will have more on this story as we get it. but firstb deadlocked on the debt ceiling president biden and republicans failing to reach an agreement to push the economy straight off the cliff. the morning, i m dana perino, bill is off today, good morning john let s hope cooler heads prevail before that happens. is america s newsroom, the lack of progress raising the specter of america s other default experts fear that said markets into a tailspin and trigger an all out recession. yesterday s talks do not yield an agreement that both sides say they remain optimistic. i felt we had a productive discussion. we don t have an agreement yet but i did feel the discussion was productive in areas that we have differences of opinion. i believe we can still get there i believe we can get it done. the most important thing we can do right now is agree that we have to avoid a default at all costs. because a dangerous default will trigger a job killing recession that will hurt milli
This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor good evening. We are going to begin here tonight with some breaking news. At a military base in northern virginia, a number of people have become ill. Some were rushed to the hospital after someone at the base opened a letter. Kris van cleave is following this situation from our d. C. Newsroom. Kris. Reporter well, jeff, this is being treated as a hazmat situation. Heres what we know. It was late this afternoon, when the Arlington County Fire Department responded to this hazmat situation. That Agency Reports loaf people began feeling ill after a letter was sent to an administrative building. It was opened, containing some kind of unknown substance. That building has been evacuated and three people were taken to the hospital. An investigation is now under way. The military base is located right next to Arlington National cemetery. Its where several top commanders, including members of the joint chiefs of staff, live. Its also home to a l
Toward the back of his own backyard. He called 911. Police arrived and determined the woman 22 years old was dead and suffered from upper body trauma. No further details jobbed that. The woman did not live nearby. However, the police say the man found dead in his town home last night after 8 00 in springfield, about five minutes away, 22yearold Henok Yohannes was the victim of a homicide. Five minutes away from the scene in burke. Police were called to the home on Blarney Stone Court in springfield where they found yohannes murdered. Also upper body trauma. I am just sad. He was a nice young man. Very helpful. Through the initial distribution last night the detectives were able to discover some things that made them feel or appears to link to this case. Jeff so that is a big ue what exactly happened to the two 22yearold individual, one male and one female. So many questions still remain. The police have not put out a call for a suspect suspect at the moment. They dont have anybody in c
The ground temperatures are colder. A little precipitation on radar not reaching the ground but it will change in the overnight not testify overnight. It will change after 6 00 or 7 00, the precipitation will move in. We expect it to be a freezing rain for a while. And plain rain after midnight as temperatures rise above freezing and we are still on track for mighty mild air. Ill be happy to tell you when and how warm in a few minutes. Michelle thank you. Breaking now. The corruption and the bribery scheme that started with Prince Georges County liquor board is growing. Jonathan today a state lawmaker is connected to the ring. Maryland bureau chief brad bell is in greenbelt with the breaking news. This is getting bigger. Brad you know what . It has gotten bigger and it is going to get bigger still. This is the plea agreement signed just last week by former state delegate, former prince georgia county councilmember will campos. In this, campos who served on the council for ten years adm
Happened here. This may have been an altercation. Maybe something else. We dont know. We are still looking for answers. When we find new information we will come back and let you know. Reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. Larry thank you. Sign up for breaking news text alerts at the website wjla. Com. Michelle all right. 7 on storm watch. Just when you might have thought things were about to get a bit warmer around here, another taste of winter is on the way. Stormwatch7s chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the details. Doug it will get warmer. Starting overnight. Between now and then the potential problems there. In advance of the possibility of the freezing rain, the National Weather service issued freezing rain advisory north and west of the area. Western montgomery, fauquier and the area to the valley and the mountains as well. The temperatures above freezing at freezing to the motor and west. And again, thankfully the temperatures will slowly rise later tonight. But ma