His examining politics podcast and news of the day. We will take your calls as always it you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host this is the washington journal for august 5. The flag at the u. S. Capitol at halfstaff after the shootings that resulted in multiple deaths in dayton ohio dayton, ohio, and el paso, texas. President trump expected to make statement at 10 00. Some are calling for the president to strongly condemn White Nationalism and some are calling for the senate to come back into session. In the first hour of our program this morning, we are asking you how washington should respond to the recent Mass Shootings. Here is how you can let us know. Republicans, 2027488001howdem. And independents, 2027488002. If you are a gun owner and want to give your thoughts on how washington should respond to the 24 plusf the last hours, you can join us on twitter and post on our Facebook Page. On the senate side, several members of the senat
Our weeklong look at political podcasts continues with fox news digital politics editor chris tire will, cohost host good morning. 8, 2019. Rsday, august the flags at the capital remain at halfstaff today following the shootings in dayton and el paso. We begin our conversation with gun owners. Any,nt to know what, if gun restrictions you support. If you are a gun owner who does not support any new gun laws, 2027488001. If you are a gun owner who supports new gun laws, 2027488000. You. D thursday morning to hour as weonly this show you the front page of todays usa today. Protesters rallying outside the hospital in dayton, ohio, where President Trump visited shooting survivors on wednesday. Trump opens the door to background checks. The president making that opening in those statements before leaving for el paso. [video clip] i think background checks are important. I dont want to put guns into the hands of mentally unstable people or people with rage or hatred. What about assault rifles
Localized flash flooding tomorrow. Viously the ground is saturated because of what happened around here on monday. But for now, your wednesday morning getting off to a beautiful start acss the region. Visibility not as much of an issue today as it was yesterday. There are a few pockets of foggine fogginess. Your planner for today, temperatus in the low 70s by 7 00. Mid 80s by lunchtime and upper 80s to right around 90 degrees for a High Temperature tod. T no chance for rain today. Increasing humidity, increasing rain chtoces for orrow, more about that coming up. Melissa, good morning. Good morning to you. Chopper 4 showing you this issue here eastbound 450 near bw parkway have this situation with a water main break and these repairs under way. So you can see quite a big hole there in the eastbound lanes of 450. Inner loop, outer loop no issues ther in leesburg, near claudia drive, crash involving a deer. Somelow downs. Arlington north key boulevard between north quinn and north oak wat
Crazy video here. A surveillance video, look at that, captured the terrifying moment a little boy stepped on a broken manhole cover and fell in. The boys father tried climbing down the shaft, but he didnt fit. So he blindly reached around until he finally managed to pull the boy up. The child was dirty and a bit bruised. Hes okay. Otherwise okay. He is okay. Oh my gosh, that video. He is curious, you see how he walks up to it . Then thats the lesson right there. All right, and turning back now to the deadly shootings in el paso, texas, and dayton, ohio, and new concerns about preventing future attacks. Heres abcs tom llamas. Reporter Mass Shootings in el paso, dayton, and a garlic festival in gilroy, california. Lone gunmen with highpowered weapons unleashing their killing sprees. Though investigations into these shootings are just Getting Started there are questions about whether any of them could have been prevented. Were there warning signs missed . Its possible to prevent Mass Shoo
For the r of the day. And really lorain chances, not just fo today but all the way through the rest of the workweek and on into the weekend. So more nice weather to come. We have certnly earned it. Check out these numbers this w statten andharrisonburg all in the 50s on a wednesday morning. Thats really good, really good for opening window weather for sure. Temperatures in the upper 60s around town. So your forecast then for today hour by hour forecast, afternoon highs only in the low to mid 80s. Well talk future weather and any rn chances on the end of the five day forecast in a few. Chuck, thank you. News. The work speaks for itself. Any testimony from this of ce would not go beyond our report. The report is my testimony. Happening today, former special Counsel Robert Mueller will do the thing he said he did not want to do and that is testify before congress about the russia investigation. Thats right. Mueller will be a reluctant witness today, but his testimony will frame some discu