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General manager. Before i begin, i want to say again that i know today presented a hardship to the region and i thank everyone for their support as we worked through this. Let me tell you that the shutdown today was necessary. Since we began at midnight, metro teams have identified 26 areas where damaged jumper cables and connector boots exist. The inspection is nearing completion but i would anticipate this number to grow slightly even higher. Let me just share with you what we did while the system was closed at midnight last night. We segmented the system into 22 underground inspection zones where 600 jumper cables are located. This includes all areas of all lines. Each of the 22 zones were inspected by teams that were looking for defects in jumper cables, connecting boots that were damaged or improperly positions and debris that could burn near the teams are covering approximately 100 miles of tunnels supported by 14 prime movers for supplies and materials. The behind those teams we ....
A Northern Virginia bureau chief is there live right now with what it means for drivers and when it is expected to be cleaned up. Jack . This is definitely a mess going on. You can see a water main break right here. This is the firehouse at columbia pike. You cannot hear it, but here you can hear the bubbling going on. A few moments ago we were told that there was a possibility that this ease of road could buckle again. He could have a situation where more of the road gets more torn up. You can see the water flowing in this direction. Columbia pike is close from tyler, east from where i am standing, all the way west to blair road. At the moment the traffic backup but i can see john is showing where Fairfax Police are directing traffic. At the moment it is not terrible but obviously the big concern will be into the rush hour tonight. Fairfax police are telling us that the r ....
So were talking about between 7 00 and 9 00 this will start pulling out of here and ending. What is expected later tonight . Icy patches through the morning. And that means use caution. Right now out on the weather deck, meteorologist doug cameron with a look at area wide temperatures for the overnight period. Unprepared because we need a hat out here for sure, maybe the umbrella. Im standing under a tree. You can see behind me, the trees do not have the snow cover on them because the temperatures are still above freezing. Its just raining coming down off the trees. We have a mixture of snow out here and something that is bouncy. What is that . That is snowflakes that melt into a ball and then refreeze coming down. A little different than sleet because it is still white. You can see on the storm team four weather deck, a little bit in the way of the white snow that is remaining across our area. Take a look at the numbers. 37 in d. C. Right now. Were not worried about inside the city. N ....
Northeast. Thats in the trinidad neighborhood. Police say they tried to stop 19yearold darius jamal murphy. Murphy they say pulled out a gun and started shooting at officers hitting one of them. The cops returned fire hitting and killing murphy. New information tonight on the background of the d. C. Police officer charged with coercing a reluctant 15year old girl into taking a naked photo. Scott broom is in waldorf tonight where seven year veteran marc washington lives, scott . Reporter well according to the neighbors who live here with washington in this waldorf townhome neighborhood, they say he lives in the townhome here. Hes single. And he lives with his father. The neighbors describe him as a pleasant guy and a familiar face. But its a face now seen in a mug shot after 32yearold d. C. Police officer marc washington was charged under federal child pornography laws after an alleged incident on duty sunday in southeast washington. Pretty regular guy. Reporter neighbors shocked by the ....
Whos next . That will do it for this hour. Ill see you tomorrow from washington, d. C. Katy tur is already there in our nations capitol. Good to see you. Craig cannot wait to see you here. Hopefully it wont be raining or windy. Thank you for sticking around with me this hour you at home. We are live at the nations capitol where inauguration fests are fast moving. Frumps Approval Rating is at a record low as the president elect squares off once again civil rights icon john lewis. And as the list of lawmakers refusing to attend his swearing in only continues to grow. Will it be trump who turns all this around . Can he quiet his critics by delivering on the mountain of promises he made during the campaign . All of this drama unfolding as trumps interior nominee takes the hot seat this hour on capitol hill followed by h pick for education seth. We begin with donald trump entering the presidency as the least popular president in four ....