Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6am 20151022 : compareme

Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6am 20151022

Well top out this afternoon in the mid to upper 70s. So on the weather front were looking good. How about the commute front . Heres larry miller. We have one issue that is going to impact commuters eastbound on i66. Sky 9 will be making its way there shortly. As soon as we get that picture, well be sure to send it along to you. Lets get a live look and show you how things are shaping up from our trafficland camera. This is i66 east of compton road. You can see the volume. Looks like task continues to flow freely along that stretch of the corridor. Your next traffic update in ten minutes. Well take you down to i95 on the virginia shied and how things are shaping up side and how things are shaping up on metro. Reporter a man is stabbed inside a club in d. C. Is the laila lounge. You can see it right here behind me. Police cleared the scene not too long ago. This nightclub is on morse street. Thats right in front of right in the middle of several warehouses. Just a couple of blocks away from union market and near gallaudet university. This is still very early in the investigation, but this is what we know so far. Police responded to a stabbing here inside the club at about 1 00 this morning. The victim was taken to the hospital where he died. This is a popular nightclub, especially on wednesdays. They host something called level wednesdays. Last night the club also hosted two birthday parties. Ive seen several twitter posts overnight from people who were here obviously shaken up saying they just watched a man die right in front of them. Back out here live, you can see there are several businesses around here. No doubt police will be focusing on the surveillance cameras outside laila lounge as well as the other businesses out here who definitely have security cameras. If you have any information, meanwhile, police ask that you give them a call because as i said this is a popular club and there were a lot of people here last night. Thats the latest in northeast d. C. , im Nikki Burdine, wusa9. Today a former d. C. Police officer and pastor is expected to enter a plea bargain in a sexual abuse case today. Darrell best is accused of sexually assaulting two teenagers. He also faces child pornography charges. Best was on the d. C. Police force for 25 years. He was arrested in march after allegedly abusing two girls ages 16 and 17. Investigators say both attended bests ministry in southeast. The parents and sister of Charles Severance are the latest witnesses to take the stand in the murder case. Severance is accused of killing three people from alexandria. His mother testified that her son has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. His sister and her brother, quote, lived off the grid. D. C. City councilmembers are saying mayor bowser is going too far in her efforts to reverse a spike in the districts murder rate. Delia goncalves is live outside the Wilson Building with more. Good morning, delia. Reporter good morning. There was so much backlash, it appears that this plan will go nowhere when it heads before the city council. It appears it will likely get a big fat no from the councilmembers. There was a long list of opponents, including the head of the court system here in d. C. , d. C. Police union, Judiciary Committee, and a whole host of Community Members representing the black lives Matter Movement in d. C. Now, you may remember the mayor has always blamed this 40 rise in murders here in d. C. On repeat offenders. So her solution was to have Police Search parolees and their homes at any time. Inmates would have to consent to these stepped up sevens as a condition of early release. Now, members of the black lives Matter Movement blasted the plan as propolice. They call on the mayor to do more work in the community hurt most by this rise in murders, and she has. Part of it bill would give grants to Community Groups so they can focus on job training and social services. And she also wants to make it more difficult for police to pull over people for minor violations, like hanging something on your rear view mirror. Councilmember mcduffy heads the Judiciary Committee that heard this proposal yesterday. He has his own crime plan. Ill tell what you that is coming up in the next half hour. Back to you in the studio. 6 05 now. Good morning. Im mike hydeck. Weve seen police with them on the streets. Now officers will be using body cameras in Montgomery County schools. Glad youre with us this morning. Its a Pilot Program that started october 12. A letter went out to parents from both the acting superintendent and Montgomery County police chief tom manger on how and when these cameras will be used. School resource officers in the northwest, seneca valley and Walt Whitman High School clusters will be wearing them. Chief manger says cameras will only be used in Law Enforcement encounters and activities, not in normal conversation. They will also not be used in locker rooms or in dressing rooms. The chief says the cameras will provide a more accurate and reliable information when it comes to an incident and transparency with the public. The statement to parents, though, does not say how long this Pilot Program will last. Mike hydeck, wusa9. On the hilda, democratic president ial front runner Hillary Clinton is set to appear before the republican led house benghazi committee. On the eve of this hearing democrats released