House comes to alexandria. One day after spending 11 hours in a congressional hot seat, Hillary Clinton took the short trip to alexandria for a campaign rally. Our senior political reporter scott thuman was there. This is a Rare Campaign visit outside the state. We are hearing so much about, iowa and new hampshire. Scott it is, aldlyson. But i guess virginia now is a swing state. It has been for the last couple of cycles. It was interesting. You mentioned the testimony yesterday. Hillary clinton never referenced it. At least not directly. She instead let Terry Mcauliffe the governor of virginia do that. He had a go at it pretty good about the benghazi testimony. Instead she just continued to reference herself as a fighter. She said she is not a quitter. While she did at times tout the democratic record, the administrations record saying its one to run on, they shouldnt run away from it. At the same time she was careful to distance herself from any previous president. When i look at wha
Robberies. Officials say georges last bank job was here at the wells fargo on connecticut avenue. They say he walked in pulled a gun and said give me money or im going to kill a customer. They say he said that three times. According to court documents, on that march 13th day george and an accomplice made off with 9,000 from the bank. Minutes later george was arrested at this apartment on 19th place in southeast. The fbi showed up in full force. They say george had about 4,000 in cash in his pocket. Also arrested in connection with the connecticut avenue wells fargo robbery, 37yearold dawit hall. Hes said to be an xmris in this case. Its unclear if hes linked to the others. Now, over the last year and a half, the black hat bandits made quite a haul, more than 80,000. At this Wells Fargo Bank in falls chuxrch, they got 35,000. In another case they got 6000 with a tracking device embedded in the money. But the tracking device didnt work. And at a bank of america in vienna they got 47,000
You can start calling right now. That number to donate any amount really, is 2028953307. At the bottom of your screen, there is information on how can you donate by text or online. Weve got you covered. Oh, yeah. We have made it easy for you. Any form possible. It is so much fun every year. Hearing the music. You feel like you are actually doing something. You really are doing something. Lets say hello to you, gwen. A little bit chilly. I better say cold. Julie says not chilly, it is cold. Well, relatively speaking. Compared to yesterday, it is slightly warmer so hows that. As we start our day, lets take a look at radar. We do have a little bit of spotty activity going on here. Some of seeing some light rain or even some sprinkles. Not anybody seeing this. It will be off and on. Just be prepared. No big downpours or washouts to talk about. We have a little bit to the far northwest in the panel, a little bit of freezing rain as well. That is the statement story up toward the masondixon
Unprecedented level of attention and resources focused on the flooding thats been occurring in bloomingdale. Reporter the work is expected to help stop this from happening, flash floods that submerge parts of bloomingdale and ledroit park time and time again last summer. This particular component is going to bring some of the structural changes to the corridor and have a direct impact on the flooding thats occurring over the summer and the things that have occurred for decades in the bloomingdale and ledroit park neighborhood. Reporter this also involves converting facilities on the old mcmillan location site into storage tanks capable of holding 3 million gallons of runoff. The entire project is expected to cost 40 million more than previously plans. Council member duffy says another component is reimbursement of homeowners for damage by adding 30 cents to monthly water bills. The bill has passed first reading. It has been pretty controversial, but those folks have been seeking relief
Twelve other locations are on our website and at the bottom of our screen. You can also make a donation by calling the number on your screen or text feed cafb to 85944. Well be checking in all morning to see how things are going. I sure hope they have the scarf and the heavy coat on, gwen went. They will need it to start the day. Absolutely will. Definitely. Weve got some clouds outside and some fog to talk about as well. If you are venturing out anywhere on the highways and biways, just be careful. Visibility certainly reduced. Yesterday, we talked about how we would be below seasonal compared to how wave been above seasonal. Reagan National Airport kicked in at 44 degrees. Dulles at 45 and b wait a minute Thurgood Marshall at 42 degrees. Current temperatures at Reagan National is 40. 4degrees at bwi Thurgood Marshall. The winds are light as well today. Not a lot happening there. If i were a cloud salesman, i would be very rich today. We have plenty of clouds out there. Not a lot of s