This isnt the first time this happened. Government shutdown. A staffer for senator mike lee tweeted that the chances of successfully appointing the replacement other than less than zero. This has happened once before in 1968, when runnings, then minority in the when republicans, then majorities, blocked the nomination of johnson. Gop candidates are crisscrossing the state, trying to reach as many undecided voters as possible before saturdays primary. There are a lot more voters in that undecided column this time around. Reporter donald trump looks back on the campaign trail in South Carolina tuesday, a day after throwing jabsas at a number of his gop rivals. These politicians are dishonest people. Wow. They are really, really bush. Reporter earlier in the day, he snapped photos with workers at tommys country greenhouse. Aboard a world world war ii aircraft carrier, ted cruz outlined his proposal to expaneled the military. Expand the military. The country must be ready for possible near
Were going to be in for an interesting day. Your next traffic update coming up in ten minutes. Well send it over to you. We continue to follow breaking news from paris. French Police Conducted a raid north of paris targeting suspects in fridays terror attacks. Nick giovanni is following the latest developments from the live desk. Reporter some seven hours into this raid, french officials now saying it is over. That news just in here to the newsroom. Police were targeting the primary suspect of fridays attacks, the alleged master mind as hes being called. One woman blew herself up [ inaudible ] the scene at the apartment no longer an active raid. We are watching right behind me in the Newsroom Police breaking down the door of a nearby church. Actually looking live now at this just blocks away from the apartment complex where this was all unfolding over the last seven hours. Still a fluid situation. Were not sure exactly what theyre after right now. What we can tell you the latest report
[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] kellye a tough day for students and faculty at Umpqua Community college in oregon after a mass shooting left nine innocent people dead. How can Something Like this happen anywhere . Reporter a small town in rosedale,amilies and oregon, gather to remember the 9 People Killed in the shooting rampage. Prayers were answered. His 18yearold daughter was saved when a fellow student fell on top of her after being shot. She play dead. We believe that his blood saved our daughters life. Therter witnesses say that student gunman showed no mercy, ordering some victims to crawl beg before taking their lives. This army ranger posted this video to facebook. Them overwhelmed by support. I want to wish all the other families a safe and speedy recovery. There was a student specifically chosen by the gun man to live and deliver material to the police. He said you are t
Anything. Plus, protecting the home front. Im barbara harrison. News midday starts now. A Flash Flood Watch will go in Effect Tomorrow morning for all of the counties here in green, including the d. C. Metro area, excluded from this watch, northern maryland, the panhandle of West Virginia and western maryland. If you are in the Flash Flood Watch, you can anticipate 36 inches of rain. The heaviest of rain will fall later in the day. 23 inches of rain in parts of Northern Virginia in a 12hour time period could lead to flash flooding. This is the situation that storm team 4 will continue to monitor closely. Joaquin could impact. The bahamas bracing for Hurricane Joaquin. Just got some new information saying it is not there yet. The people of the bahamas are bracing for up to 20 inches of rain. Widespread flooding on the island and high winds. The storm surge could raise water levels by as much as 8 feet. Hurricane warnings are in effect there. The central part of the island is now expecti
That area. No delays but it is wet so take it easy out there. Other than the issue that we were talking about in largo, the majority of the beltway still doing really well with no other issues out in virginia or the top side of the beltway. Want to let you know 395, 295 also free and clear of any issues but you will see volume in areas like oxon hill. So just be mindful of that. Your next traffic update coming up in ten minutes. Well take you along i95 and 66. Over to you. Governor Terry Mcauliffe has already declared a state of emergency. Hes mobilizing all resources to prepare not only for joaquin but what he calls a major statewide rain event today and tomorrow. So with that lets bring in mike hydeck no more on whats being done to prepare for all of this. Reporter theres plenty being done. State of emergency does a few things. It provides, one, a very public warning that a serious storm is on the way. It also gets resources ready ahead of time. It allows state agencies to bypass tim