Recovered a stolen truck carries dangerous radio active material. In the back was cobalt60 used in radiation treatment. No arrests have been made, but anyone who touches it could be exposed to radiation levels. For students at the university of california, santa barba have been afflicted with meningitis. They have recovered. They may be able to use a vaccine not yet approved in the u. S. Those are the headlines. Im Thomas Drayton in new york. Wells trapped this on america tonight, in the worlds richest nation, why is it so hard for so many to make a decent living . We will look at wealth, poverty and why a minimum wage just isnt enough. Gas is up. Hiring is up but our wages arent up. South of the border, the mexican city fighting off drug and Gang Violence to give its young people a brighter future. And beckham and the boys, the story behind manu and the class of 92. Kiesh good evening. Thanks for joining us. I am joie chen. We begin looking at struggles of cities and workers and the f
But you have known Vernon Hawkins for years. Where would they feel they have the authority to do this . I dont know. Im sure there were people that did all kinds of things. For his cooperation, Jeff Thompson could be looking at only six months in jail. Prosecutors now bring a case against the mayor . Are todays developments a game changer in the race for d. C. Mayor . You know out there, people say this is a game changer. It could be a game changer. The timing of this is interesting. Im not any different person than i was 3 1 2, 4 years ago. Im the same person. You look at my career the mayor may not like the timing of all this, but there is a big block of voters out there undecided and others who had already sided with vincent gray. He had an 8 point lead in the last pole and they are going to be taking a second look at this campaign. Most people agree with this. Been getting a lot of phone calls from political insiders and asking, what does this mean . Back to you guys. That is the b
Closed because of an accident involving a tctortrailer. Well get the latest on that from julie wright coming up in just moments. Good morning to you. Im with isdom marten. Im sarah simmons. Lets check in with Tucker Barnes quickly before we get to traffic to see what the latest is on our forecast. Rain showers overnight and even a thunderstorm or two all pushing off to the north and east. Things are gradually going to improve today. Should be a nice mild afternoon. Mid70s. Get through this for the payoff. Friday is already a payoff. There is your radar. There you go, showers, even a thunderstorm or two pushing north and east. Weve got a leftover shower. We have the fog and a little mist in a few spots as well. So things will gradually improve but i think as far as measurable rain, we are generally done with that here for your morning. Temperatures are warm. 64 at reagan national. 06 out at dulles. High temperatures later today back into the 70s. 60 out at dulles. Even a little sunshine
Ovethe near future here. There you go, much of the area starting to dry out. Weve seen this little batch of shower and thunderstorm activity redevelop in the past hour to the south. If you look carefully, youll see blinking towards la plata and waldorf. And will come eventually into Prince Georges County to the north and east, towards annapolis and the bay. Nice and mild to start your day. Good news is once we get rid of this last batch of moisture, we should be looking at just cloud cover here for much of the morning and eventually afternoon sunshine. Conditions will improve. 65 at Reagan National. 59 at dulles. 64 at bwi marshall. Heres your forecast, early showers give way to afternoon sun. Temperatures top out in the mid 70s. Nice mild afternoon. More details in a minute, well look at the weekend. Back to you at the desk. Tucker, thank you very much. Lets go to julie wright with more on the traffic. Tony, on the inner loop of the beltway out of virginia this morning a rude awakenin
Get ready to enjoy a beautiful afternoon and waking up with the dry conditions, rain showers to the north and we mentioned if youre watching north, well, well north and west to hagerstown and into southern pennsylvania, you will encounter a few showers that can you see tracking west to east. For the rest of us, well be dry and well have more cloud cover than yesterday as the cloud continues to spill into the region here with this frontal system pushing through. 52 at reagan national; dulles, 48 degrees and bwi marshal, 50. The forecast today, partly sunny conditions and warm. The high temperatures, upper 70s to aboutitiy this afternoon. And get out and to about 80 this afternoon. Get out and enjoy the late summertime. Lets see traffic and get the latest from julie wright. Good morning, julie. All right, tucker. The trip on to 270. The accident activity a few moments ago. They were 124 onmont groomer village avenue. The current sky fox joining us again and big delays, though, southbound