as well. All of those routes in and out of town rolling quite nicely. Another look at breaking news when were back in ten minutes. Right here in the broad daylight. Its crazy. And we want some assurances that were safe in our community. D. C. Steps up its plan to keep the district safe after a day of violence. Today city leaders are asking the community for help. Violence swept across the district, five shot, two dead. Molette greknomolette green is leaders plan to address the violence. Reporter one of the with Biggest Challenges is getting people to come forward. These scenes are horrifying enough, they make the community very uneasy, but the chief says the publics involvement is crucial to helping them solve these crimes and return a sense of calm. In
That is absolutely the most fiery ive ever seen the chief at a press conference. There is family leaving over my left shoulder. That is his family. They are getting into the vehicles. They are clearly visibly distraught. It was only this morning that they made that decision cc lifesupport cease lifesupport. The officer had a severe head injury. Six days later he made no significant improvement. This is his family right here. All new at 5 00, the stern wards words which he had for the senators in annapolis. Kevin lewis, abc 7 news. Alison you can see why he was so emotional. Return to some breaking news that is happening in southeast washington. The council on American Islamic relations headquarters has been evacuated. Jonathan and envelope was found their. It is now being cleaved. Cleared. This was a real scare for people and even quarantined folks. Reporter in the. Indeed. We have had situations in this city where people have received substances in the mail. This isething about a bloc
An employee opened an envelope that contained a white, powdery substance. That powder is not dangerous. Cair gets threats on a daily basis, but this was treated as a serious threats. Noah leotta just 24 years old, just two years on the force. His coffin draped in the flag today as fellow officers salute. Leottas passing is especially difficult because many officers watched him grow from an intern to a fulltime employee. News 4s pat collins joins us now live from wheaton. Pat, such a sad day out there. Indeed, jim. This is leottas Police Station, the 4th district on randolph floor. Above the front door in his honor the black crepe. In his honor, a police car draped in black. The flags here at halfstaff. You can see some of his family members just leaving now. Theyve been inside talking to Police Officials being consoled by Police Officials. The sign in front of the station says in loving memory of Police Officer noah leotta, end of watch december 10, 2015. Ive got to tell you this. Ive
301. 210 free and clear of any issues as well. Along the beltway, again no issues on either the inner or outer loop. Were good to go there. Your next traffic update coming up shortly. Well send it over to you. We are following breaking news from the turkishsyrian border a. Russian warplane was shot down by turkey today. This happened overnight. A Russian Military plane was on a Bombing Mission in syria and it crashed after it was hit by artillery fire. The pilots reportedly parachuted out of the plane but havent been heard from since. Turkey is a staunch critic of syrias russianbacked president assad. They say it issued repeated warnings against violations of its air space before todays shootdown. Were also following breaking news from the midz west. Police in minute midwest. Police in minneapolis say at least five people were shot at an overnight protest outside a police station. At least 11 people were injured when the shot rang out in the citys Fourth Police precinct. So far none of
Im in love. Im like crying. Hoda shines a light for special kids today, wednesday, september 24th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Im matt lauer along with hoda kotb, al roker and natalie morales. I dont think were overselling to say that song well see is amazing. Im so excited. Sarah and cindy agreed to come together, mash up the two songs, their anthems, brave and true colors. Its magic. For a great cause. A terrific cause. That light comes out of your head. Whats going on there. Interesting. We will get to that. Lets start on a wednesday morning with our top story. This is an important day for president obama as he addresses the United Nations. On the heels of the first u. S. Led air strikes on isis in syria nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is in turkey. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. The u. S. Milit