Early today starts right now good morning on this wednesday. Im cori coffin. And im frances rivera. An epidemic with no end in sight. The coronavirus reaches a grim milestone as the american death toll hits the triple digits. Heres what you need to know at this hour. As the deadly outbreak evolves, u. S. Officials are boosting measures to combat coronavirus in new york city the shutdown threatens to go further. Mayor bill de blasio urging new yorkers to prepare for a shelter in place order a decision will be made within the next day or so as hospitals become strained by a surge of patients the pentagon announced it is getting 5 million respirator masks and also 2,000 ventilators to the department of health and Human Services secretary of defense mark esper said 1 Million Masks would be available immediately. And one South Carolina School District is putting meals on wheels the anderson School District is delivering breakfast and lunch to thousands of students the bus driver miss patric
Very starto the day today. Temper this afternoon will may. Our average high i there will be a graduat increa i couldnt completely rule out a sprink or two of raithis time morning. The real issue with tomorrow is a likelihood of stronger storms. Some of those couldbe severe tomorr afternoon. No weather worries for today. Comfor indeed. Dulles airport now down 50 degree manass springfield, franco 51. 51 in capitol heights. Gardenforecast, perfect day to get out and spend time in the garden sunshi mid 70s and a great way to get your kids introduced to gardening. More about the holiday forecast spot. Its not quite as bad as it this is an over turned tracto the morning commute. Accide reported there. Eastbo 66, the ramp to the by work zone. N . Eu thank you, melissa. We begin weth a dveloping story. Its north lynn street. Its e to be okay. Long time and beloved u. S. Senateee employ. A fight with the group just a few steps from his home near newin 4s ju finch is live at d. C. Police headqua
Numbers. Most of the nearby suburbs are in the 40s to upper 50s. Your gardening forecast, another day perct for spending time in the backyard garden getting your flowers ready to go for summer. Veggies as ll. Mid 70s this afternoon. Perfect time of the year to introduce your kids to gardening. Sun flowers and elephant ears grow fast, theyre fun and get your kids interested in gardening at an early age. More about t holiday forecast coming u in a few. Melissa . First 4 travel alert. They are finall getting that tractortrailer out of the way with a big rigs help. They kind of spilled out. They had to offload some of them. Its been taking a while here. Theyvh been at t for seven hours. Right now outer loop near central avenue, still have a pretty big delay. We talking about a 4 mile backup. Hopefully that gets out of here soon. Another Vantage Point as they switcthat cameraround to show you whats going on. You can see the delays. The rest of the beltway is oo looking g southbound, 270. Ve
Im meagan fitzgerald. Im pat lawson muse. We start with a story that surfaced three months ago and vershadowed virginia politics since. A racist photo found on the medical School Yearbook page shows a man in black face next to another man in kulux klan clothing. Northam said he was in the photo and apologized during a News Conference and later heaid, quote, had a chance to step back nd take a deep breath and looked at the picture and said this is not e in the picture, end quote. And now the school is investigating, reading in part, we found no information that the photograph was placed in error though we acknowledge there is scant information on the subject 35 years after the fact. Attorneys leading the investigation spoke just a few s moment ago. With respect to the photograph on governor northams personal page, depicting an individual in black face and an individual in kkks, robe we could not conclusively determine the identity of either individual depicted in that photograph. Northe
Booth but no one business, so you cant afford to miss brands board. And im Rachel Blevins in washington coming up the news of a new cove in 1900 variance continue to take its toll on the market as trading has rebounded slightly following a brutal black friday straight ahead. Well take a look at the latest concerns and what measures governments are taking to combat the spread of the virus plot. Could have been northridge to pipeline begin running, the ford is officially certified. Thats the major question. As germany calls on republicans in congress, not to approve new sanctions against the project for this job. And the rift between the European Union and the United Kingdom continue to deepen as is to remain at odds over fishing and trade right. Later on we sit down with hillary for which for the latest got a lot to get to do it. We leave the program with a slight rebound for markets here in the United States following fridays sell off in response to news of arm across the latest cove.