Now an investigation has been launched. Tuesday, a note saying kill all muslims with a picture of somebody defecating on a mosque was delivered in falls church. It is one of a rash of recent hatefueled incidents targeting mosques across the nation. Investigators believe this letter came from the united kingdom. This tells us the challenges we are facing and the atmosphere is really engulfing western society. Place of mosque, a enduring faith and refuge for those who enter, received a different but equally disturbing phone message friday, february 17. You better leave the [beep] country, because if you come to the u. S. And start training [beep] muslim terrorists, we are going to [beep]. Is filled with so many expletives, we cannot air it. Stepped up security. The council on islamic American Relations has released a report tracking antimuslim acts nationwide. According to the author of this report who i spoke with tonight, he told me it will show about a 50 increase in antimuslim incide
Our Richard Reeve is live along the tidal basin. This could be unprecedented. Richard absolutely roller coaster weather. The National Weather service says if the temperature goes down to 24 degrees 90 of the blossoms will be gone. Bitter wind, the cold, a mean season for the blossoms. Theyre beautiful. I wish it was warmer to enjoy them more. The roller coaster weather that could spell disaster. 24 degrees or lower. We could be looking at a 90 loss. The National Park service calling the conditions unprecedented. 27 degrees, the Tipping Point starting with a 10 blossom loss. Getting worse as the mercury plummets. If it happens its a perfect storm of conditions that may problem. Below 20 degree mark and many blossoms could die, turn brown and fall off. Its bracing for potential march snowstorm next week. I dont think the snow has me concern. A lot of people would be disappointed if it comes through. Richard every year since 1921 the park service recorded a peak bloom. But there have been
The dew point, is the true measure of the temperatures so its feeling much warmer. This is the metro and well beyond under heat advisory until 8 00 this evening. Temperatures, air temperatures on the thermometer, 97 in leesburg. 93 in manassas. 95 in baltimore. The critical observation is the feels like temperature. When you combine the temperature and the dew point. Right now it feels like 105 in the city and in leesburg it feels like 106 degrees in fredericksburg. The only thing that can cool us off is a shower. If you are dining outside its uncomfortably hot and humid until later this evening. Cooling rain, well south. Prince william county, fredericksburg and spotsylvania, a chance of showers. We will let you know if there are more opportunities locally. One place we could use some rain, all the folks dealing with it in silver springs. Thats where we find abc7s kevin lewis. At least youre near a fountain, kevin. The heat is oppressive today. I have gone through two of these full of
Sun goes down at 833. Were going to see how this moves into Northern Virginia. Ill continue to track the heat and storms and humidity. All right. We would like to know how you are staying cool out there show us by showing a video on social media. Use the nbc4dc. Today a. Grand jury indicted a man on illegally owning a gun. Lieutenant john home. And they thought they were burglars. Coming up at 5 30, more on why lumpkin was not supposed to have a gun and what the states attorney had to say about the case. And a transgender woman shot on the fourth of july has died. Dee dee dodds died after more than a week on life support Kristin Wright is live. Reporter she is gone violently and unexplainably. The question that so many keep asking is why. What was she doing . Reporter why was Dee Dee Dodds shot on the fourth of july and left for dead on division avenue in northeast d. C. . Was it because the 22yearold was a transgender woman or Something Else entirely . Joanne lewis raised her since sh
The specially commissioned watch is one of just 50 which were given to members of the Royal Household in 2022 in celebration of the late Queen Elizabeth II s 70 years on the throne.