Chevy chase resident and science correspondent speaks to our surae chinn. Reporter pbs science reporter miles obrien dives right back into work after returning to the United States a few days ago without his left arm. Everybody it talking about polar vortexes. Reporter the former cnn anchor who specializes in science, technology and aerospace is moderating a panel on Climate Change in northwest, a commitment he made well before his accident. Sometimes the best tonic is to stay focused on work. Reporter he told the world about the mishap in his blog. I wish i had a better story to tell you about why im typing this with one hand. A shark attack would be interesting. An assassination attempt would be intriguing. Skydiving mishappens always make for good copy. No, the reason i am now one handed is a little more prosaic. Obrien was on a shoot in the philippines reporting on the aftermath of the fukushima disaster. It was a seemingly minor accident. He was packing up tv equipment when a case
At this time as you can see. There are some youries to report. Four firefighters injured. Seven people total injured. Well get more details from Melanie Alnwick coming up in just a bit from the scene. Now, lets check in with Tucker Barnes. Lets do it. What a warm day. Yesterday, unbelievable. Today too. Yeah, warm start to your day. 50s. Well see afternoon highs near 70 again. It will be cloudy. You will note some changes coming in and they will in the form of rain late this afternoon and tonight. Temperature all over the place. We have some 40s and 60s out there. Just depends on where youre watching from this morning. Notice out in chicago, 38 degrees. We have colder air on the way later tonight behind this front which will be charging through the midatlantic late this afternoon and again tonight with some heavy rain. Up ahead of it, lots of clouds today. Might be a peek or two of sunshine. Winds will be very gusty. It will be a very breezy day here with winds gusting at times 20 to 3
Good morning. Im sarah simmons. Im wisdom martin. With get more on the accident in just a moment. First, lets check in with Tucker Barnes to give us an update on the weather situation. Good morning. Nice, mild start to the day. Temperatures, it depends on where you are. They range from the low 40s to the 60s. We will see highs again near 07 this afternoon. It will be one more mild day and then the fireworks start tonight as that front moves in from the west. There is a live look at the radar. Your morning commute will be fine. Northeast of your day will be cloudy. You might see a peek of sunshine but you will notice the wind out of the south and a very breezy day, blustery day with winds out of the south gusting at times to about 30 up ahead of that front. Well kick off a period of heavy rain around here tonight, an inch or two of rain. Weve only picking up about an inch so far this month. We may get a month total in just a few hours time. This front very active this morning. Tornado w
Ive been looking at the observations through kentucky and it has not been able to produce over 2 inches in any location. Were thinking here it could be a dusting to maybe an inch, but i would not be shocked if a couple spots fluff up into a couple inches. Thats the system were watching, a clipperlike system, very dry air overhead, not as cold as some of the last couple systems that came through for us on the ground. I think this quick burst of snow may slow you down a little bit in the morning. Lets talk about again light snow expected for the morning commute. It will begin before the commute, too by the way, minor accumulations, grass, perhaps sidewalk. In terms of sticking on the roadways, i know theyre scrambling some trucks. A lot of the heavy rain yesterday got rid of the chemicals on there. This thing will be gone way before noon, probably on the Eastern Shore by 9 00 and then get ready for the bitter wind chills and real strong wind again tomorrow. It could be a second clipper t
Tonight. Lets check in with monika samtani. If you do the beltway in Prince Georges County, you need to pay attention. You do. Were talking the east side of the beltway in Prince Georges County where there was a serious Early Morning accident. It happened before 3 00 on the inner loop of the beltway. Thats southbound 95 after route 50 where only one lane is getting by in each direction. Let me show you first what it looks like live there. Three vehicles involved, including a fire truck, a tractortrailer, and a jeep. If you are planning to head to the beltway, look at the work they have to do. To of those vehicles were overturned. Again, this is a live picture here on the inner loop south of route 50 in the landover area. Lets go to our mdot shot so you can see whats getting by. This is going to be this way for a while. One lane in each direction of the beltway. That means serious delays as well early on this morning. Choose your alternate routes. Maybe on the inner loop use 450 to rout