Affirmative action under the constitution. And then the legacy of those decisions. Youre watching American History tv on cspan three. The u. S. Supreme court today ruled that the Death Penalty does not necessarily represent cruel and unusual punishment, and that i can be a deterrent to crime. By seven to two, the judges upheld the Death Penalty in florida georgia and texas, other states may be affected in this similar way. But about five to four, the court struck down Capital Punishment laws and and louisiana. That ruling could prevent still other states from invoking their own Death Penalty laws. All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to drawn their and give their attention. Landmark cases, spends special history series, produced in partnership with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice, may it please the court
Blocking left side of the roadway, were a little slow headed into that here this morning and then,0 through urba. Looking at 66, no major problem there, 90 northbound. We have a crash off to the right side. It is not as slow as it was a short time ago. Branch avenue sounds like the crash is off to the right side. Still have some volume delays. Live look at that situation from chopper in ten minutes. Today we expect a judge to sentence a man for murdering his wife and motherinlaw. Malcolm thomas pled guilty earlier this fall. Thomas brutally beat both women to death in their home in oxon hill in august of 2014. The judge previously said he plans to sentence thomas to 60 years with all but 50 of them suspended. Were learning new information from neighbors about a tragic stabbing that left a 14yearold dead in oxon hill. Neighbors at the apartments there on audrey lane say it sounded like a football field of people fighting yesterday morning. Prince georges county police say Sean Crawford
Would keep the government funded through mid december. Now if it passed today it would only postpone the possibility of a government shutdown. Coming up, nbcs tracie potts will explain how lawmakers plan to get this bill passed before the deadline. Today is your last chance to visit the crime and Punishment Museum at gallery place. The museum in northwest is closing today after seven years. The police in charge say they were asked to leave their building and didnt have a choice. The museum will continue to offer some programs like walking towards and traveling educational programs. I always thought that they offered the neatest programs during valentines day, they offered you a passion crime tour where you could get handcuffed with your partner. Therapy. Exactly. For a good price. So sorry to see them go. Time now to check the forecast. 4 31. Weather and traffic on the ones. Are we getting any relief from the rain . We needed the rain. Guess we shouldnt complain, chuck. We did need the
Blocked. Darnestown road between whites ferry and black rock and Melissa Mollet in first 4 traffic has been following the work around for all of this. Hey, melissa. Good morning, molette. Going to be shut down probably for the next couple of hours. Darnestown road closed between black rock road and whites ferry. Alternate would be clopper road. Inner loop at 3 55 wisconsin avenue still has the right lane blocked. Traffic not having any problem now as they got that one lane. Southbound just before powder mill road, we are slow here. A crash happened a short time ago. Southbound at bw parkway. Prince gorges county, overall no major problems there. Angie and eun . Thank you, melissa. 6 02. You may be waking up to the impact from last nights storms Montgomery County. A tree landed on a house causing significant damage. This is in bethesda. Montgomery county fire crews say the family inside the house was displaced. The district is soggy after heavy rainfall all evening long. Chuck bell says
It did. It left us very, very drenched. Lets give you a look. We found one woman walking through high water to safety in Fairfax County. Her car getting stuck on woodburn road in Fairfax County. It came down in the district. Our region has been abnormally dry for the last several weeks. This rain will help us make it up. He has more on who and what kind of rain were going to see later today. The good news is we did pick up needed rainfall. The bad news, it came down fast and furious. Theres still high and standing water. Flood warnings until 8 00 in the morning for portions of central and northern loudoun county. Weather headlines, a cloudy and wet start. Watch out for the high water. Theres a chance we may be dealing with more heavy rain from Tropical Storm potentially Hurricane Joaquin by the weekend. More in a couple minutes. Heres the next batch of light rain coming out of central virginia. That will impact the second part of the morning commute and leave us with off and on rain ch