You can see the cuban flag going up at the u. S. State department. You will see one on 16th street later on today. Well have news4s molette green with us. Thats in 15 minutes. A man charged with killing four people in d. C. Will be in court today. Follow nbc washington on twitter for updates on daron wints hearing. Wint is accused of killing the savopoulos family and a housekeeper on Woodland Drive in northwest in may. He has changed lawyers twice. Police believe there are other suspects in the case, but have not arrested anyone so far. And this just in to the live desk from metro. The third in the 7000 series trains starts today. Enters the fleet on the orange line, starting in New Carrollton this morning. Heres a picture of that that train looks like. The new cars replace the oldest cars in metros entire system. The 7000 running game cars feature electronic signs noslip flooring and sleek blue seats replacing the brown and orange color scheme in the old cars. The series first rolls o
We have temperatures quickly climbing and weve got just a few clouds passing over. Another view from the tower camera. A little bit better than it was earlier this morning. The haze and humidity we had early on, that has dropped a little bit. Its a little more comfortable but it is still incredibly warm for this time of the day. Its in the upper 80s. Look at easton 90 degrees. Virginia, arlington and up into montgomery and prince jornls counties. And Shenandoah Valley mid 80s. Developing right now, the u. S. And cuba are officially reestablishing dep lomatic ties. You can see the cuban flag being placed inside the state department and moments ago, the Cuban Embassy officially opened in d. C. Lets get to david cull ver who is there. Reporter take a look over my shoulder and see a sight this country has not seen since 1962. The cuban flag flying over an embassy that belongs to cuba. You can hear some folks still cheering along with it. Other folks protesting it. I want to show you the hi
james here is a look at just some of the damage left behind. On the far left is the damage in napa. In the center. That is what is left of the kmart in santa rosa. And on the right is the coffey park area of santa rosa. Also. Schools are closed in both napa and sonoma counties as the fires continue to burn. darya good morning, im darya folsom. james and im james fletcher. There are 5 major fires burning in napa and Sonoma County this morning. darya here is an updated map of the fires burning in napa and sonoma counties right now. The tubbs fire in calistoga is 27 thousand acres right now. The atlas fire in napa county is at 25thousand acres. The nuns fire in santa rosa is at 5thousand acres. The partrick fire in napa is 3 thousand acres. And the 37 fire. Off highway 37 and lakeville highway in Sonoma County is 2thousand acres. james and the fires in napa destroying a pump station and now the city wants people in certain areas to boil their water this morning. Those areas include hagen
Good morning, thanks for joining us, im erika gonzalez. Were waiting for the mayor whose office called this a public announcement. Tom sherwood who broke the story on twitter, that interim chief peter new sham is her pick. Megan mcgrath is live with more on what were hearing. Reporter good morning, guys, were expecting this press conference to start any minute now. Weve seen a number of people beginning to gather in the certificaemonial conference roo. You can see the members of the metropolitan Police Department and others who have gathered inside again for this announcement that is going to be happening here any minute now. Now, sources tells tom sherwood newsham to be the chief of police. He has been acting as interim chief since cathy lanier left. He rose up through the ranks, commander of the second district, promoted to assistant chief in charge of office of professional responsibility and later headed the Investigative Services bureau, most recently as the interim chief he handl
Thanks for joining us this evening im matt ackland. Im lauren demarco. Hopefully you deposit have outdoor plans. Its been chilly, dreary, wet weather coming on top of yesterdays storms and take a look at damage left behind in colonial beach, virginia. Theres a large tree, branches toppled over and fire truck ran off the road while trying to get through standing water and town impose aid curfew due to the storm damage that started 10. No one is allowed to walk or ride in streets of sout southboundry avenue until the morning. Doesnt look good there. Fortunately todays rain didnt come with wind and hail too. Heres a live look outside on saturday evening. Tucker barnes is in for gwen tonight. Hey, tucker. How long is this wet weather going to be stick around . Thats a good question, matt, generally speaking the next couple days. Although i think tomorrow a break and well not be a washout. Probably just clouds for much of the day. We may even gets sunshine tomorrow. Orin wet all day surpris