We start our day early at 4 00 a. M. In fact. Make sure you get the very latest information. We invite you to check us out on the tube and online as well. We could get a decision this week in the whistleblower trial involving the d. C. Police chief. Closing arguments are expected to begin tomorrow. Today chief cathy lanier faced a tough crossexamination. Our Kristin Wright joins us now from d. C. Superior court. Kristin . Repor well chief lanier took the stand for a second day today, and her testimony contradicted that of several officers last week who said look there was no clearcut policy on celebrity escorts and that chief lanier approved many of them. Superior court, police chief cathy lanier testified that mpd considers celebrity escorts on a casebycase basis approves them only when Public Safety is a factor. Today lanier testified for several hours in the whistleblower case filed by a former commander of the department. Captain Hilton Burton says he was demoted in retaliation aft
Will look closer for clues about what went wrong. Again, Yellow Line Service does remain suspendedt. Coming up in my next report at 6 00 what the ntsb will be looking for in the train involved in yesterdays episode. Reporting live at Lenphant Plaza, adam tuss news4. She worked downtown and was just taking the train home like she did every day. This evening were learning more about the passenger who died in yesterdays underground emergency. News4s pat collins is live in alexandria where the woman lived. Pat . Reporter wendy, every day, every day for years and years she would take that yellow line train from her home down into d. C. To her job. Every day. Yesterday that commute cost carol glover her life. The woman killed in that metro incident yesterday identified by family members as 61yearold carol glover seen here on her linkedin page. She died during that smoky electrical malfunction yesterday on the yellow line at the Lenphant Plaza station. Carol glover lived here in alexandria. S
at central control. sursurae chen has been looking ahead. reporter: 105 miles of line came to a complete stop on metro. the screens in prince george s county went dark for roughly 40 minutes. it was a long ride. oh god, it was kind of terrible. reporter: randy duncan is hoping there s not a repeat of his ride after he was stuck. took me three hours to make it home, from 12:00, i didn t make it home until about 3:00. reporter: he says the train operator did communicate to passengers there was a computer problem. when it did finally get to move we had to get off the train, go to another stop, and actually catch shuttle buses. reporter: for the second time this weekend the moving map that shows the location of each train malfunctioned. the first glitch on saturday afternoon forced the trains to stop and be directed to the nearest station. the second incident on sunday morning caused only a brief stall before the trains could operate at reduced speeds. technicians a
the most divisive issues in america this century. today in a 5-4 decision the supreme court upheld the affordable care act. and the court upheld the individual mandate. that is the requirement for almost every american to bay health insurance. the court ruled that mandate is constitutional if the fine is considered as a tax. chief justice john roberts sided with the liberal judges in this case and he is the one who wrote that opinion. as americans line up on either side of this decision we re joined now by ken molestina and gary nurenberg. gary will tell i couldn t say the plan is just the ticket to make our lives better while ken will cover the repeal and replace. the stories do not necessarily reflect their viewpoints. they re just helping us explore this controversial issue. we re going flip a coin to decide which of these guys goes first. ken, since you re to my right, call it in the air. and it s heads. gary will you have your shot to go right after ken does hi