Wrong. Hopefully im right and we stay on the calm side. Well continue to monitor this. The debate over the Confederate Flag in South Carolina ended. Tonight new questions are being raised in northern virginia. We have Team Coverage and begin with jay gray in columbia South Carolina where the flag will be taken down in a matter of hours. Reporter it happens after debate overnight that was intense at times, emotional, ending at 1 00 in the morning here with an historic vote and sending many say, a strong message about the past and future of this state. This afternoon, governor nikki haley signed into law a measure to take down the confederate battle flag thats flown on the South Carolina Capitol Grounds for decades. The Confederate Flag is coming off the grounds of the carolyn state house. Reporter its history in the wake of heartache. Three weeks after a selfproclaimed white supremacist murdered nine people inside the emanuel amc church. The perpetrator wrapped himself up in the Confede
In this area, they were part of our community. Reporter the woman they were interviewing, vicki gardner, rushed to the hospital, where she remains in stable condition. Parker and ward died. Colleagues at the roanoke cbs affiliate where they worked, devastated. Parker is described as an ambitious reporter. Anchor chris hurst tweeted, we were together almost nine months, it was the best nine months of our lives. We wanted to get married. We just celebrate 24erd 4th birthday. Ward was engaged to a producer at the station. They were set to move to charlotte, where his fiancee had just got an new job. As you saw in that story, the press conference has reporters from all over the nation, i want to show you here what is going on along the side of the road here. You have just as many reporters, dozens and dozens of reporters here, the one reporters not missing not here, missing at this house, wdvj 7, they are not out here and i turned to one of my colleagues at the local affiliate here in the
Said president obama. Frightened voters wanted change. President elect trump tapped in to that particular strain and was able to get enough votes. Reporter for capitol hill republicans today, trump red hats are the fashion. House Speaker Paul Ryan who fretted for a year that trumps not conservative dialed quick action on the trump agenda. Were on the same pge i talk with donald trump vurnlgly every single day. Reporter and ryan was renominated speaker by a unanimous vote of house republicans. Dramatic show of unity by a party that many up here thought just one week ago had been badly damaged by donald trump. Live from the hill, im steve handelsman, news 4. And as donald trump assembles his team in new york, protests continue here in the district p just a few hours ago, university gathered saying they were sicken ped by Trumps Campaign rhetoric and concern about how he will govern. The new trump hotel has turned in to a hot spot for protesters. Students from several d. C. Schools marche
Lab. All tas told us to go to the nearest classroom. That lockdown has since been lifted, but all the classes and events have been cancelled for the rest of the day. The university hopes to resume a normal schedule tomorrow. A 20yearold special needs man was shot and killed not far outside his home in hiyattsvill. Meagan fitzgerald is live on the scene with more details. Reporter the call came in just after 1 00 for shots fired. You can see a large perimeter set up. In the middle of the street, youll see evidence markers. Thats where the victim collapsed. The 20 resident and another special theses resident and two caretakers were walking down the street here. They were trying to make their way to a park. There was some sort of an altercation between the suspect, an argument, a verbal altercation between the suspect. Thats when that person reached into their car and shots were fired. Investigators say the 20yearold victim stumbled toward the intersection of greenville parkway and 69th w
Diverted. Back to you. Lets check in with doug with severe thunderstorms. Its daily this time of year. Thats why we are in red mode here. We have Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. This is down to the south. New storm including Rappahannock County and fauquier county. You can see a warning in frederick, Loudoun County, Fairfax County as well as Prince Williams. Now, take a look, these are the storms that were watching. These are the strongest to the north. Very strong winds and we have chopper 4 up over Montgomery County and, wow, look at that picture here. A very ominous picture of the showers and storms moving in. You can see the very dark clouds at the top of your screen. Those are the clouds that do not have rain. The lighter clouds is where the rain is. You can see the very low cloud hanging there. Its a result of the rain cooling the air and then lifting it back up as the warm goes ahead of it. The storms move through the night tonight. Lets zoom in and do a couple of zooms here. Lets