It was a wheeling eerie railway and the cars were carrying hazmat materials. We are told it was gas and butane and it was the butane that caught fire and we are told six cars derailed, but only butane was leaking. As a precaution there were evacuations, however, the assistant chief does tell us it was tough getting back there. It is an extremely large yard and it is a muddy lane full of lots of dips for lack of a better word trying to get the tankers back there. There is no wherefore them to turn around. It is extremely difficult. And it is extremely dark. How does it make you feel knowing it happened in brewster. Yeah. It scared us. It scared us. It scared everybody else up and around the neighborhood because they were leaving. Reporter when you find out hazmat was there, this is nothing to mess around with. No, no. I am just glad it wasnt any chemical is bad, but ammonia can kill you real fast. Reporter if you look over the ridge and see the lights, thats where the yard is. Emergency
East at suddenly road. Also looking great at spout run parkway. Its about a 12minute ride on eastbound 66 from the Fairfax County parkway to the beltway at 55 miles an hour. A deal is in place. The house voted in favor of a measure late last night. Taxes will not be going up for 98 of americans. Were talking tax hikes for some and still a lot of unanswered questions, especially when it comes to spending. Those making more than 400,000 a year and households pulling in more than 450,000 will see a 15 to 20 tax increase. As for the income tax cuts for everyone else, those will continue. The bill extends jobless benefits for the longterm unemployed for another year impacting an estimated 2 million americans. 109 billion worth of across the board cuts to domestic and defense budgets, theres still a sticking point. The deal delays pending cuts to the pentagon for another two months kicking the issue of sequestration down the road. Its not a perfect bill but the timing was crucial as a new co
Of West Virginia, western maryland, many locations at or below freezing. Theyve had a few sprinkles, little flurry activity. Temperatures in the mid 30s. Reagan national at 6 00 a. M. , 36 degrees. Heres how we look for the day. By 7 00 a. M. , its going to be dropping a bit. In fact, hovering around the freezing mark. A lot of cloudiness. After that, we ought to get the cloud cover breaking up and partly sunny. For the rest of the Daylight Hours, it will stay in the 30s. Only make it briefly into the upper 30s by early to mid afternoon. The students and teachers heading off to school this morning, sunrise at 7 27. Well have our temperatures right back down to the mid 30s. Getting back home from work and school by mid to late afternoon. Sunset at 4 58. Im ba being in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. A look at your traffic on this wednesday morning. Mike in for danella. Good morning, mike. Good morning, tom. We still have that problem on the eastbound dulles toll road at wolf trap.
The suspect, am tone lamar jones will be arraign in court and faces kidnapping and raping and murder for her death. If convicted he could get the death penalty. A man accused of threatening senator yee did not enter a plea dug the first court appearance. The 45yearold is accused of email a death threat to the senator because of efforts to tighten gun control laws. Investigators searched the house and found three assault weapons and they detonated explosive materials found at the house. East bay police are looking for a suspected gunman after he was not in a home they thought he was barricaded him. Officers surrounded a house last night in berkeley. When they moved in at 1 00 oclock a. M. The home was empty. Police were looking for a man involved in an early argument where a shot was fired. Officers found a car connected to the crime and took the suspected gunmans uncle into custody on a warrant. Police are alerting residents of burglars with ten bay area cities hit by burglaries or Hom
Right now to keep progress going and strengthen the middle class, but it does require us to put the country ahead of politics. Abc7 news anchor an ashley at the white house with his exclusive one on one interview with president obama. Good evening, everybody. Im larry beil. Im carolyn johnson. The president addressed a wide range of issues from the budget stalemate in the capital to job creation throughout america. Mr. Obama also addressed a hot button topic in california. That is proposition 8, a ban on same samesex marriage. Here is dan ashley president aring from washington, d. C. Carolyn and larry, good evening from washington. It has been an interesting and informative day here at the white house. We have been here all day long and met a number of cabinet secretaries and i had the opportunity to speak one on one with president obama. In your state of the union, mr. President , you praised our troops and said they exceeded expectations while some of our institutions let them down.