Ackland and im Marina Maracco in for lauren. Those winds tore down trees and power lines leaving thousands without power throughout the night. Fortunately only one person was seriously hurt. Hur one thing that wont improvempr right away is the weather. We have Team Coverage tonight,og Jennifer Davis is in springfield, virginia with one womans amazing survival story. We begin in the Weather Center with gwen tolbart with the latest. Last night we talked about the fact that we had a high wind warning. The winds were exceptionally we strong. Lets take a look at some of our neighborhoods and what did happened. 66 at dulles and 49 at bwiwi thurgood marshal, montgomery county, 58mile per hour wind gusts, 63 Fairfax County and 59 in prince georges county. And am of our counties in the same numbers in terms of those wind gusts so knew that that was going to be happening and that that wind warning definitely was one thatn definitely came true. Rue. So temperatures, we had dippingg temperatures.
Monument as we wait for the Cherry Blossom trees to burst on and bloom. The festival begins today and peak bloom happens thursday. With warmer temperatures coming in well see them on up quickly. Its hawrd to imagine when you consider how chilly it is outside today. Satellite and radar showing rain showers pushing off the coast as low pressure intensifies and moves to new england offshore now and showers in the forecast today. Were not done with the system. Mainly brought rain to d. C. And accumulating snow north and west to the moup taps. Cold, 40 reg national and 37 dullesen 38 bwi. Lets check temperatures elsewhere. When you get to the moun taps still not at freezing. Its closer, 36 whip chester and 36 martinsburg and 36 couple better land. Once you get up to the ridge to thats where theyre getting snow. 40 washington. 37 cambridge and 37 leonard up to. Chilly no matter what. Future cast shows were dry right now in thrping. By mid afternoon more shores through. We still have that chi
One person shot there taken toet the hospital. E hpita that stabbing happened justt after three 30 this morning on30 benning road t northeast. Police say that victim iss expected to survive. Ve also on benning road a on a double shooting overnightoternit right near a school. Oo our Melanie Alnwick is liveia in southeast with that part of r the story. Reporterstory. Ory. Melanie good morning. Reporter good morningr g steve and allison. The shooting in the 4700 block of benning road is what rs kicked off this seri wes of violent events here in southeast and near southeast. Eat this one was at 12 52 in the morning. You can see they have startedrtd to clean up the area, pretty p much cleaned it up. Ch c the school right across the street from where multiple shots were told rang out. Ut a source tells me that it was t the spot the shot to dot to o ever that alerted d. C. Police. C to the scene here. To t scene h take a look at the scene. Sne you will see indeed multipleulti gun shots, as ma
The councils proposal would cut 100 officers from the force and slash the departments budget by 3 million falling short of the 50 department reduction many black lives matter protestors wanted. Sandra chief best telling her staff in a memo im confident that the department will make it through these difficult times. You are the best Police Department in the country and please trust me when i say the vast majority of people in seattle support you and appreciate you. She is expected to make a formal announcement later this morning. Dan springer live in seattle for us. How does this immediately impact the department there . I think immediately it is another blow to the morale at seattle Police Department. Carmen best was very popular and well respected among the rank and file coming up through the ranks. More importantly she stood up for them and the rule of law through that whole chop chaz protest zone fiasco. She has done a lot for the rank and file. Opposed leaving the east precinct tha
Clients come in . Sandra pelosi faced a lot of backlash being caught on camera without a mask Walking Around the San Francisco salon that was closed under coronavirus restrictions. More on that in just a moment. And were just 61 days out to election day and President Trump and democrat you can nominee joe biden are back on the trail today. The two opponents hitting a paur of battleground states amid the nationwide conversation on Racial Justice and the surge is urban violence. Im sandra smith. Trace good morning, im trace gallagher. The former Vice President heading to kenosha, wisconsin today expected to meet with the father of jacob blake. Blacks shooting at the hands of Kenosha Police sparked rioting. Sandra it shows the president trailing by four points in North Carolina. The president s law and order message is resonating. When he saw violence in kenosha, wisconsin, it was a different story. Violence can happen anywhere if democrat leadership is left untethered. You know, democrat