But it ought to settle down by later today. A partly cloudy day by noon. The upper 40s. By midafternoon, only the low 50s. And thats about ten degrees warmer than the average, though. Not much of a warmup from where we are now. Sunrise, 7 27. Sunset at 5 06. Im back with the hometown forecast in a few minutes. First 4 traffic with danella. Good morning. Good morning. Seeing problems in howard county. If youre planning to jump on old frederick road, its going to be closed throughout the rush. This is between brachton drive and raleigh tavern live. Downed wires, not expected to get moved until later today. To i95 as well as 295 in maryland between the Baltimore Beltway and the capital beltway. Both directions, traffic getting by with no issues. Over to 50, though, westbound, inbound as you make your way past davidsonville road. A crash there. It is blocking the right lane. The green means volume is light right now. Now as you make your way between bowie and the beltway on 50, clear there
Delays, delays blamed for 40 patient deaths at va facilities. The departments embattled secretary eric shen sier shen s. What is the latest . Good morning, chris. So far president obama standing by Eric Shinseki, himself a veteran of vietnam, saying he has confidence in him. But make no mistake shinseki is embattled. Now hes has ordered in his own department for the first time, a face to face audit of all the clinics looking into this question, were there secret wait lists where veterans made to wait for appointments that nobody recorded the delays s a veterans may have died over all of this. The house has subpoenaed shinseki to come before the Veterans Affairs committee. They want to see emails, they want to see all communications about this issue. Much of it first reported by our own drew griffin. The senate, they have not subpoenaed him but he will appear before the Senate Next Week to testify. If you wondered about the scope of this, there are 23 million veterans in this country. T
Resign over allegations that v. A. Hospitals are making our vets wait months to keep care, are keeping secret waiting lists and that vets are dying while they wait for care. The details revealed in a series of reports on this program. Late this afternoon the National Commander of the american leej called for the resignation of eric shinseki. Its a rare move. Its been more than 30 years since the American Legion has called for the resignation of any public official. Another group says they fully support the American Legions demand for accountability. The accountability in question is over allegations that at a v. A. Hospital in phoenix, up to 40 veterans died waiting to see a doctor, according to several sources. Adding insult to injury or in some cases adding insult to death, the hospital also allegedly kept a secret list of wait times. A list they tried to keep hidden from the public and v. A. Headquarters in washington. The reporting on this story has garnered quite a bit of attentio
Kindergarten for bullying. Misdemeanor for fiveyearolds slammed with a crime. Is this a good idea or gone too far . Fox friends begins right now. Good morning, everyone. Its Megan Mcdonald from fox friends. I want to wish my mom a happy mothers day. Thats so nice. One of our glorious producers. Megan is one of the great people on is show. Happy mothers day. We have great mothers day weekend lined up for you. Happy mothers day. By the way, i know men wait until the last possible second to buy gifts like did i yesterday. When is mothers day by the way . About 24 hours away. Oh, thank god. Mothers day gadgets coming up here that you can can literally go out today and pick up for moms, target and other stores today. Wait until the last minute . Well help you out. Fantastic. Headlines on this saturday morning. We have a fox news alert to tell you about. They were screaming for their lives. That they heard as a hot air balloon in virginia hits a power line burst into flames and then crashes
Of Veterans Affairs. Its a rare move. Its been more than 30 years since the American Legion has called for the resignation of any public official. Another group, concerned veterans for americans says they fully sport the American Legions demand for accountability. The accountability in question is over allegations that at a v. A. Hospital in phoenix, up to 40 veterans died waiting to see a doctor, according to several sources. Adding insult to injury or in some cases adding insult to death, the hospital also allegedly kept a secret list of wait times. A list they tried to keep hidden from the public and v. A. Headquarters in washington. Our reporting on this story has garnered quite a bit of attention from president obama and says the white house takes the allegations seriously from congress where three members of arizonas delegation want the v. A. Director in phoenix fired and now from investigator rans groups who want action. Drew griffin has been keeping them honest from the beginni