The sticks to punish those who dont. We begin with abc 7 News Reporter tonight. Reporter Governor Brown made history announcing the first ever mandatory water restrictions in california. Make no mistake this executive order has the force of law. The water board has enforcement power. That enforcement power will go down to water districts and individuals and companies will be required to comply. Reporter the mandatory water restrictions call on water agencies to start charging more for excessive water use. Requires new homes to have water efficient drip irrigation. Requires golf courses, cemeteries and other large spaces to use less water. All of that because of the snow pack which accounts for 30 of the states water supply has dipped to 19 below normal to date. If californians dont cut usage by 25 it means water districts would begin charging extra. Double or triple the rate or do you have a graduation that increases for someone whos really wasting water. 25 will be measured against wa
Good morning. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning, lawmakers in arkansas and indiana are working on changes to religious rights bills that caused a fire storm of criticism. The governor of arkansas backed away from his promise to sign the bill. This morning, indianas legislative leaders are set to meet with Business Leaders including representatives of the Indiana Pacers eli lilly and sales force marketing cloud. Governor mike pence, who signed the indiana bill faces stiff pressure from the business and sports world to give ground. Mark is in washington. Good morning, mark. Reporter good morning, annmarie. The white house is weighing in. The indiana and arkansas legislation is, quote, not consistent with the values of the vast majority of americans. Indiana lawmakers say they are close to an agreement on new legislation that would clarify the states controversial religious freedom law. They worked into the night on wednesday. The question is denial of service, facilit
Good morning, good to be with you. Im annemarie green. This morning, lawmakers in arkansas and indiana are working on changes to religious rights bills that caused a fire storm of criticism. The governor of arkansas backed away from his promise to sign the bill. This morning, indianas legislative leaders are set to meet with Business Leaders including representatives of the pacers eli lilly. Governor mike pence, who signed the indiana bill faces stiff pressure from the business and sports ground. Mark is in washington. Good morning, mark. Good morning, annmarie. The white house is weighing in. The indiana and arkansas legislation is quote, not consistent with the values of the vast majorities of ameicans. Indiana lawmakers say they are close to an agreement on new legislation that would clarify the states freedom law. The question is we are moving the spectrum that has been raised. Discrimination and denial of service, facilities and other things. Thats what we are focusing on. Reporte
Quiet commute on the most part. No problems on outer loop of the beltway, 295 as well as bw parkway clear and free of problems from our friends in Prince Georges County traveling westbound on 50 looking at an issue free commute as well. For those traveling south bound on i270 a live look shows you how things are shaping up and you can see traffic starting to build up on the southbound side but no problems as you make your way toward the beltway this morning. Meantime if traveling virginia heading north bound toward the beltway, going through areas like springfield, youll have no problems getting toward the beltway this morning, a live look right now shows you again traffic starting to build up and we told you about an incident going on on the icc westbound between Georgia Avenue and shady grove road seems it wasnt much to it so well get pictures from sky 9 at 6 12. Andrea and nick back to you. Thanks larry. Days after a widow makes a tearful plea an arrest is made in the murder of her
Morning. Thats all right. Sometimes when youre just in the moment out there its such a pretty site that it warms your spirits if nothing else. Outside theres the picture of the rising sun as viewed from our tower here looking to the south and east. Meanwhile in prince georges county, looking north and west, theres the capital wheel. All the ice finally gone off the potomac. Finally spring time is here. 44 at Reagan National airport. 41 in front royal and winchester this morning. Plan on temperatures to be generally in the 30s and 40s for the next little bit. There will be a quick warmup to here 50 by 11 00 a. M. Outside sunshine, highs today near 65 degrees across all the metro area. Thats really nice. No weather concerns for today. Clouds come back tonight and our next rain starts moving in towards tuesday. More about that with the seven day coming up. Just moments ago pope francis delivered his easter message. Here is a look from the vatican city. The pope praying for the middle east