Breaking overnight a special election in georgia, now heading to a runoff. The live desk to explain why this race is making national news. Sam . Autria, this a blow to republicans. This race was seen as an early referendum on president trump. The gop has held this congressional seat for decades. Now its future is uncertain. This morning, democrats fell just short of winning georgias sixth congressional district. Jon ossoff had hoped for a knockout but came up short against a splintered gop field. The 30 year old first time candidate won less than 50 percent of the vote in the district. The race is now headed to a runoff against Republican Karen Handel that will be held in june. Democrats though say its still a victory and proves president trumps negative effect. Numbers overnight show karen handel had just under 20 percent of the vote. Ossoff had just over 48 percent. Thats more than the four leading republicans combined the gop has won this seat for the last 37 years. Breaking overnig
Board. Allergy season at its peak. How bad it is getting and how long you have to wait for relief. News 4 at 11 00 starts now. Confusion for a local family during a medical emergency and now a 911 center is warning callers not to hang up even if it sounds like the call drops. A man suffered cardiac arrest at an Easter Sunday gathering. Eight people with him called 911 and thats where the confusion started. Jackie bensen is live with the story you will see only on news 4. Reporter we have been in touch with county officials trying to figure out what caused this confusion. What we learned by law the greeting must contain a tone that most of us now associate with being connected to a fax machine. You have emergency all lines are busy please hold. Reporter sharon snoeden sdroi describes what she heard when she called 911 to report a family friend needed Urgent Medical attention. The panic and pressure of the situation led several callers to interpret the loud tone as a failed call even tho
Virginia. Falls church, centreville. And future weather carries pockets of light rain into the d. C. Metro area between now and 7 00. And hit and miss light showers here for much of the morning hours. After lunchtime, it may try and dry things out a little bit. And the model is hinting there may be peeks of sunshine late in the day in shenandoah valley. Well wait to see on that. Temperaturewise, youll notice a much cooler day today, sheena. Yes, you will. A few sprinkles out. You might need the long sleeves later this afternoon. Tomorrow, thats a bit of a change with the new warmup coming. 54 degrees. 51, dulles, 50, manassas. Fredricericksburg is at 50 degr. And the commute, we have light show o 52 degrees by 7 00 a. M. By noon, cloudy with sprinkles. By 6 00 p. M. , temperatures mostly 60 degrees. And well take a closer look of your warmup coming for the weekend. Lets check in with your commute with melissa mollet. Northbound and southbound, dont have any problems on 270. Beltway, we
Rain and drizzle. And some spotty showers out there this morning. These are all pushing eastbound towards the city. Again, grab your umbrella on the way out the door. It may be a little built of a long sleeve day as well as temperatures are only in the 50s. For a check on afternoon temperatures and a cute puppy dog. For the forecast, chuck, as you head out this morning, yeah, you might run into a few of those showers as chuck just showed you. Heres lincoln. Lincoln needs a home, up for adoption. If youre interested head to the rescue alliance. On the website. By noon today, 53 degrees. I lot of showers will be out of here. Overcast skies around 60 degrees. By 6 00 p. M. , temperatures will be right around 63. Overall, the days going to be cloudy, a little cooler. And we cant rule out a sprinkle as we go through the afternoon. Coming up in just a bit, though, chuck and i are back to talk abouthe and also more rain for the weekend. Lets check the roads with melissa mollet. Good morning.
Following two developing stories tonight. Former president George Hw Bush is in a houston hospital tonight. Family Spokesman Says he was admitted last friday for a persistent cuff. Doctors say he has a mild case of pneumonia and is being held for observation. It is unclear when he will be release mr. Bush is 92 years old. New tonight, new details about a shooting spree, Corey Muhammad opened fire random killing three people before officers tackled him. He posted on social media about his dislike for white people and the government. All three victims were white. Mow whom had shouted the phrase god is great in arabic. He was wanted in connection with a shooting last week that killed a motel security guard. County parents are under fire because of some videos they posted on youtube pranking their own kids. Thanks for joining us, im shawn yancy and im tch. The parents played pranks on their kids often leaving them crying. Take a look. What the beep. I didnt do that. I didnt do that. What t