Senator Elizabeth Warren that is getting attention this morning. A lot of attention and a lot of talk. Right now in the washington area, just checked in the let liz speak. This after senator warren was barred from finishing the rest of her objection of Jeff Sessions on the floor. Warren was here quoting a letter from gretta scott king that was written three decades ago opposing the confirmation for a federal judgeship. That is when Mitch Mcconnell stepped in arguing she broke the rules of the floor. Something that warren took issue with. Mr. President , i am surprised that the words of Coretta Scott king are not suitable for debate for the senate. I ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. The concern to continue. By the way, just learned she did finish that letter. She did it on Facebook Live and it already has millions of views. Thank you. In just a few minutes well go live to capitol hill for a look at what happened on the Court Hearing on president trumps executive order. On
We begin with a traj ig situation in northeast washington. Two people critically hurt in a fire and their rowhouse gutted. On maryland avenue they are trying to determine what happened. Derrick . Reporter well, indeed they are. Take a look behind me. Were in the 700 block of maryland avenue in northeast. You can see the obvious signs of the fire that raced through this house early this morning. Take a look. A neighbor called 911 alerted by the smoke and flames. Firefighters arrived at the 700 block of maryland avenue northeast at about 5 00 in the morning. They found the flames had already begun to consume the capitol hill rowhouse from within. Found a rowhome with fire in the basement and first and second floor and through the roof. Reporter there was three people in the house. One in the bext and two on the first floor, the moef seriously in inhalation injuries. Two transported in critical condition. One was in minor condition. Reporter two firefighters also suffered minor injuries a
Good morning. Temperatures are below freezing for everybody. We even have some areas in the teens right now. So 19 degrees. Take a look at these numbers. In the district were at 31. Fairfax sitting at 22. Morning side 21 degrees. Rest of the area still below freezing down to quantico, 26 degrees right now. Leesburg is 23. Gaithersburg, 25, frederick 27. So these are your numbers when you waublg out the door. So bundle up this morning but take a look by lunchtime were in the mid40s. Lets check the roads on this friday. Good morning. Had about a twomile backup as youre headed indoubound on 66. Theyre moving this camera to see the impact this morning. Chopper 4 will be there to show us a Better Vantage Point from above. The left side is getting by. That is a pretty big response here this morning. You can highlighted for you. The rest of 66 is okay and 95 in virginia, no problems northbound or southbound. Inner loop and outer loop of the beltway rolling along fine here this morning. No pro
Good. Second half, temperatures on the milder side but we have rain moving in and some thunderstorms possibly. 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning were looking at a very mild start. Upper 50s. Again, by noon, mid60s but we start to see the rain getting closer and by 3 00 p. M. Were talking about thunderstorms possibly and that will be the early part of the afternoon and quickly cooling down once the rain leaves. As of now it does look like the timing of this rain is only going to be within a few hours so your saturday night looks on the drier side but it will be getting colder as we go into sunday so keep that in mind, very different temperatures across your weekend. Lets look at that friday commute this morning. So right now, taking a look here at the beltway, inner loop at gw parkway, a crash blocking the right lane. Northbound 95 in springfield, brand new crash there. No doubt going to cause some problems if it sticks around too long. Quite good. Still have this work zone northbound 295 at
The police are taking it seriously. And obviously theres a federal component to it that weve got to Pay Attention to. As a parent, im extremely concerned about the rhetoric thats been causing acts of violence against our school. The spray painting of swastikas at burning tree, now these threats. Its making me feel unsafe about my child at public school. I would like there to be cooperation with certain classes of crimes with i. C. E. To have a criminal such as a sex offender whos preying on children removed before a conviction. Reporter ahead well hear how 18yearold Henry Sanchez million endsed ended up at sch in Rockville High School in Montgomery County after being stopped and detained by i. C. E. At the texas border. We are learning new disturbing details tonight about this crash overnight on the beltway in maryland. Cruiser. Hes now charged with dui. Our Prince Georges County bureau chief Tracy Wilkins joins us now live from Police Headquarters with reaction from the police chief.