He saw the chopper in distress and saw it go down. Watched the helicopter come by, sitting very low, and my brother made a comment, look how low it is, and then i said, oh, my god, its going sideways, and then it started to go backwards, and i said its going down and it went down. What were you thinking at that moment . We just took off over there, just wasnt good. Both my brothers, they went right up to the scene, i stayed back, i was leery with all the stuff that was on the ground and what not and worried about explosions. Reporter so, again, you heard from him that there was some concern among people that there could be some danger there. Again, we have not yet heard from the military on that. We are expecting a briefing from the military at some point this afternoon. Theres a media staging area. As soon as we have that, well bring you that information, stay tuned to nbc washington. Com and the news4 app. Back to you. Thank you, darcy. The uh60 helicopter, one of the Scott Macfarlan
At east street, not seeing any bis slow down right now. Chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. Inner and outer loop look typical for this time of the day. Rest of the beltway looking quite good right now. Remember, safetrack surge 10, red line shut down between nomagallaudet and fort totten. Well talk a lot about this. Right eun . Expect delays and confusion on the mentioned. News4 molette green is live from fort tottens metro station with more on what you need to know before you head out the door this morning. Molette, good morning to you. Reporter eun, good morning to you. Red line passengers are arriving. This line is always busy. Take a look behind me. You can see the people in the yellow vests and other metro workers helping passengers figure things out. They are trying to find out what to do this morning and for the looking for another way, they tell me, to get to the destinations and telling me that they are considering strongly other longterm options. I may just drive to work.
Longer, tempers shorter, and today, the secretary of Homeland Security promised action. At j. F. K. In new york, average wait times have doubled to more than 20 minutes, but the wait monday at chicagos Midway Airport was more than 90 minutes. It took the passenger who shot this video so long to find the end of the line, we decided to play it in real time as you watch our report from kris van cleave. Reporter the long lines at airport checkpoints stretch from t ast to coast, about as long as the line at midway must have felt. Weve been in this line ever since st. Louis. Reporter many frustrated fliers are using the hashtag ihatethewait to complain about the terrible. Ive never had to do this before. Terdeporter yesterday in phoenix it was checked luggage that got waylaid. A glitch in t. S. A. s automated screening process left thousands of bags sitting in a hot parking lot. The t. S. A. Said checkpoint delays are being caused by an 8 increase in Airline Travel and a shortage of security