System and had received other offers. This one he decided he would definitely take. When thinking about d. C. , there is only one district of columbia. It is a School District that is the premier School District in the country. The tremendous opportunity to make a difference for the people here and hit can have a tremendous impact across the country. I believe in wholeheartedly, social, and emotional learning. It is important that schools are places that educate young people and prepare them for success. Sam wilson has worked in a number of school systems. He was a superintendent assistant in denver, the married father of three children, who attending d. C. Public schools. The chairman of the d. C. Education committee, david grasso, put out a statement that he will be holding hearings. The nominee will have to be confirmed. Reporting live from northeast washington, i am sam ford. Jummy thank you. Right now at noon, police have the man accused of a crash that killed six students in tenn
There. Brad is up in the air over 95 in virginia. Brad, what are you seeing there . This traffic headed southbound on 95 is starting to build. I know it doesnt look like much right now but were down here a lot and this is not typical volume on the southbound right side of the screen as you head south through quantico and all the way down into fredericksburg, starting to see that volume build. We will keep an eye on this all day and the coming days. Back down to the thank you. We continue our Team Coverage of thanksgiving travel rush with news 4 justin fitch. Live in bood woodbridge with the low gas prices and how you want to take advantage of them. Justin, good morning. Aaron, eun, good morning. So far the roads were clear on 95 south until we got to the woodbridge area and we did see some congestion in the area. I want to tell you, too, Many Americans are traveling by car million americans, more than a million from the d. C. Area. As you mentioned perhaps bolstered by the lower gas pr
Plus an outlook of your thanksgiving, maybe a little bit of rain. All that and more coming up. And good morning, everyone. Im barbara harrison. And im aaron gilchrist. We begin with breaking news this morning. News 4s Meagan Fitzgerald is on the scene of a stabbing. What can you tell us what happened . Reporter the call came in said she saw a man suffering from a stab wound just behind us here near the statue. Taped off the entire circle there with crime scene tape. We know the man was taken to the hospital with critical injuries, a stab wound near the abdomen area. Police arent saying if theyre looking definitively for a this man stabbed himself but this is early in the investigation so theyre still trying to gather the facts here to understand what happened. People were commuting to work. Theyre not saying anything about witnesses who came forward to describe seeing someone running aw. Police investigate a stabbing. Back to you. Good morning. Im angie goff. We are monitoring a News C
To get ugly as we go through the rest of the night on the roads. So if youre planning to head out or head home, be prepared for that. Its not just 9 roads. It is the rails, airports, we are talking about record numbers of travelers all over the place. But its just going to take a little bit of extra patience. Take a listen to these drivers trying to get away to new jersey. We left early. Its never early enough. Every year sometimes its wednesday and this year its tuesday. Yeah, the sooner you have to leave. Always seems like d. C. Is the spot where people slow down from the south headed to the north. Thats what they were talking about today. Everything was going smoothly until our region. You have 95 and the beltway to mix with. So just give yourself extra just as bad as today . Reporter actually, no. I think over the years that we have seen the travel has gotten less and less as we have gotten closer to thanksgiving. A lot of people hit the airports this past weekend. A lot of people
To this deputys phone. Reporting live in greenbelt, maryland. Scott broom, wusa9. The Charles County Sheriffs Department were involved in the arrest. Officials are not talking about it today. Chattanooga, tennessee continuing to mourn the death of five children tragically killed in a violent bus crash that happened yesterday afternoon. Now we know the identity of the man behind the wheel. As our john henr some of the kids accused him of making disturbing threats before the crash. Reporter thats right. Some parents say the kids had been hearing troubling things from the driver going back to last week. The drivers since been identified as johnthony walker. Police have charged him with five counts of vehicular the possibility this School Bus Crash was intentional. My daughter said right before the bus flipped that he was speeding around a curb. The allegations come after the arrest of this man, the School Bus Driver, johnthony walker. He was driving well above the 30 mileperhour speed lim