Definitely grown, people trying to get through security here and theres some of that additional security that we talked about. T. S. A. Saying that with the additional load of passengers, they are bringing in additional officers, 1400 extra t. S. A. Officers and additional k9 teams. But the dogs here doing that snisniffing that helps people gt through security faster. These people have been somewhat cleared. You know when they used to have to do the swipe test. Theyre not having to do that any. So, it looks like most people here are in a pretty good holiday mood. Number of people are most people we should say, most of them are going to see family and friends. We talked to a couple of people here at the airport and asked them where they were going and what theyre doing. Im going to go to bogota colombia south america. West palm beach florida. We go away every christmas with my brotherinlaw and his wife went relax on the beach. Nashville 1010ism whats in nashville. Its a beautiful countr
Airplane theres plenty you should know before you get to the airport. Fox5s Melanie Alnwick is live at Reagan National with some of those details. Mel, good morning. Reporter hey, good morning, guys. Still only seeing really delays out of los angeles this morning and even then not that many. So, things do seem to be moving pretty well given the fact that this is supposed to be a record year for Holiday Travel. This seventh year in a row travel has increased. Its not your imagination if you think there are more people on the airplanes and the security lines. Weve seen a couple of different configurations here going on in these t. S. A. Lines. Right now this is pretty normal. Passengers are moving pretty steadily. Now, when the k9s are in operation, then its a little bit of a different scenario. They come back and forth and they sniff the shoes and the bags and those instances then people dont have to take off their shoes at security and it really does make things go a lot quicker. We ti
Including a van carrying seven people and multiple people were taken to the hospital. Our annie yu is lie on the scene in herndon now. She has the latest. Annie. Reporter maureen and steve, that crash happened at this intersection behind me. This is centreville road and frying pan proceed here in herndon, virginia. It was shut down to traffic for hours and it reopened early this morning. But police say it all started around 8 oclock last night when this man, em knocked on n the door of a home on autumn drive which is not too far from here. They say a young child answered the door. The man assaulted that child, then fled in a stolen vehicle. He then crashed into a man at a nearby shopping center, carjacked that guy, assaulted him and then he left the scene. Now, officers responding to the child assault call spotted him on the road and after a pursuit, the suspect crashed into a van carrying seven people near this major intersection. He then got out of the car, ran into the woods and tha
He was arrested at a park in montmontgomery village where police say he was sexually abusing one of his players who what you just seven years old at the time. Fox5s Lauren Demarco is live in gaithersburg with the details. Reporter tony sounds like there was a soccer event going on here at center way park yesterday when the suspect was taken into custody by police. They arrived here to arrest 47yearold Miguel Alfredo flores. If you take a look at his mug shot you can see hes still wearing the shirt that has the emblem on it for academyial de futbol salvadorena. Now, this young girl was seven years old at the time. The summer of 2015. She told Child Protective Services that while on the playing field, flores would touch her inappropriately underneath of her clothing. He would wait until a moment when no one was looking touch her to keep this a secret. Dont tell anyone or something will happen. She took that threat to mean that something may happen to her mother. And she was frightened. I
Nothing sort of a miraculous recovery. Well introduce you to the local woman who is using parties to teach a life saving skill. I cant wait to see that story. Its a good story. First, get ready for a soaker, the d. C. Region is in for a weather change, thanks for joining u. S. , im tony perkins and im shawn yancy. You might want to stick your rain booths and your umbrella in the car now because the morning rain can affect your commute. Can i think mention one more thing as a list of things to do. Please do. Set your alarm a little bit early. Were going to pick up a good amount of reign in the 12 hours. The rain started pretty much on time, around 8 00. While the rain is light here in d. C. , there are some spots that are getting moderate patches of rain and they are on the Central Virginia with the flood watch with the possibility of some extremes and creeks getting close to full maybe an inch of two or rain r. Wash out front royal down toward culpeper. There could be some batches of m