the full transcript of closed door testimony from a longtime clinton aide showing clinton worked hard to protect those caught in the 2012 attack. The attacks led to the death of four americans, including the u. S. Ambassador to libya chris stevens. Clinton is also expected to face questions over her private email server in the email she sent the night of the benghazi attack. This committee marks the eighth Major Investigation into these attacks. Wusa9 has learned the identity of the pedestrian involved in a deadly crash on river road. Margaret wydro was 95. She was hit around 7 00 p. M. Yesterday while crossing river road near springfield drive. Bliss believe she was in a marked crosswalk at the time. The driver who hit her remained on the scene. So far no charges have been filed. Go ahead and put cubs win the world series on the list of predictions back to the future ii got run. It was a good run for the cubbies but ironically on the back to the future day, the cubs were swept by the mets and the new mr. October, Daniel Murphy homered in his sixth straight game setting a post season record in the process. Mets took a trip back to the world series for the First Time Since 2000 thanks to his performance. 839 final on that one 83 the final vo you can pass down a subaru forester. dad shes all yours. vo but you get to keep the memories. Love. Its what makes a subaru, a subaru. Okay. 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Thats giving us a clear shot of this planetary conjunction where you have venus and jupiter very bright. Mars below that and mercury is coming over the horizon shortly. Were able to see some of take at the top of the screen. Thats venus and jupiter. For today a cool start. Sunny and warm. Upper 70s. A few more clouds later this afternoon. Back with a look at the weekend forecast in about five minutes. Larry miller, take it away, sir. We still have the accident on the eastbound side of i66 at the car rest area causing delays for commuters coming from areas like manassas and even other areas west, like gainesville, even parts of front royal. So again just use some caution as you approach the site. Once you get past it, you certainly are good to go with traffic easing up once you make your way into centreville. Want to give you a live look along the beltway. No issues for you this morning. Traffic flowing freely n. Is the key bridge from rosslyn into georgetown. Certainly good to go there. The next traffic update coming up in roughly ten minutes. Over to you. Two firefighters are held hostage after responding to a 911 call. Its a crime that shocked the state and beyond. Now theres been an arrest and alleged confession in the road rage bleeding gums . You may think its a result of brushing too hard. Its not. Its a sign of early gum disease. Which you can help reverse by using listerine r . Added to your brushing routine. Listerine r kills up to 99. 9 of germs. And helps reverse early gum disease in just two weeks. Listerine r . Power to your mouthâ„¢ also try listerine r floss. Formerly reach r floss. Were trying to figure out when we can sneak outside and do a Little Planet gazing. How much time do we have . It will be very good for the next 20 minutes or so. Then we get a little too much light that will start to make it a little more tough to see. Maybe half an hour if youre lucky. Were talking about venus, jupiter, mars and potentially mercury as well. Thats a tighter shot. Good job. Thats jupiter and venus. Not sure if youll see mars. If youre out with the naked eye, you can certainly see it. There goes andrea and nick. Theyre going to run to the weather terrace. Look to the left because thats where it is in the sky. Cool to see that this morning. Temperatures are great. Were in the 40s and some 50s for the most part. Well be 7 oz by lunch time 70s by lunch time. Even 27 by even 72 by 1 00. A front will come through tonight. Theres really no moisture with it so no biggie there. Manassas and culpeper 39. 44 in manassas not manassas. Waldorf, excuse me. We have the showers well to the north. This front way back here, this comes through tonight and this just brings a little bit of a cooldown for friday into the weekend. Today 77 degrees. A nice warm one. 55 tonight. Close to 50 in the burbs. Tomorrow 67. Sunshine. A couple of clouds but pretty nice friday. Saturday sun in the morning. Increasing clouds in the afternoon. Around 70. Looks pretty good there for the terpspenn state game up in baltimore. Sunday marine corps marathon, could see a couple of showers, upper 60s. Could to start next week and the next substantial chance of rain the way it looks now coming around wednesday of next week. Just about 6 16. Larry miller, got the volume. That usually is not good news. Usually its not good news. We have the one issue on i66 eastbound. On the whole doing well for the most part. Metro riders, trains, buses all running on schedule so were good to go. Southbound on i270 from germantown road to the beltway a 13minute commute. A lot of pitter patter going on this morning. We have the volume picking up in manassas on the eastbound side of the thats close to where we have that accident. From lee highway to 50th a 31 minute commute. Traveling northbound on 95 on the virginia side from dumfries road up to i395 an 18minute commute. Your next traffic update in ten minutes. Well send it over to you. Right now at 6 16, a new mexico man is facing several charges, murder being one of them over the road rage death of a 4yearold girl. Don champion