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By that work zone. Zm by the way looking okay and 95 in maryland. We are working for you as the thanksgiving travel rush begins. Team coverage of the roads with our traffic experts, you saw Melissa Mollet there and jack taylor. And we have you covered from up with chopper 4 bringing you pictures of the delays. Nearly 15 million will be traveling this week, the highest number in nine years according to aaa. More than 1 million most of us will be driving to our destinations. Aaa anticipates 43 Million People on the roads through the thanksgiving holiday. Heres some tips to make sure your trip is as stressfree as possible. Get on the road before noon. If youre flying, get to the airport at least two hours, two and a half hours, before your flight. If you need to leave your car at the airport, book your parking spot now so youre all set when you arrive. Take advantage of those lo ....
Moving red line train back in april. Metro is being criticized for not informing riders right away when these crimes happened. How did we not hear about the rape that we learned about earlier this week until six weeks after it happened . Reporter metro tells me any Violent Crime will be reported to public on the same day if it doesnt hinder the investigation. In this case, because the victim didnt report the crime immediately, it took additional time to investigate and release the information. At d. C. Superior court, darcy spencer, news4. A federal grand jury has indicted a taxi driver from virginia on charges of conspiracy to support isis. Police arrested al hasan back in january. He is accused of helping a friend trying to join the terror group and then lying about it to the fbi. He drove that friend to the richmond join isis. As the nation gets ready to honor the men and women who have sacrificed their lives for our country, pr ....
Prizewinning flight, but it was the recordbreaking flight. And so they went to the trouble to reinstall the dented engine nozzle on it. Our next stop will be sky lab, and were going to look at that because it is one of the original artifacts on display here since before this Museum Opened. Sky lab is so large, it was brought into the museum before the building was closed out. Now im standing in front of a model of sky lab thats as tall as i am but the real sky lab orbital work station behind me absolutely dwarfs the model and me. It reaches from the floor up into the sky lights of this building, two stories tall. Sky lab was the United States first space station, placed in orbit in 1973 and in 1973 and 74, three different nasa astronaut crews spent time aboard it. Three men at a time, one group was there for one month. Another group for two months, and the third group for three ....
Theyre part of the original collection here in fact, and we were provided those during the period where we were destroying those launch vehicles in both russia and here. We have another call from steve in new york. Steve, go ahead, please. Caller hello, general . Is anybody on the other end there . Yes, we are. We can hear you. Caller hello . Go ahead, steve. Hello. Caller you know, when columbus sailed for america, he didnt know it at the time, but Queen Isabella funded his expedition. And they were looking for known treasure, a shorter way to the orient to get spices, and he collided with the American Continent by accident. And we know for a certainty that there on the moon and on mars theres not a blade of grass, theres not a glass of water, theres not a breath of fresh air. So, you know, you risk life and limb to go to a better ace. But we have that right here on eart ....
Aviation is americas story. We went from the first power controlled man flight to walking on the moon 66 years. The air and space museum shows you exactly that history. Everything that we have as a special significance to the development of aviation and space in this country. I came and saw this aircraft. I remember it so well. As a small boy. My father explaining to me what it was with the first airplane. To ever fly. Here we are in the same room with the planes the Wright Brothers flew. One of the main perpetrator is to preserve the artifacts forever. Sure you can have reproductions or mockups, but here you have the real thing. It did it first or better than anybody else. You have to stop a little bit and think about the story as you view the object. I always find something marvelous, something that completely surprises me. The Discovery Space shuttle is so significant. A ....