This topic then any other decision in the last 100 years. Opponents said the new combined company would not be friendly toward renewable energy. Including wind and solar. Proved that the new company would improve reliability or be a benefit to customers. More than 3000 people, companies and non profits submitted written testimoney for and against this merger. Pepco and excelon have 30 days to ask the commission to reconsider use breaking dc denies pepco exelon merger a change for metro bus passengers this noon. Metro calling one neighborhood so dangerous its detouring its buses around it at night. Our John Gonzalez takes a look at what prompted the change and what it means for riders. Southeast, dc 005 carol motley resident 1316 mos no cg Sharon Turner resident 5457 John Gonzalez southeast, dc 58108 trt 133 sot its going to definitely be a struggle track they say desperate times call for Desperate Measures and amid this violent dc summer, metro is making a drastic move. Stopping all ev
We expect the areas to have the Police Presence for safety of the riding public and the operators. They didnt get specific how long a Metro Transit Police officer will be stationed in that area. They plan to continue to meet with the stakeholders here and to come up with the other alternatives as well. Moving forward in terms of deterring crime in area. Speaking to the metro officials they say stopping service like this is rare and in the past decade it only happened one other time. Kimberly no one died in metro bus shooting but so far 103 people have been killed in the district. The spike in crime had many concerned about the citys image. We pick up the Team Coverage live in southeast with stephen tschida. Stephen right here the bullets flew friday night targeting the metrobus. We talked with the mayor about the surge of violence. Specifically, the homicide rate. She doesnt believe it is deterring visitors, tourists to the city. Indeed, we spoke with several tourists who said actually
Drug operation. And well meet the healthy maryland woman who had her stomach surgically removed because of what doctors found in her father. News4 at 11 begins with breaking news. That breaking news tonight at the Washington Monument, where its happened again. The elevator got stuck tonight with people still at the top of the monument. Two of them pregnant women. Shomari stone just got to the national mall. Shomari, what have you learned so far . Well, this is seemingly endless. A lot of folks say theyre sick and tired of this. We were the first on the scene, and visitor tell us there were around 50 people inside the Washington Monument when again the elevator broke down. There were around two pregnant women at the top. And d. C. Firefighters carrying them down on stair chairs. We got video of one of them. Medics drove her to a hospital. We dont know her condition. This isnt the first time the monument had problems. In june, the elevator lost power on a sunday night. No visitors were i
Point. Route 1 is an alternate that you can consider. 95 is also open as well. Just be mindful of that. Your next traffic update in ten minutes. Over to you. New this morning, asian markets had a mixed reaction to Interest Rate cuts by chinas central bank. Chinese stock markets closed lower today. The shanghai composite index ended the day down 1. 3 after spending most of the afternoon in positive territory. The component index lost nearly 3 of its total value. Markets in australia, japan and taiwan were all trading on the plus side. Japans nikkei actually finished the trade daig with a 3. 2 trading day with a 3. 2 game. Also new this morning, police say the death of a woman in severn, maryland is a homicide. So far the cause of that womans death is still a mystery. Yesterday morning neighbors saw dogs running in and out of the home on Mill Stone Court and called police. When officers arrived, they found a woman dead and a baby unharmed. A medical examiner will perform an autopsy today
It is gorgeous. I wish we could be panorama. There you go. Well take that. Take that in there. Well go to storm team 4 tom kierein. Good morning, david and angie. Were starting off fresh and cool with that sun rising and a mostly clear sky. Humidity has stayed low overnight. Temperatures are rather cool. In fact, in parts of Montgomery County, areas north and west, its only in the upper 50s to mid50s in Frederick County, maryland. Winchester now at 57 degrees. Its in the mid to upper 50s, Shenandoah Valley. East of there, along skyline drive and the foothills, only around 60. Nearby suburbs, in the low to mid60s. Reagan national at 66 degrees. Nothing on storm team 4 radar. All clear. No travel problems weatherwise, no rain from the mountains to the atlantic beaches. A look at the warmup on t coming up in a few minutes. Thank you, tom. We want to begin with that breaking news early this morning. A deadly shooting. Prince georges police are calling in a homicide. Someone shot and killed