Dont even yet have a handle on exactly who is affected and that means that no letters can go out, no notification go out. Remember, this covers people who got background checks over the last 15 years. Some of them never worked for the federal government. Some of them dont work for the federal government now. So first and foremost, they would have to track all those people down once they figure out exactly who they are. In the mean tame, what do you do for them you heard from Eleanor Holmes norton, she along with democratic senators, who have large numbers of federal workers in their district, are proposing that Lifetime Protection as well as 5 million in insurance, but there is no guess even at this point whether its the three years that opm is suggesting or if they do a Lifetime Protection what that would cost or how that would even work and all of this gives new urgency to what are known vulnerabilities, obviously not just at opm but talked about vulnerabilities from every agency, no
Say the technology will be on the train by the year end but it will not be on some of the tracks. The tracks are on by others like amtrak and norfolk southern. Amtrak says they will be done installing it by the deadline csx says they will need more deadline time. I cant imagine it helping people in fredericksburg. Reporter this woman relocated to fredericksburg knowing she could take vre everyday. It would definitely create some sort of hassle. The only other alternative would be to drive. Reporter speaking of officials they say this is not for a lack of effort. They have been working on this and spending billions of dollars in technology. They dont do put it on the system until it is safe. They say they dont have to create another risk on the rails. Congress could make an extension sometime ahead of the deadline. Brianne carter, abc 7 news. Kimberly if vre and marc are forced to suspend service the comedic pressure drivers on the road. The Transit Agency may have to make some service
Attack earlier this week. Now, neighbors are taking action too. News4s Megan Mcgrath live with more on this. Megan . Reporter well, aaron, a number of bear sightings in the great falls area including one right behind me here behind the firehouse. Now, take a look at this picture that someone snapped of a one of the bears in the area. Its a decent sized bear Walking Around. You see the back section of the animal as it goes around a stone wall. It is also believed that a bear attacked a dog on river park lane earlier this week. Later today, trail cameras will be installed in the area near where the dog was attacked. The animal control officials are trying to figure out exactly what theyre dealing with and try and track this bear. On tuesday, 6yearold lab named blue was found with claw marks on her side. Her owner at first thought that she was attack by a raccoon but the vet said no, she was likely attacked by a bear. Now, blues family of course very concerned, this happened in their yard
Im Megan Mcgrath live in harp percent ferry. If you look behind me you can see the damage caused by this Early Morning fire. This is the Business District along high street. All four Historic Buildings were destroyed. Actually, thats my shop. History up in flames in Harpers Ferry. Cindy dunns shop the vintage lady is no more. The building which dates back to 1840 is now a burnedout shell. What this has done not just to me personal le but to the fabric that is Harpers Ferry is devastating. Reporter flames raged through a section of the historic Business District on high street this morning. Four buildings, home to several businesses and apartments were destroyed. It is quite a blow to this tightknit community. When it actually phappens in a small down like this it is affected. Now who the poor people are. You know everybody. Reporter while the loss of property is extensive, cindi dunn takes comfort in the fact that no one was hurt. People love this town. It is heartbreaking to think how
The advice of their union. Before the tour, trump held a press conference blaming washington for the cancellation. And he said again that he would win the hispanic vote despite controversial comments he has made in the past about undocumented immigrants. The hispanic vote and i went all over with the hispanic vote because they know i will take jobs back from china, i will take jobs back from japan and every other country thats killing us, i will bring the jobs back and you know, the hispanics are going to get those jobs and they are going to love trump and they already do. Trump also said today he would consider running as a Third Party Candidate if he does not win the gop nomination. Chris and erika . Thanks, tisha. First at 4, you saw at the top of the newscast, new video of a passenger causing an emergency train emergency stop on this metro train. It caused an absolute mess during the evening rush on tuesday and now metro and riders are talking about the bizarre incident. Reporter i