Good morning. We have problems on the metro as far as possible delays here because of speed restrictions we have been talking about this week outside of mcpherson square. Those last until this friday. Well keep you updated. The outer loop of the American Legion bridge coming down in the outer loop as you hit virginia, we have one lane blocked. We have seen a half mile backup here as a disabled vehicle hopes to get that one out of the way soon. 270 at shady grove road, no problems. Its nice and green on the beltway. Well see you back in ten minutes. This morning female firefighters with the fairfax fire and rescue department say they are fed up. Their frustrations have to do with what others say about the culture within their department. Erika gone zalez is live with me on this announcement. Reporter in a little more than an hour, a group of women firefighters will speak out at this firehouse in dispel that harassment exists inside this workplace. Meanwhile, the board of supervisors wil
Clock ticks down. Leon the law is named after officer noah leotta. To sitff had a chance down with governor larry hogan to talk about this. What did he say . Right, he is in complete support of this bill, has met with the family a number of times. He believes it will save lives, as do many people who support this. The senate chambers, the house chambers behind me, they are in session as we speak, going over a lot of loss. Voting them up, voting down. Right now they have not passed noahs law, but it is our understanding the hard work has been done. That is so that each of these bills passed, a different version in each chamber. And the politicians had to hammer out the differences. It is our understanding they did so an agreement has been made. Now the bill has to be printed and go through the process, the ma machinations of state government. They are waiting for the bill to get up here, then of course it has to go to the critical vote. Under this law come if somebody is convicted of a
Unclothed. What we know with her, we have a strong belief that is miss lopez. What led you to believe that . She had tattoos and things like that distinctive. Reporter lopez was found a quarter of a mile from where she worked as a counselor for atrisk youth and was missing for 10 days, reported missing by her sister after she didnt pick up her niece. And a few days ago, her car was found and on pond run drive after she was last seen on this april 17th Surveillance Video walking in and out of a cvs. Its unclear if she was killed in the ditch or somewhere else and her body dumped here. Were in danger if the people is in this area or some, anywhere. Its dangerous. Reporter lopezs sister tells wusa 9 before she disappeared, she was the happiest she ever saw her, fulfilling her dreams, about to graduate with a degree in criminology and her sister insists she had no enemies. I and i cant imagine how they feel now. Reporter what makes it worse is that they dont know. Police say they currently
But the wind chills are in the Single Digits in the low teens and the winds will still be out of the north at 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour. We had snow flurries. Going through the day tomorrow they will be well west. Full day of sunshine. But unseasonably chilly temperatures. Maureen thank you. The morning rush in alexandria came to a halt along a water main break on duke street. The breaks are typical in Dramatic Center shift. The gorge Washington Team will help you concur the cold. Leon after seeing a surge in murders in district in the first year in office, Muriel Bowser wants 2016 to be different. They embarked on a crime tour of the city. They want 2016 to be different. What is the mayor going to focus on Going Forward . Sam she wants to hire more cops, more Forensic Experts to help with the temperatures and the Small Businesses improve the security system. But she needs the counsel to pass a crime the council to pass a crime bill to give her the authority. This is the last stop of the
Week. The train stopped short of the Lenfant Plaza station less than 24 hours ago. Heres more on the investigation for us. Well confirm the name of the woman that has died. What have we learnbout that . We just learned the name from the b. C. Medical examiner. Releasing the name carol gluber. They have not released a name or where she was from. In the meantime the ntsb metro investigators spend the day down there behind me in the tunnel at the Lenfant Plaza metro station trying to figure out exactly what went wrong yesterday afternoon. Now, weve been able to talk to a number of passengers passengers who were stuck in that train yesterday for 45 minutes to an hour they speculate. And they were able to take some cell phone video of what happened and it really tells, as you look at the video how terrifying it was down there for that particular time as smoke filled those trains. We talked to the people who took that video. You know it slowed down and then stopped. But this time just stoppe