us, you know, the prime contact is the u.s. military, the u.n. command, they re communicating with the north koreans. but i think it s important that we find ways to support the family and bring travis king home. richd ardson was nominated f a mobile peace price in recognition of his work. most recently he helped secure the release of wnba player brittney griner, who was being held unjustly for months in a russian prison. i am cautiously optimistic on the griner/wheeler negotiations. i am cautiously optimistic. i think it s going to be a two-for-two. i don t want to get into who i met with. it was senior russian officials, individuals close to president putin. i coordinated with the white house, i ve coordinated as much as i can. but, you know, sometimes they re a little nervous about my doing this on my own, but at the same time we ve had success recently with trevor reed, the russian the american hostage in russia some months ago. richardson was also a democratic ca
third-highest ranking republican in the house of representatives. theaying he reached out wife of representative steve scully s. steve scalise. at least one of those injured was a congressional staffer on a that the baseball field and he thanked the capitol police, those who helped to save with her her role good italy s on that baseball here rolet heroic duties on that baseball field. way for lawmakers to engage with each other on a personal and not political level. senioring told from a republican aides, member of the house of representatives that a meeting with the capitol police and all lawmakers in the house of representatives is about include or has concluded. some are stepping out to now full we are waiting at briefing from house speaker ryan who will begin speaking momentarily and that police briefing from alexandria police. the capitol police put out a statement saying their investigation is ongoing. an aide of rand paul spoke about the event as it unfolded. the
do you think it will continue? yes heat and humidity, david, continue today and on into tuesday. high yesterday was 92. today a touch cooler but still extremely muggy outside. here s a look at current temperatures across the region. washington at 79 degrees. frederick at 70. manassas at 73. some thunderstorms moving through the area during the overnight hours. you could be dealing with more thunderstorms later in the day today. i ll have more on that in about ten minutes. here s a look at the high temperature in your neighborhood. 89 in washington. 87 for those of you in culpepper. here s the latest check of storm team 4 radar. you can see this activity continuing to push off toward the south and east, some showers south of fredericksburg. again, david, can t rule out thunderstorms later today. i ll have more on that and the potential for any severe weather coming up. all right, amelia, thanks. 6:01, new details in the deadly shooting. he was out on the job bringing joy
she lost her son in 1992. he died while searching for a house fire. she says it is inconceivable the event might not be the same. the lamoriello is planned for next weekend at the national fire academy. is planned for next week at the national fire ceremony. shutdown means they would not have access to the national memorial, which is at the site not considered an essential facility. this person heads the foreign firefighters foundation and tells us they are scrambling to make alternate plans. 81 familiesecting from around the country. part of the surfaces to give them some healing that would be their one and only time to see the national memorial where their loved one s name is going to be placed on a plaque. the plan is to take the plaque off campus so families can see it. but they will not see the plaque and its final resting place, the monument. the government may shut down but if you call 911, that firefighter will come and help you. no matter what. 81 families an
racing toward the navy yard rescuers at the academy jumpeds on tathe bus and headed across e river. erin remembers arriving at building 197. i thoughtee serious than what i anticipateda and i am a pretty experiencedere medic, but then it goes away and the medic part of you comes in to say hey, this is my job.ob. on that monday morning the first priority for the medical first responders was to get prie inside to the injured patients. remember firefighters, emts don t wear bulletproof vests. so under police escort they went inside knowing there was danger and not knowing if the threat t washe gone. the most stressful part for me was entering into the i building and actually hearing them say the guy is shooting again and telling the police tel officers to tell us to bend down and put the shields down. today mayor vincent gray and chief kenneth ellerbee honored the first6รกรท0 responders, givig them the awards and pen with th date of the tragedy. of watching them r