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good morning. i am jonathan capehart. and this is a sunday show. this mother s day. breaking news out of ukraine. first lady jill biden crossed into ukraine this morning, and dr. biden met with her ukrainian counterpart. olena zelenskyy. for two hours. at the school housing displaced people. before crossing back into slovakia, just moments ago. according to nbc news, this is the first time the ukrainian first lady has appeared in public since the war began. we will have much more on ukraine with retired general stuff later in the show. but first, here in this country, the clock could potentially rollback on 50 years of women s reproductive rights. something the majority of americans oppose. wednesday, the senate will vote on the women s health protection act of 2022. which would block an abortion rights before the supreme court could officially overturn them. the measure is expected to fail because of the filibuster. but the debate is a vital for true servicing these ....
will move forward obviously what s crucial as well is that within the last month dorrian officials have granted julian assange ecuadorian citizenship also raising lots of questions about the possibility of potentially him being granted diplomatic status which could make it easier for him to get out of the u.k. but all of those questions really yet to be answered as this hearing continues and now all eyes are going to be on what this judge decides in the weeks to come here in london. washington has accused turkey of destabilizing northern syria with its military incursion and chris carney carrying out an offensive against the u.s. backed kurdish militia groups there and is pushing closer to positions held by washington s troops turkey is saying seeking to clear the border area of what it sees as terrorist forces here s how the u.s. state department has commented on the situation. people now have to flee an area that was previously considered pretty stable i mean what a s ....
cleared up. all of the lanes blocked. look at the backup. this is a big backup. we are seeing this traffic bumper to bumper. comparatively seeing you can see the inner loop how traffic is moving. as we move to the maps i want to talk about how big the backup is and where it begins. seven miles currently and building as we get into the thick of the afternoon rush. you start off with the delays past richie marlboro road and continue north. they are of course diverted you off at route 50 because it s just past that point near 450. 13 miles per hour is the average heading northbound on d.c. 295. a lot of people using that because it similarly runs parallel and will get you in the same direction. but this is bumper to bumper. a lot of the bail-out roads heading northbound you want to use unfortunately we are seeing heavy volume as well. back to you. leon: what a mess! thank you, jamie. we ll check in with you later. more breaking news this evening as well. metro train stuck ....
as the trooper was seated in the vehicle with the emergency equipment activated. brad: then incredibly another vehicle comes along and pushes that car even farther in the trooper s car. he was trapped inside as we said. suffering critical injuries. now, the big question, what was up with that driver that seemed to flee an accident and then crash into the trooper? we are told that it is possible that charges will be filed against him. he, too, now is hospitalized. in lanham, brad bell, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. things are back to normal on metro after a train stopped moving in an underground tunnel. a new 7000 series train stopped right before the rosslyn station. riders said the train started to rattle and then became immobile. the riders were taken off. no one was hurt. the train has been removed and an investigation will now begin. today at the metro board meeting general manager paul wiedefeld said to pay fares is being scrapped. brianne carter is live to explai ....
that a couple of things that we were told, specifically by the service members is that there s they re concerned about the service to their country and the gi bill. those are two things that were very important to them in terms of why they would come in, what they were looking for. get an education benefit, be able to take advantage of that, which is a strong recruiting tool, and then move on to something else. very good. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. chairman. thank you all for being here. i guess this would be to anybody who wants to answer the question. but my thing is, is that it s a very difficult position you re being put into and we all are because i don t think anyone questions the commitment the service people and all people in military have to the united states of america. i know in west virginia we feel very strongly about that, people willing to take a bullet. i ve always been able to explain when i was governor, when they would explain or co ....