Liberal groups, the group is rethinking their philosophy. Weve got a late developments and reactions. This came as a big surprise for many. Just this past weekend, a maryland cup scout pack was forced to remove that anti discrimination policy just to renew its charter. The scouts fought hard over their history to keep many of its rules the same and were steadfast in the ban on gays. The decadeslong policy byboy scouts of america may soon come to an end. Its bid. For years the boy scouts of america have maintained a standing policy banning gays doubt that scowl leaders. The organization, the largest private use a group of the country when all the way to the Supreme Court and won the right to keep the ban. Just one month ago, they affirmed their stance after conducting a twoyear u. S. Twoyear review of the policy. But now i reversal the scouts say they will leave it up to individual chapters. For this group of former scouts its a nobrainer. If a book if they gave voice dallas to serve, p
Today as he joins the host was e today show here at 7 00. We might be calling him mr. President , not just kid president in the future. Awesome. News4 today continues right now at 5 00 a. M. Take a look at this scene right now. This is a i live picture of the beltway near 50 Prince Georges County. Only one lane get by in each direction after an accident involving a fire station truck, a tractortrailer and an suv on the other side of the highway. Seven people were rushed to the hospital, including four firefighters. Melissa mollet is live on the scene gathering new information. Melissa . Thats right. Good morning. An unbelievable scene of wreck anl here. Im going to step out of the way so you can see whats happening. The cleanup is under way right now. You can see the wreckage in the distance. That is a crumpled fire truck. Fire station 828 were coming down the inner loop at 3 00 a. M. After responding to a call. They were hit from behind while they were moving by a tractortrailer. Both
Critical condition. No change in any other status. The rest were transported as traumas. Tell us what happened. All we know is that the fire truck was rear ended by the tractortrailer. We dont know about the circumstances of what was happening. We know that the fire truck had just cleared another accident. They were cleared by other units. The tractortrailer flipped, the suv a a third vehicle, flipped, and the fire truck flipped. As far as accidents in your years on the job, how does this compare . Its one of the most significant fire truck accidents that ive seen with a fire truck that was going down the road. I mean, a lot of times when we have accidents its because were blocking the scene and get struck by somebody ina tensive. This is one of the most severe ive seen with a fire truck traveling. The fire truck is literally in pieces. Were thinking about everybody involved. I know youre busy. Inner loop traffic is actually getting by now. We have two of four lanes on the inner loop n
And im barbara harrison. Its wednesday, january 30th, 2013. 20 first graders and six women who tried to protect them at sandy hook elementary school. The hearing was set for sparks but the hearing took a more even dramatic turn when former congresswoman Gabby Giffords was there. Giffords led off with a statement that lasted about one minute. Speaking is difficult, but i need to Say Something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. Giffords resigned from Congress Last january, one year after she was shot in theead at a Public Outreach meeting in tucson. She and her husband retired astronaut mark kelly have formed a Political Action group aimed at strengthening gun laws. On to the big story this morning. Traffic is still a mess thanks to a major crash on the beltway early this morning. This was from about 90 minutes ago. You can see cars slowly getting by on route 50 in lanham. It involved a fire truck and an suv and sen
This is g. W. News africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the deadly Ebola Outbreak in congo is now an International Health Emergency Declaration by the w. H. O. Will bring more attention and aid to the outbreak existing if its on the ground. Do you think somebody just. You dont know what to do you feel good for you or to bury that person youre still going to get hurt. On final is now just hours away fans in senegal think this is their moment well jerry and stis agree. Im kristie wonder welcome to news africa im glad youre tuned in the World Health Organization has declared the Ebola Outbreak
a Health Emergency of International Concern the decision comes off for the virus threaten to spread to a major city and into neighboring countries the Congolese City Of Goma is the biggest city to have been affected by the disease since its outbreak almost a year ago with one case reported from there Fever Vomiting and severe diarrhea awesome timms off a highly infectious and extremely lethal ebo