Good morning. I want to call this business round table to order. I want to thank the participants for taking your time and, first of all, just working on the Homeland Security Advisory Council. From my perspective producing a really good report. A really good basis for hopefully legislation that we can pass on a bipartisan basis, but prior to that working with us to try to accomplish something to started a dressing this tremendous problem. We just keep upping this thing. The top line number is down a little bit because june is reduced a little bit from may because i was rejecting this based on the most recent month. Based on mays numbers the total number of individuals coming here in is either unaccompanied child but prime heard as a family was over 800 thousand projection, now its just over 700 thousand. One thing ive been pointing out since 2014 these bars represent currently five years nine months, 1,086,000 people coming to this country illegally, being apprehended. Most coming as
Tuesday, december 9. Michael thomas is talking about warmup and erin is talking about roads and mike were all ears. Were look going this afternoon. Still think you need the jacket this morning. By the afternoon hours you can shed layers and it should be a nice day with highs near 60. Hey, erin. 5 a. M. I can tell you metro is on time and we dont have any slow zones on majors. Mall nuchinging traffic light in district well get you around that one. Thanks, erin, mike, well check back in a few. Major new details about the moment before the deadly amtrak crash in Washington State. Specifically about how fast that train was going when it went off the tracks. And fox5 Melanie Alnwick is live outside ntsb Head Quarters this morning with the breaking details, mel. Good morning ntsb go team left here yesterday and arrived in Washington State late last night. Already putting out some really stunning information that that train was going 80 miles an hour in 30 mile an hour zone. Information comin
Sua cravens is in the med lines saying he was racially profiled during a traffic stop in northern virginia. Good day at 9a starts right now. All right. 9 01 is the time right now. Good day dc is on your tv. It is tuesday, december 19th, 2017, and were yet another day closer to christmas. Yes. Its not feeling like christmas though, right . Foles like springtime. Well take it. No complaints. No complaints. Look at your beautiful pink shades, though. Definitely feels like the se season. Wanted to coordinate. I like the the new comedy father figures hits theaters this friday. Kevin mccarthy he has interviews with two of the films big stars ed helms and owen wilson. Looking forward to this. Looks like a funny movie. For sure. Im excited lets take live look outside right now as we mentioned another very comfortable morning with great day on tap for tuesday. Lets get over to tucker barnes. He says the s word is in the long forecas you mean sunny . Yes. It is in the forecast. Well take a look
Per hour. Back in ten minutes with more on the metro issue. Thanks. As melissa just mentioned happening right now, metro having some problems as it tries to roll out the newest 7000 rail car at the greenbelt metro station. We want to get to Meagan Fitzgerald with more on what happened before the rail cars get there. Whats the issue . Reporter well, a lot of folks are frustrated because theres an issue with the train that stalled on the tracks. Its monday morning, they were excited to ride on a brandnew 7000 series train. But if you take a look here, youll see thats not happening any time soon. Metro officials tell us that some sort of an issue with this train here. Not able to function properly so passengers had to get off and theyre certainly not happy about it. Now, it was around 5 35 when we noticed that the train was stalled. Passengers waited inside for a few minutes before metro employees told them they had to get off the train. Were told theres some sort of a mechanical issue th
Ten minutes. Well send it over to you. Im Nikki Burdine in laurel with a group of men who call themselves the 300 men march. They are walking from lawrm, maryland all the way laurel, maryland all the way down to d. C. Guys, can you tell me why youre out here walking this morning . Can you tell me why youre out here walking this morning . Were marching against the violence going on in baltimore city. Were not protesting. Were just a group of men who believe in our community and believe in the people. Thats why were out here. Were walking in d. C. To make a statement to let people know there are people actually out here who care about whats going on. Reporter when you get to d. C. , what are you going to do . Rest. Were just going to be welcomed by whoever is out there and let people know. We dont want to shout. We dont want anything. But we just want to bring awareness to whats going o300 men going on. 300 men march. Reporter these gentlemen have been walking since yesterday at about 6