Guidelines to slow the spread are decreasing the rate of new cases very substantially and will result in fewer hospital admissions and were saying that its. Incredible it with with no exceptions its looking like its low john hendren has this update from chicago. 500000 cases half a 1000000 and a 3rd of them alone in new york state that is 172. 00 cases there now thats only 0. 15 percent of the u. S. Population thats 327000000 but really we dont have a comprehensive testing system here in the u. S. So that is probably just a fraction of the actual number but we do know that some of our 18000 people have died as you mentioned that crossed the 2000 mark on a daily basis for the 1st time on friday the 1st case just to take you back happened in Washington State on january 20th and that viruses moved quickly the administration estimated on friday that it would be on Easter Sunday that is this coming sunday since march 26th the u. S. Has had more cases than any other country on earth and by m
Winds w 5 mph tonight mostly cloudy. Cold. Lows 3036 winds s 5 mph tuesday am clouds. Pm sun. Blustery. Highs 4750 winds nw 1020 g 30 mph 5 xx and were following breaking news in loudoun county. News in loudoun county. Flames tearing through a home in lovettsville overnight and just in the last 15 minutes weve learned one person is dead. Lets get right to our John Gonzalez live on taylorstown road with more. Were also following another breaking out overnight in the district. This is on 13th street northwest. Were told the fire started on the second floor of a 3story apartment building. Crews were able to quickly put out the flames. And no one was hurt. Tragic developments out of Montgomery County this morning. A Walt Whitman High School student found dead. Just hours after he was reported missing. The body of 17yearold navid sepheri was found sunday in a wooded area of laverock lane. Thats right near the bannockburn swim club. Police say sepheri was last seen alive around 11 30 saturda
The windchill gets wednesday morning. Also some chances for snow coming up. Authorities are putting together the background of a suspected terrorist arrested for setting off a pipe bomb in the subway in new york city. He is 27yearold akayed ullah from bangladesh. Law enforcement says he was inspired by isis but had no direct contact with the terrorist group. He came to the us on a visa and recently traveled to bangladesh and to the united arab emirates. Surveillance shows the suspect detonating the pipe bomb strapped to his body in a subway walkway near times square. He suffered burns on his hands and stomach. Four other people were slightly wounded. The attempted attack shutdown several streets and train lines around the Port Authority terminal. You did not really hear it too much but you could feel it shake. I was actually sleeping and it woke me pipe bomb that was fixed to his person with a combination of velcro and zip ties. Thank god the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate go
Washington, d. C. To that crash site. They will no doubt take a close look at the process and interview those operating the train. Im Lindsey Mastis at the live desk. Michelle thank you. When the 20 ntsb investigators arrive they will find a mangled mess and technology giving unique looks at the damage. Cameras were rolling as the First Responders use drones to search through the debris. Both for survivors and evidence of what went wrong. Jonathan the abc7 team and the sister station in washington working to bring you the latest on the deadly derailment. Get updates around the clock by downloading the free abc7 news app. Michelle breaking font, nine people treated for dangerous Carbon Monoxide exposure. All will recover. This could have ended much differently if not for the family Carbon Monoxide detector. Jonathan developing right now there appears to be a major break in the hunt for men behind a cr stretched across the area. Violent men targeting cell phone stores. This case has puzz
Were in the vehicles, even when you see the pictures, its pretty horrific. At this point nobody in any of the vehicles is a fate a. The trains new route is part of a 18 l 30 million project designed to speed up service and bypass traffic. Amtrak says the new tracks were tested out just before that first run and right now officials, including the National Transportation safety board are investigating what us contacted the train to go off its tracks. Theyre actuallien route as we speak. Of course we will let you know what comes out of that investigation. Again, like we mentioned, six people on board that train were killed and Officials Say they expect that number to go up. Keep in mind this is a developing story tonight so keep it right here on fox5, fox5dc. Com for the very latest on this investigation. Kristin leone, fox5 local news. There are new details tonight in the murder of a 66 year old man earlier this year. Alack dealers had taken over his apartment. In january he was found de