Health, falls victim to the flu. This morning his fathers tearful warning to everyone about just how dangerous the flu virus is this season. A man attacked by a bear in florida needs 41 stitches to recover. I came outside and he was right there. What happened just before the rare attack . Plus, Eric Claptons new health struggle. Well see what 23 see of snow looks like. And the woman who just returned her dead Christmas Tree to costco and got a refund. Good thursday morning, everyone. Im kendis gibson. Im maggie rulli in for diane macedo. The rising death toll in the california mudslide disaster. Yeah, at least 17 people are dead and dozens believed to be missing. Around the town of montecito in Santa Barbara county hundreds are stranded with roads cut off and no water supply. Meanwhile, as we see new video of the ragin were learning why they never received emergency alerts. This morning, rescuers going door to door, searching for survivors in southern california, placing an x when its
Health police, atf, fbi, secret service and department of homeland defense. Reporter security teams began a systemic search of building one, 20 floors had to be cleared, every square foot searched. Nearly five hours later, another siren, another announcement, this one much more welcome than the first. It was the allclear. Allclear. Allclear. Resume. Reporter and of course, the best possible outcome in the situation and no one is criticizing the person who reported what they thought was a gunshot. This is exactly what authorities want people to do. They want to be able to sort this all out. Jim, back to you. Derrick ward, thank you. A better look at the Walter Reed National military Medical Center. This map gives you an idea why it took so long for police to search that campus, 243 acres. Todays scare happened in building one. Thats the tower in the front of the complex. Its a prominent building that can be seen as you drive by on Rockville Pike. For three hours, workers inside the comp
And ems, even though this is a medical facility. Even though there was one specific is threat thatfully turned out not to be real there was more than one specific threat prepared for and what we might say, this is an example of the emerging science of safety. Attention. Attention. All personnel are directed to shelter in place. Reporter the siren and the recorded message was clear, something was up. An employee at this facility heard what sounded like a gunshot. An employee did what was expected, reported it First Responders did what they are trained do here. A systemic search floor by floor of the 20story tower that is building one. Theirs was just the first phase of the sweep. Then dogs trained in the detection of explosive devices will enter those floors and look for explosive devices. Reporter this, even though the initial report, the call to 911 was for a gunshot. And there was no indication that there was an explosive device. We are here. We will do a complete job. Reporter a job
Pouring down. So make sure you stay cool, and stay in the shade. Dry walkways headed back home. Temperatures in the mid 90s. The feels like temperature up near 100 this afternoon. Temperatures right now nearby suburbs in Montgomery County, prince georges, fairfax, low 70s. Mid 70s around the chesapeake bay. Next weather and traffic on the 1s 4 41. Now melissa is looking at that backup on 95. Still looking at this backup. This is our Biggest Issue right now. Had some normal construction around town this morning but this backup 95 south there, just south of route 234 through that dumfries area. You can see how slow it is because of two different construction projects. One block in the right side of the road. One block in the left. Really making it kind of a pain for everyone headed southbound. Here es map of that right now. 16 Miles Per Hour two mile backup this morning. 270 into and out of town no problems there. Northbound and southbound youre looking quite good and then in Prince Geor
Next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5 11. Now about that problem on 95, whats going on with it now melissa . Taking another look, it looks like its getting better. Virginia at 95 southbound through dumfries some of that congestion easing up a little bit. You can see as you live drive here, headed southbound there gets a little nasty through triangle and opens back up. Now the delays are about a mile and a half. So that of course is just a little bit better. Just spoke with police about this crash in laurel, between Whiskey Bottom and 198. No problems on the beltway and overall, Prince Georges County looking quite good. Back in ten minutes. See you at 5 11. Thank you. Police arrested a man for a deadly stabbing on board a metro train. He will be in court today. News4s Zachary Kiesch has new things we are learning about that man. Good morning. Reporter good morning, aaron. We know this isnt his first runin with the law. His name is jasper spires. Hell be behind me here at d. C. Superio