I was put in jail for 17 months on charges ive nothing to do with, and they set bail for me at 6 million cash only. Reporter but everything changed for ron santiago once Defense Attorneys joseph riggs and Natalie Bruce agreed to take his case and prepare for a trial. From the first time we met him, we knew that we had an innocent man. Reporter they quickly got bail reduced to a million dollars, allowing santiagos family to post the 10 bond. Still, being out of jail by no means meant his troubles were over because of what police found in santiagos home. How important is that casing that was found in santiagos bag in his garage . Oh, i think its absolutely critical. Reporter District Attorney kari brandenberg. He has that casing in his possession that was found in his home that we know was connected to the homicide. Why would he have that if he werent involved in the homicide . Reporter and what happened to that ninemillimeter ruger that santiago admitted he once owned . So, what happene
Here in dc all bundled up. S i have two sweaters and two pairs of sockings. Socks. This is only the begins. It will be fun to make snow angels but the shovelling part i can live without. As far as lewis is concerned concerned, keeping warm on a day like today trump fashion. As long as i am warm i dont mind if people laugh at me. Reporter all right. You can bet lewis is going to be living in that hat at least through tomorrow as topper mentioned. A wintery mix is on the way. Reporting live, wusa 9. All right. Stephanie, thank you. The district said its ready to deal with my Winter Weather on the way. City workers are already started to treat ahead, why that is important. What the brine does is it prevents the snow from bonding to the road. That really helps us when it comes to the rock salt. When we apply rock salt that rock salt will essentially expedite the melting, enhance the melting process for snow or any ice that may form tonight and tomorrow morning. The Dc Department of public
Post comes with baggage. Michael flynn stepped down in 2014. He claims he was fired for his position on radical islam. He rn called islam a cancer. In an interview with wusa 9 in September Flynn dismissed criticisms he has a too cozy relationship with russia. Theres none of this nonsense that you hear about that frankly that are just relationship with anybody else around the world. Trumps Transition Office also announced the nomination of kansas congressman and army veteran mike pompeo to serve as the cia director. He has been a fierce critic of the Iran Nuclear Deal and drawn some controversy for his calls to expand domestic Data Collection and surveillance, programs his new post would oversee. No weekend for the president elect. Mr. Trump will spend the transition from his golf club in new jersey. A slightly more private location than trump tower. On the agenda for tomorrow, a meeting with one of his toughest critics, mitt romney. Garrett haake, wusa 9. Thank you for that. New yorks
Engine of the truck on Martin Luther king highway. The flames extended back to the trailer portion of the vehicle. Crews were able to bring those blames under control. There were no injuries. Now to the alleged rape on board a metro train. Tonight angry riders want to know why metro never told them about it and why it only came out in the media when the suspect appeared in court in Montgomery County more than a month later. Bruce has metros response to all of that energy. Bruce. Reporter yeah, leslie. Big change today. Metro s new ceo ordered Transit Police to let people know the same day about any Violent Crime on the system as long as that will not jeopardize the investigation. A lot of riders really disappointed that it took more than a month to find out about this attack and alleged rape on women who finally escaped here at glenmont at the end of the line. Thats crazy honestly. I think we should have known about it. Worried women riders more answers from metro. When i saw it i knew
I270, and this is a big storm. One trailing storm on the west side of i270 behind it, but theres a lot of lightning, and the Severe Thunderstorm Warning in effect for arlington, the district, and Prince Georges County until 11 15. My hunch is they will extend this for the longer duration. Frequent lightning, hail, and high winds and heavy rain. Look how big the storm is right now. Almost eastward, all the way to 50, to annapolis from dc. Where is it headed . Upper marlboro right now, and it will make it into carl county, into waldorf by 11 24. We dont see anything taking the energy away from this. The lightning, 155 strikes, in the last 10 minutes, and theres a huge light show, and also, hail. Look at this hail in northwest dc, 1. 9inches in diameter, and theres video from northwest dc, and look carefully. You see it bouncing off the car. But at least marblesized hail. Listen to it. So, one of the signatures with the storm, also hail, in addition to the lightning and the heavy rain, an