that blue state. we begin with the january 6 committee and nbc capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. brendon buck and kimberly atkin-store and sam stein. ali, is it possible that chairman thompson s absence could push this hearing or are they determined to keep this schedule? reporter: they are determined to keep this schedule, chris. especially because what s clear yesterday after my conversation with chairman thompson, who i would note was wearing a mask when he was talking to us yesterday, he seemed to leave the door open as all of the committee members have to the idea there are more hearings to come, specifically the idea that at some point in the last few days, the committee seems to have decided that their final report will come in the early fall still but that there will be some kind of scaled back report prior to that. in part, it s because they keep getting new information and they want to make sure that the final report is reflective of everything that they kn
Last tuesday. We have a mugshot of kia, the 35yearold with seconddegree murder. And child abuse. They say he inflicted terrible abuse to this little girl and she died several days later. Kias brother says he cannot believe his brothers could have inflicted the injuries. Youre fairly im very confident once the system goes through the Due Diligence and process and checks everything. Everything will come back truthful and factual. The individuals can make their decision. Did you ever know of your brother to be violent . Absolutely not, man. No. Ever strike a child . Never. Never. We have three kids of our own. My brother is constantly over here watching them. No, never. Stephen one thing jumps out of the medical examiners report and that is that this little girl did have a previously broken bone which apparently had healed. The prosecutors say they are investigating where that injury could have come from. Now his brother tells us that kia divband is the father of one child and has another
In a few minutes. Back to you. Alison thank you very much. We are going to check in shortly with mobiletrak7. It is heading north toward frederick. So far it has been a pretty uneventful journey. That is a good thing. You can count on 7 to bring you any trouble if we find it immediately. Leon it looks deceptively nice. Alison beautiful. Leon wish we were there. All right, folks. Stay connected with the stormwatch7 weather team using the technology in your hand. On facebook and twitter and download the stormwatch7 app to your smartphone from the itunes or google play store. Alison we are following some breaking news right now at the white house. We have learned yet another fencejumper has been arrested. This is just within the last hour. We dont know how far the jumper got. But we know that he or she is under arrest right now. The white house was locked down for a little bit. However we learned that that has now been lifted. Leon a night mare comes to life for parents after a baby girl
The department for three years and the Department Leaders say she loved the job. Following mittendorffs death, chief bowers says serious questions apt bullying and intimidation must now be asked. If in fact there is anybody responsible for any piece of this, i will hold them accountable. Jeff the chief says if that is the case he plans to establish a comprehensive plan to deal with longterm or the existing culture problems within the department. The funeral for Nicole Mittendorff set for thursday afternoon. Live in tysons corner, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Alison thank you very much. Meanwhile, d. C. Police are hunting for the person who attacked a Wilson High School senior this morning. The student says he was getting out of his car near the corner of brandywine and grant streets in northwest. When he was stabbed. He ran to the school for help and he will survive we are told. Police believe this attack may have been an attempted robbery. That attack comes as d. C schools instituted a c
Cannot comment. Addiction specialist says fentanyl is so powerful, it can drive users or those who want to sell it to commit crimes. With any opioid addiction people go in withdrawals if they dont have the medication. Physical and psychological withdrawal. They will do what they need to do to manage their symptoms. Stephen late this afternoon we received another email from the Fire Department that states the department is taking the allegations very seriously that within the last 24 hours it continued to investigate engine 15 and the other fire stations and found no evidence of misplaced or missing fentanyl. It also called on anyone who knows anything about the situation to come forward. So the department can act swiftly and in accordance with the law. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Leon thank you, you saw that story last week and today d. C. Began testing students at three schools for lead after elevated levels were found in the Drinking Water. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford