6 00. Big news for families this morning. Governor newsome signed a bill that will let middle and High School Students get a few more zs. The reason for starting the school day a bit later. That state law is aimed at helping teens get more sleep because studies show a correlation. The author tweeted saying the bill to Start School Later has support from doctors, Public Safety and researchers not to mention the california pta. It was anything but an easy a for the bill which was rejected several times and was opposed by some school leaders. Some folks saying it should be decided at the local level. 8 00 would be the earliest start for middle schools. 8 30 is the earliest start for high schoolers. The 202223 school year is when the changes fw s go into effect teens need eight to ten hours of sleep. You might wonder why not just send them to bed a little bit earlier . Good luck with that. Teenagers have a Natural Sleep pattern meaning they can have a tough time falling asleep before 11 00
We want to begin this morning with updates on two accidents that had major impacts on the morning commute. The first on the outer loop of the beltway. This is between university boulevard and New Hampshire nvga t. Clpd e thhcr leavasing morning commuters sitting in a six mile backup. Still no details on the victim or how the crash happened. And the other accident was also on the beltway. Chopper 4 on thecene on the inner loop just after connecticut avenue. E e there. You see a truck split open spilling bundles of magazines on to the road. The lays remain. No word yet on what caused this crash either. That is how it sounded and looked yesterday, mt. Airy was under a tornado warning. Peoplh waking up wit a big mess to clean up. You cane see on of yesterdays storms blowing right across the district. Severe weather being blamed for one deathn maryland. A tree fell on a home in carroll county, killing an 89yearold man inside. There are tree branches down ale across t area. Including right h
We had the inner loop after connecticut with three lanes blocked because of the work zone thats been happening overnight. That has cleared out of the way between connecticut and georgia. Hyattsville southbound bw parkway the ramp to 450 still have that crsh hanging around this morning. The issue on boyds is a sinkholne that work ll laned blocked 117 at moore road. Probably another 24 hours befor that ismpletely wrapped up. Westbound 66 after 123 right lane blocked disabled vehicle. Melissa, thank you. 4 31. Developing in the dismict this orning police are looking for the driver whod opene fire on another driver in broad ftylight. This was the math left behind on i395. Were told an suv hit a honda. There was some sort of argument and the honda driver pulled a gun and shot the other driver. That vict is in critical condition. The road had to be shut down for hours while police were b investigating so far no arrests. This morning a local lgbtq activist is speaking out after ransgender rie
It prevents your body from your body cannot effectively the heat advisory for o allthe late morning, afternoon, early philad baltimore and qualit temper some 2 to 5de ees warmer than yesterday. In the upper 70s to near 80 degree plan on 96 for a high coming up, future weather to aaron . Chuck, thank you. Lets turn to news 4s jummy. Adviso plan. That means cooling stations will public pools, splash parks in y have several days for that. Coolin stations will be up and alon and in homeless shelter you can call 311. You can stay cool by drinking outsid eun, thank you. On your commute with Melissa Mollet westbo66fter the fairfax still los like we have just parkwa it is moving just fine. Capita heights northbound, kennel lane and ramp still blocked by that accident. Burt e,tonsvill that crash inner loop outer loop no major 270 southbound nice and en. Eun . 4 33. Ar ea pastor is charged with congre messen god in Silver Spring servic are held inside his home. Detect tell us that joseph the vic
Afternoon. Go tribe. It looks like the weather is going to be amazing. So a lot of sunshine this morning and into the afternoon. 72 degrees by lunch and again we are talking well above normal highs for this time of the year. And with that 80 degrees at 5, i think we are living the good life this friday and with the game being earlier you know lot of you probably thinking dinner plans downtown, and stuff like that. You can hit the patios east 4th street will be great. So many options football tonight. Lets not forget about football. The weather is going to be fabulous for that too. Clear skies as we wake up. We are tracking that cold front all week. We have been talking about cooler air for the weekend and its going to pass through overnight into tomorrow and maybe a little sprinkle kind of passing by a few spritz a little light shower. I dont think thats a big deal but you will notice the temperature difference for sure. We will see how low we get but first, lets get a check on the com