Stance on iran missile launches, russia, ukraine, the north Korean Nuclear program, asking you about your confidence level and President Trump and his National Security team. 202 7488001 four republicans. 202 7488000, democrats. 202 7488002, independents. Send us a tweet and we welcome your posts on facebook. We will start with a story from the United Nations and the new ambassador to the United Nations, nikki haley. This is the new york post. Indemns russian aggression ukraine. The new u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations used her intenal to coe the russian aggression in ukraine. I consider it unfortunate that the occasion of my first appearance is one in which a must condemn the aggressive actions of russia. The reporting this morning of the new york post. Headlinefront the about sanctions. The u. S. To hit the wrong with new sanctions iran with new sanctions. The Trump Administration set to impose fresh sanctions on dozens of iranianustrfor th alle t o gttid ases edbrdmcy p mcinki
Walter reed and beth swesda andh in the intersection. There was no construction today so it opportunity appear to be a constructioncaused accident. Instead, it appears to be a wssc, Washington Suburban sanitasa Sanitation Commission line. Crews have been looking for the source of the break. I talked to a crew member a few minutes ago. Heres what he had to say. How long will this take to fix . Probably all night until in the morning rush hour. Reporter shutdown Rockville Pike the whole time . Well have a couple lanes open after we get it under control. Reporter now, we are back live and youre looking at the reason why the southbound lane is shut. That is the wssc, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission crew, working on what they think is the source of the leak. You see the water cascading down behind the side of Rockville Pike here and as i already told you, they opened this fire hydrant trying to, its a 16inch pipe. Now, thats not the biggest weve ever had if you river on remember roa
The scene throughout the day. At this hour they are looking for that black pickup truck with an open bed, possibly a foreign model with tinted windows. It was seen heading down gallatin. No word on the victim. It still awaiting notification of next of kin. Investigation continues. Larry a couple in fairfax is in Critical Condition after fire tore through their townhouse this morning. Firefighters were called to the home on purple sage court. Several pets inside the home did not make it out. John gonzalez has the latest from the scene and a warning that some of this video maybe graphic. Reporter the fire started before 7 00 this morning, spreading from the living room downstairs to an upstairs bedroom where young couple was sleeping. Austin lives right next door. There were flames coming out of the windows and firemen were already here. Reporter the husband and wife were trapped. Jim moran captured it on video. Pulled him down off of the second story window. Then they got the female out
And what type of repair its going to require. Kellye so the spokesperson says that fixing this could take four to six hours. However we did speak to one of the workers out here who said it could go into tomorrow morning. Reporting live in bethesda, kellye lynn, abc7 news. Alison what a mess out there. Leon im telling you. Alison all right. Well, a public outcry tonight over a video showing a metropolitan Police Officer forcefully handcuffing a teenager. Leon outing to the outrage here the teenager was never even charged with a crime. Stephen tschida has been searching for answers for us tonight. What have you learned . Stephen this is where the video was shot yesterday. This is where demonstrators halted traffic today. They say they are denouncing racism and police brutality. But a representative of the officer says this is an example of good police work. The video on twitter shows a young man on the ground as police cuff him, he screams repeatedly. The shrieks sparkled a protest today
Larry, over to you. Still looks like sky looks like sky 9 is in place. We have an accident blocking two lanes of southbound i270 at 124. Sky 9 is over the scene to show us not only the accident again, this is a tractor trailer that lost his trailer. We can see e therwerele dealing with growing delays that will impact commuters traveling from frederick making your way toward the capital beltway. 355 is an alternate. I suggest you hop on it based on these delays at this point. Well continue to track this and well have an update for you and show you how things are shaping up in virginia in roughly ten minutes. Over to you. Today prosecutors and Defense Attorneys in the freddie gray case return to a baltimore courtroom for a pretrial hearing. At issue the statements five of the officers gave during the internal police investigation. Delia goncalves is here to explain why the defense doesnt want the statements allowed at trial. Reporter you know the miranda rights. You have a right to remai