reports on how the suspect was tracked down. Reporter on his facebook page, the father of 4yearold lily garcia called her the light of his life. Alan garcia and his 7yearold son watched as lilys life was cut short inside this red pick yun truck. Now theres been an arrest. Everyone that was involved is breathing just a little bit better with a sigh of relief. Reporter tips from the public led to the arrest of 32 yearold tony torres. Investigators say torres and lilys father exchanged worlds on this albuquerque highway tuesday afternoon during a road rage incident. At some point torres allegedly opened fire on the pickup that garcia family was riding in. Lily who was seated in the back seat was hit in the head. A passerby called for help. It hoods like some sort of medical emergency looked like some sort of medical emergency. Its not an accident. It looks like an Adult Holding an unresponsive child. Reporter lily died after being rushed to the hospital. The police chief had tough words for the gunman. This is a complete disrespect for human life. This should never have happened. Reporter after his arrest police say torres confessed to the crime. Don champion, cbs news. Still no word on what caused that incident to escalate. Besides murder torres also faces a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. A man accused of holding two firefighters hostage in ohio is in custody this morning. It happened in South Amherst yesterday after firefighters responded to a report of a brushfire behind a house. Investigators say the man who was burning leaves became agitated when firefighters told him to stop. He then aimed a rifle at them and held them hostage. No one was hurt and the man surrendered about two hours later. Two firefighters have been injured in a huge Apartment Fire in new jersey. It started around 4 00 a. M. The eightalarm fire destroyed the building in poe sayic. Passaic. Investigators believe it started on the top floors of the building. No word on how the fire started and the conditions of the firefighters have not been released. A transgender student at the center of a lawsuit in virginia wants a new judge to hear the case. The studt is suing after being barred from using the boys bathroom a at his high school in the richmond area. Gavin grimm asked for a new judge after the current judge denied his request for a preliminary injunction. President obama announced new steps to combat drug abuse involving heroin and prescription medications. During a stop in charleston, West Virginia the president outlined a plan that includes easier access to treatment. He also said more people now die from overdosing on these drugs than in car crashes. Marijuana use has doubled over the past decade as laws and attitudes about the drug shifted dramatically. Thats according to new government surveys showing almost 10 of adults use this drug, more than 22 million people. Most is Recreational Use which is now legal in four states. New concerns are being raised this morning about the natural gas pipeline in ed virginia. Franklin county officials are asking governor mcauliffe to make sure there is proper oversight of the construction of the Mountain Valley pipeline. The Roanoke Times reports the county has joined three other virginia counties in asking for greater monitoring of the work. The pipeline would extend 300 miles from northWest Virginia to south side virginia. Ups will have to pay 4 million settlement to 14 states and some of their local governments for allegedly overcharging them. The attorney general from new york says ups employees prevented government customers from claiming refunds for late deliveries by inaccurately recording delivery times. A spokesperson for the shipping company says ups took action once it learned of the issues. Here we go again. Toyota recalling 6. 5 million vehicles around the globe because a faulty window switch can overheat, melt and lead to fires. It includes two million vehicles nationwide covering ten models ranging from 2006 to 2011. The defect is responsible for one burn injury so far here in the u. S. We have a new way to catch a cheap ride. Uber pool starts service in our area. Several people all heading in the same general direction can save money by sharing the ride. There will be a separate area of this app where uber users can collect pool. Its available already in five cities. Some uber trips in San Francisco are up to 40 cheaper than uber x. A surprise visit by assad raises questions here in the u. S. And summer balking at the issues demanded by paul ryan. Well explain. Reporter a man dies in front of a d. C. Nightclub and dozens of people. Reporter the mayors plan to curb crime in d. C. Not only a hard sell but no one is buying it. Ill explain coming up. Im howard bernstein. 40s and 50s now. A nice afternoon into the 70s. And if you look outside toward the eastern sky, weve got venus on top. Jupiter in the middle. Thats mars just below. Pretty neat out there. Going to be a nice thursday. The weekend forecast coming up in a few moments. Sky 9 giving us a live look at i66. We talked about that crash on the eastbound side around the car rest area, 234. Looks like the crash is clear but the delays continue so commuters will need to get out the door a little bit earlier to account for a bit of a slowdown youll see as you approach the car rest area. Well get you around that trouble spot. Plus an update on traffic all around town coming up after the break. Stay close. 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