Program,f s of louisiana. Maybe mi delays there. 15 to 20 degrees between prince georges and fairfax counties by the chesapeake bay. Under a clear sky. Well stay clear. Bright sunshine by 8 00 a. M. Upper 20s by noon. Hovering low 40s mid arch back to 40 by 5 00 p. M. With a a clear sky. Coming up at 4 41, neighborho highs today. Back to the bodies of the s in her Flight Attendant uniform. Good visibility. G in the search for more victims and the wreckage. Strong curre h moving the objects. Singapore have flown in robotic equipment capable of searching the sea bed. We will stay on top of this developi story throughout the morning. Back to you. Prince georges county continue their search today for a taxi drivers killer. Av. A worker said Darren Sanders groped her last month. Maryland and virginia gas is going to get a little bit mo expensive. New gas taxes took effect at midnight in virginia youll pay five cents more per gallon. The increase is to help pay for a 6 billion transportation
Morgue to identify her son. She says that wont be necessary. That her son is alive. 6 00 p. M. December 29th a detective comes back to her house to apologize for the mistaken identity. What do you make of this . I think they should you know make a positive i. D. On a person before they come because, you know anything could happen. I could have had a heart attack right here on this floor. Reporter in a statement d. C. Police say proper protocol was not followed in the identification process. They say the department is investigating how this occurred so tn now the man really killed in that shootout with police has been identified as 33yearold Gregory Marcus gray of no fixed address. Live in northwest, pat collins, news4. Thank you, pat. The flu has claimed the life of a fifth grader from creightons corner elementary in ashburn, village. Joshua justin died last week. His death come y room doctors are seeing a spike in flu cases. David culver at inova hospital. Reporter at all of the area
Reportere picked up a passenger between 11 45 and midnight. His taxi was found on the street in kapcapitolheights. He had been shot. Police brought a canine to the neighborhoodhos the killer left a trail to be tracked. He went in the yards and wooded area, but nothing was found. The crime happened just steps from the fair mount police department. Its terrible awful. Reporter janice queen has lived in the neighborhood for decades. She es pray for the cab drivers whke a living at one of the most dangerous professions in country. I appreciate them for doing their jobs. They do a great job. We need them. We all cant afford cars. I just feel sorry for them. My prayers go out to them. Reporte frnds of a man who lived near the shooting scene actually thought he was the murder victim. More coming up. Darcy spencer, news4. Thatdeveloe the search for that missing toddler from maryland. Police in ohio say they have found the little boys body in a creek today. Officers had been searching for 14mon
Teresas church in ashburn. A huge water main break on columbia pike in Baileys Crossroads. Here is some good news. Water has been resd to most of the consumers but the clean up could cause a big mess for your evening commute. Jackie bensen is down near the break with more. Reporter were in the Baileys Crossroads area of Fairfax County. We want to show you the efforts going on now. You can see crews from Fairfax County working to repair that 16inch water main. We have some video from today, the break forced column pike to buckle around 10 30 this mog sending water gushing down the street. Columbia pike remains shut down between blair and tyler streets. Thats causing some traffic backups but they are not significant at this point. They could grow worse as we approach the evening rush hour. Now, we are told repairs are expected to take at least 24 hours to complete and, of course back out live now here at the scene, when this first began there was a concern there would be an extensive are
He tells me a big part of the spike is that the flu shot isnt doing the job. In years past its about 80 effective. This year 52 effective. Covering half the flu antigens. I still recommend a flu shot. Lessens the symptoms and the swert of the illness. Reporter while treating the flu with tamiflu medication has been successful the doctor warns a shortage of that drug could cause added problems. If the number of cases keep spiking eventually well have a shortage. Reporter the staff here and at area hospitals are not taking any chances. They recently put up these signs. They have new visiting policies telling folks that if they are under 16 they are not allowed in and no more than two visitors per patient. Now we have posted more information on our nbc washington app when it comes to the cdcs most recent report when it comes to flu deaths. You can find that again by logging on to our app. In alexandria im david culver. Latest flu activity map from the cdc shows widespread activity across