one person is dead this morning after a single car crash in silver spring. the accident happened around 9:30 last night in the 8600 block of 16th street. montgomery county police say a white honda accord was driving towards d.c. when it approaches a rideon bus, picking up a passenger. the driver of the honda swerved to avoid hitting the bus and ran off the road, hitting the can curb, a fire hydrant, and a street sign before flipping on to its roof. the driver was pronounced dead on the scene. no one else was injured in that crash. police have not released the driver s name. driving around d.c. can be a can cause a bit of road rage, but one man s anger put him behind bars after he smashed his motorcycle helmet into a car. news 4 s jackie bensen has more. reporter: the driver side window of this blue ford focus is broken out. it was the target of an enraged motorcycle rider who took off his helmet and started angrily bashing the car with it while a father and his infant s
those in southeast washington that have 25% unemployment they don t care about the bickering. they want jobs. we could do it. small business could help but we all need to get on the same page. reporter: the hope is the program might even bring call center jobs home. the c.e.o. of reston simplicity says the package might help him hire hundreds of people in reston and largo. congress had better get moving. the latest washington post poll suggests that fewer than one third of all americans are inclined to re s elect their member of congress and fewer than two thirds of us think that the economic recovery has not even begun. lesli? bruce, is there any chance they are going to be able to get this moving quickly enough to really make a difference? one thing that says maybe they can is that frank wolfe is the chair of the house appropriation sub committee and says he can get this on the house floor for a vote next month but the senate clearly moves much more slowly. you re
we have the weather now. even the fact we re talking about snow spring was last sunday. remember that one? we can tell you there is a light chance of snow to the south and west of the city. these could get about an inch or so. probably an inch to the south. notice how light it is. usually where you see the snow falling and making it to the ground is a darker blue. that s more to the south near d.c. here just trace amounts at best. we may even see sun this afternoon. gold out there, though. 30 in westminster. 28 in parkton. today ease fore clearly the biggest threat to the south of the city. the compleeth complete forecast ahead. you can track storms using our interactive radar. go to www.wbaltv.com and click on the link at the top of the home page. allegations of gambling and drinking on the job has some baltimore city employees behind bars and facing charges. 14 people arrested friday after police confiscated alcohol, dice, and thousands in cash. kim dacey has mor
and a compromise on the issue may be in the works in the senate. is it a new era of cooperation? emily schmidt joins us from washington with a preview. good morning, emily. reporter: rob and vinita, good morning to you. there s been a lot of talk in washington this week about finding bipartisan, political common ground. but all that talk gets put to the test today. the results could change the look of your taxes, as soon as next month. the battle over bush-era tax cuts topped the obama agenda today, with a house vote about who should get extended breaks on their taxes. american people said election day, stop the games. stop the spending. stop the looming taxes. reporter: republicans say everyone needs the tax hike. most democrats want high earners to pay more. they say it s hypocritical that just this week republicans blocked extended unemployment benefits. yet, they re now working to help families making more than $250,000 a year. have to pay for unemployment insur
front-page news around the world this morning. we ll get to it later in the show. first at home, a major vote for democrats in washington. will they vote nancy pelosi after so many members lost their seats in the midterm election. emily schmidt has more. reporter: disgruntled democrats argue they need a new face of their party after these midterm election results. but nancy pelosi is expected to win a vote today, making her minority leader. this follows a series of tense meetings, in which members of her own party have urged her to give up her bid to be the party s leader in the house. they say after major losses two weeks ago, the party simply needs change. but the speaker does have enough support to survive today s caucus vote. another option to strip pelosi of certain powers is also expected to fail. there s also developments in another drama involving a democrat. the once-powerful charlie rangel has one more day to brace himself before learning what his punishment