Testified on capitol hill recently regarding budgets for 2017 and 2018. Modernization and cybersecurity efforts from the Top Priorities for all these agencies. This House Administration Committee Hearing is about an hour and a half. I now call to order the committee on House Administration for the purpose of starting todays hearing on the operations and priorities of the house officers and legislative branch entities. Aquorum is present so we may proceed. I would like to start off by thanking my colleagues and our witnesses for your attendance today. I know how busy everyone is and we appreciate your flexibility and willingness to appear this afternoon. I would also like to thank our witnesses for hard work and assistance during new member and a smooth transition for staff into the 115th congress and especially for the incredible amount of work that went into securing and hosting the president ial inauguration. We know many months of preparation went into insuring our government carrie
That. And as i said in my previous answer, well continue to look for opportunities to discuss this with members of congress. The Drug Enforcement administration lists the threat of synthetic drugs second only to the Opioid Epidemic at a hearing today a father told the committee about his sons death after using synthetic drugs. It is my hope that my testimony will help provide some heart to the head knowledge that you hear so frequently in these conversations. Sadly, my wife family and i tragically know all too well the devastating impact of synthetic drugs. In july of 2014 our 19yearold son connor was a bright, vibrant young man with a full life ahead of him. He was really what most considered the allamerican young boy. He a great job. He was preparing to go back to college. He loved music, surfing, the outdoors. He had lots of friends. And of course, he was deeply loved by his family, his sisters, his mother, and of course me, his father. His first photo was a family shot taken july 5
Are their Computer Systems being held for ransom . The fbi is now part of the investigation. And sun roofs shatter without warning. Tonight news4 consumer reporter susan hogan finds out what you should know about your car. News4 at 11 00 starts now. The Visitors Center at the u. S. Capitol will open on time tomorrow after it became a crime scene today. Good evening. Im wendy reiger. And im chris lawrence. Jim and doreen are off tonight. Multiple gunshots sent people rung out of the center. The shots came from Capitol Police after man brought a pellet gun into the Visitors Center and pointed it at officers. News4s Darcy Spencer live at the capitol. With everything that were learning about this suspect, larry dawson. Reporter wendy, what we know tonight is that he remains in a hospital, still listed in critical condition. We also know that he is from tennessee where he is a church leader. And neighbors there tell us they cant believe this has happened. Tonight a pickup truck believed to
Lets get to chuck bell with more on your weather headlines. Yes indeed, yesterday was down right windy, today breezy. So not quite as ferocious. Peak gusts yesterday 49 Miles Per Hour at Reagan National airport. Peak gusts today probably closer to 30 to 35mileperhour range. Compla current temperatures are in the mid to upper 40s and add in the wind as it is chilly. Mid40s this morning, near 60 for a high today. A little on the blustery side. Back down into the 30s some spots might be down near freezing bri tomorrow morning. Ill show you who will be the coldest coming up. Problem on marc right now. Camden south 843, we are 13 minutes behind right now. Brunswick and penn lines running on time. 295 south at east capitol, a right lane getting by the crash. Traffic alternates. Macarthur boulevard near sangamore road, some lanes getting by. 95 north at gordon boulevard, a slowdown and then it opens back up. New this morning, two families need to find a new place to live after hair town homes
Warrant to see if theres something inside the truck that will help them with this investigation. We have not been able to confirm that this belongs to the suspect who went into the building with a gun today and was shot and wounded, but this is definitely the vehicle they are looking at here just outside the capitol. All right, darcy. We can see people walking by that truck, cars going by that truck which i got to tell you leads me to believe there is no immediate danger as you can see, people very, very close to that truck as they wait to get in there and search it. If they thought it was laced with explosives, they probably wouldnt let people get that close. They have people walking past it right now. Youre watching news at 5 00. What a wild afternoon on capitol hill that began around 2 30, 2 45 when Capitol Police shot a man inside the Capitol Visitors Center and that person is now currently undergoing minor injuries. A woman maybe 30, 40yearold woman, she was hurt by some flying de