harris as joe biden s running mate, and congress inertia on coronavirus relief. all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: fidelity wealth management. financial services firm raymond james. johnson & johnson. the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the centers for disease control and prevention is warning that the u.s. coronavirus death toll could hit 200,000 by labor day. that as the u.s. suffered its highest daily number of deaths since mid-may more than 1,500. coast to coast, states are recording bleak firsts. california became the first state to top 600,000 infections, while georgia had its d
harris as joe biden s running mate, and congress inertia on coronavirus relief. all that and more, on tonight s pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: fidelity wealth management. financial services firm raymond james. johnson & johnson. the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: the centers for disease control and prevention is warning that the u.s. coronavirus death toll could hit 200,000 by labor day. that as the u.s. suffered its highest daily number of deaths since mid-may more than 1,500. coast to coast, states are recording bleak firsts. california became the first state to top 600,000 infections, while georgia had its d
of the roadway. we want to mention that one for you. we still have this problem, southbound, d.c. 295, the exit to suit land we have the right lane blocked because of an accident we need to get that out of the way before too much time passes. outer loop at georgetown pierks disabled vehicle and f f westbound at leesburg, also have a disabled vehicle. taking a look at 270 southbound to 70 to the spur, taking 26 minutes. you can t do much better than this this morning or pretty much any day. it is nice and green and moving along just fine. taking a look at the top of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop, looking quite good. we re talking b to b parkway. we don t have any issues. maryland rolling along quite nicely. we ll take a look at 66, let s say, in a couple of minutes. that s coming up. thanks, melissa. a live look outside, 5:01. a few clouds to greet you as you step outside and a bit of a chill in the air. let s check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell
maryland, 52 with clouds. 61 at lunchtime and 62 by dinner time. when i see you next we ll talk about the weather impact on your commute. speaking of which, here s melissa mollet. good morning. a brand-new problem. they say metro is good. orange line delays because of a track malfunction. that just popped up. nice light volume on a friday morning. doan we want light vacuum. outbound still have the right lane blocked there because of a disabled vehicle. we ll see travel time in just ten minutes. millilitering thank you. 6:01. we re working to find out more about the serious crash that shut down part of the beltway this morning. a van slammed into a fire truck near ritchie marlboro. the road reopened a few hours ago. news4 s megan mcgrath live at the scene. megan, what are you hearing? reporter: we re hearing that one of the people involved in this accident, the drive ore f that van, he s at an area hospital being treated for what are being termed as serious injuries. n
the best-selling female r&b group of all time reunites here in times square. tlc is back, only on gma. and good morning, america. a lot of developing stories right now, including the first appearance by the terror mastermind al libi in a new york court today. he s under top security. his arrival in the u.s. rushed because of his medical condition. there s a real question right now of whether he ll be alive long enough to stand trial. this has been surprising how serious the hepatitis c he is battling. but we re going to get right to the dramatic developments at los angeles international airport overnight. the dry ice bombs bringing to four the total in the last 48 hours. abc s david wright is at l.a.x. for us this morning. and has the very latest. good morning, david. reporter: good morning, robin. this is a major mystery here at l.a.x. a top priority for the lapd and the fbi. the discovery of four crude explosive devices. dry ice bombs, in restricted areas, parts o