5-year-old daughter from bowie, maryland. we re learning about the passing of richard pennington, a vietnam veteran. he worked his way up to assistant chief in the d.c. police department. his health declined after he suffered a stroke in 2010. he was 69 years old. 4:p31. eri erika, good morning to you. when we show you the video, keep in mind everybody made it out okay. these flames so intense. this is in the city of manassas. specifically the 9300 block of nash drive. this was a two alarm fire. you can see the bucket there with the firefighter trying to spray the water from on top. the red cross is assisting seven family members. one firefighter was transferred to the hospital. we understand ithere were some injuries. important to remember even with the horrific video, all the family members made it out okay. back over to you. erika, thank you. congress is now asking the department of education to investigate the racist incident at american university as a civil ri
some bad stuff on the roadways with the reheavy rain. heavy rain by 7:00 a.m. not looking like an easy skmut. temperatures around 60 degrees. we will be seeing improvements. by 5:00 p.m., thunderstorms possible in the 70s. here is that line that we re watching as we get closer to 8:00. showers and storms and it could be here by 8:00 a.m. the rain falling all over our area roads. 95 north at quantico. crash still on the right side of the roadway. inner loop and outer loop, no big 66 and 95. southbound 27 after frederick road, left lane getting by the downed tree. want to mention something up in the gaithersburg area. went to my alma mater. ghoshen elementary. got to read to them for read aloud day. hi to everybody. they re all watching this morning. from the radar to the roads, molette green. southbound 95 through woodbridge. how is it looking? reporter: that s right. we re approaching the manassas/dumfries exit. coming down pretty steady and heavy. windshield wipers
the verdicte await in the first police officer s trial charged in freddie gray s death. alison: the city is bracing for the worst, but ghtonit people stood up and said that will not happen again. leon: tom roussey has the latest from baltimore. tom? about four and a half hours ago, the jury left the courthouse for the night. they will be back tomorrow. tonight, a very diverse group in baltimore is calling for peace in the matter what happens. city firefighters desperately trying to put the fire out. that story is from the worst of the april riots. tonight, right nearby a call on the streets of west baltimore for it not to happen again. no violence at all, none at all. whatever the verdict. earlier, the jury deliberated a few hours before calling it a day. in closing statements, the prosecution reiterated its belief porter could have saved freddie gray s life if he had buckled him into the police van. defense attorney said the officer s actions were reasonable and said t
stay with us right here for the very latest updates. also happening right now, a city on edge. the jury is back in a baltimore courtroom this noon deliberating the fate of officer william porter, one of six police officers charged in the death of freddie gray. sam sweeney is live outside the courtroom with the very latest. sam? sam: deliberations began at a: 30 this morning. by 9:00 they had their first request, they came out and asked for posted notes and highlighters. they resumed deliberations after the judge granted the request and then shortly after at 9:10 the defense came and filed a motion for a mistrial. yesterday afternoon, students went home from baltimore city public schools and were talking about not riding after the verdict comes out, to remain peaceful. the judge denied a request. at 11:00 the jury came out with another request. they wanted computer speakers so that they could play audio from the trial. the judge granted that. they are looking over all of their
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