Warning until 5 15, for another 14 miutes, princegeorges and parts of charles and fairfax counties as well. This storm was producing prolific amounts of lightning. Starting to see some of that lightning fall out of thunderstorm which is a good sign. It means that the thunderstorm is starting t calm down a little bit and fizzle out somewhere, but, still some very heavy rainfall and that will ber the main tt out there tonight, hervey rain. Ill have the fireworks forecast coming up in about 15 minutes. All right. Thanks, amelia. People havehe been gatng down on the mall well before this rain hit. And even after is started our crews have seen many folks headed down to get a good look. Crowds continue torow as we check in with W Corey Smith the live near the Lincoln Memorial where the president is the set to speak. Reporter yeah,gu , the crowds do continue to fill in. But this rain is kind of forcing people to make that executive decision, are we going to stay or go . We see more people fil
Thank you all for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this for a while. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we are in the fractured state after the 2016 election, democrats and republicans, will they be able to work on anything . People said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things build. He sees himself as a builder. So, we were supposed to get something. We have not gotten something yet. Policy proves more complicated in practice than in promise. That is the complexity of this. That is why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody who follows staff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. She is a senior fellow at the manhattan then we have nick of the heritage foundation. He is an economist. He is a Deputy Director of the thomas road to toot for Economic Policy studies. And finally we have Heritage Action tim chapman. He is
Corridor. Notice most of maryland now is dry, and i think a lot of us are going to be okay for fireworks tonight. When i say that, yes, the ground is going to be damp out there. There might be some showers in spots, but i think a lot of the thunderstorm activity is showing signs of fizzling out and will continue to fizzle out once the fireworks start to go off. Heres future weather at 7 00 p. M. Notice still some showers potentially in the metro area and no heavy rain, no thund storms which would lead to evacuations, but, guys, thats where the strong line of thunderstorms has developed. It really hasnt moved so we could see some big issues out that way, including areas ofw chester and luray. We could see some flooding concerns and postponement of fireworks. Much more on the fireworks you got it, amelia. Near the. A scuffle bewoeen t groups of demonstrators caused problems. Heres news 4s Jackie Bensen with more on whatsg. Happenin reporter i have a lot of new information for you, and we
Next day or two as average weather, how nice is it going to be to feel average . Not too hot, notoo humid and no chance of rain and im optimistic about the weekend. Radar wise, i know a lot of people are rain traumatized from yesterday. Not a drop in the washington, d. C. Area and we will be drip a dry today. 61 in columbia, maryland, this morning. There is your planner for today. There are area of fog around this morning and be on lookout for that from the read wall moisture from yesterday and cool start has the fogginess out there. Plenty of sunshine wh High Temperatures in the mid and upper 80s. Melissa mollet, a far easier day for first 4 traffic. And for you too. Quite the afternoon and morning yesterday. In the northwest, canal road is shut down. Lanes blocked because of the flooding. No word when that is reopened. We had one of our production assistants drive by lastaight said mud and debris all over the road way. No word on when that will be repaired or good enough for traffic.
The secretary responded to questions about transportation grants to kentucky, the home state of her husband, tenant majority leader mitch mcconnell. Thank you all for coming. Welcome to infrastructure week. We have been looking forward to this for a while. Infrastructure was a thing that all pundits after the election when we are in the fractured state after the 2016 election, democrats and republicans, will they be able to work on anything . People said infrastructure. Why . Democrats like spending money and donald trump likes having things build. He sees himself as a builder. So, we were supposed to get something. We have not gotten something yet. Policy proves more complicated in practice than in promise. That is the complexity of this. That is why we assembled the excellent panel we have today. Anybody who follows staff about transportation infrastructure, the way cities work follows nicole. She is a senior fellow at the manhattan then we have nick of the heritage foundation. He is