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The final confirmation vote is expected on tuesday. You can watch the senate live on cspan 2. Former exxon mobil Ceo Rex Tillerson was officially sworn in last wednesday as secretary of state. On his first day on the job he introduced himself to state Department Employees and gave brief remarks at a welcoming ceremony. This is just under 15 minutes. [applause] sec. Tillerson well, good morning, all. We apologize for being late. It seemed that this years prayer breakfast, people felt the need to pray a little longer. [laughter] but i certainly welcomed them all. So, thank you for such a warm reception. And its a pleasure to be here, obviously. Ive been anxious to be here and im so pleased to have my wife, renda, of more than 30 years. And she has been just steadfast through this process, encouraging me on and reminding me of what this is really all about. And so thank ....
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Tragedy. No names of the crew members have yet been released. In case youre wondering, blackhawk helicopters flying above us are not unusual. Defense Department Staffers tell news 4 that the army flies vips to and from the pentagon all the time. More than half of them started flying three decades ago. Its not clear in the aircraft that crashed was one of the older models. The Supreme Court is stepping into multiple kor controversial cases about the death penalty. This just came down within the last few hours here. The United StatesSupreme Court rejected arkansass request to begin execution. The state was planning on executing these eight inmates in the span of ten days. Two of those executions were set to take place last night but theyre not happening now. The hi ....
District. This morning its a little bit cool out so its very comfortable. 59 lorton, frederick is at 46 degrees. 55 in leesburg right now. As you are heading outside once the sun comes up, youll notice we have some clouds around. No rain today. More sunshine. What you need to wear. Enough to be decent. Its a morning show. Yes. Quiet weather for this morning. A little bit of a hint of coolness. Yes, indeed. Probably a light jacket not a bad idea early this morning. Wont need the umbrella. Short sleeves . It depends on how temperature tolerant you are. Sunglasses for sure especially for the way home. Long or short sleeves. 72 degrees. Plenty of sunshine. A plus weather for sure today. There may be some hit and miss rain chances. Well detail that for you. It is traffic time. Hows 270 holding up . 270 southbound after Montgomery Village, we have a crash. It is on the right side of the roadway. New one here, greenway westbound afte ....
Absolutely. Looking like a fine day to be outside. A little bit of cloud cover. These clouds are moving on out and that is excellent news. Temperatures upper 40s and low 50s in most of the suburbs. Temperature, how about 71 degrees by 3 00 in the afternoon. Temperatures staying in the upper 60s as late as 7 00 tonight. Suns into the down until 7 30. What to wear . Nothing more than a light jacket. You can leave the umbrella at home for today. A couple more rain chances between now and the weekend. Well talk about that coming up in a few more minutes. For now, lets go over to miss Melissa Mollet and see how things are coming in on the in bound commute. Little slow chopper 4 over in bound 295 at east capitol. Thought something was going on because we have such a slowdown. Not seeing anything right now. Just tried to call police. Not picking up. Try that again and see whats beltway are okay. A little slow. Outer loop as youre approac ....