Not yet. Of course, thats going to change as the morning wears on. If they dont clear this accident soon. Were trying to get some information about the timeline here. But for the moment, all lanes of 95 south are closed. Theyre going to be detoured in dumfries. As for the northbound lanes, theyre moving at speeds. The express lanes are open as well. That doesnt seem to be affected. Well have to wait and see whether we get any rubber necking delays on that side or not. Well keep an eye on it. Melissa, back to you. Thanks, megan. Well be checking with megan throughout the morning. Heres the other closure. Southbound bw parkway being pushed off. This is another crash investigation with all lanes shut down. Northbound is open and unaffected this morning. Taking a look at 270 from 70 down to the spur, you dont have any worries there. Everything is looking quite good. Same situation if youre headed northbound this morning on 270. No big problem there either. Beltway, inner loop and outer loo
E aircraft debris found on reunion island is indeed from mh370. Investigators will now analyze the wing with highpowered micro scopes for cl ues about what caused the plane to go down. And coming up tonight at 6 30 on nbc nightly news with lester holt, much more on both the major breakthrough in the huns attack. Three people are in custody in it connection with the shooting. It killed an unborn child of a pregnant woman shot five times. Fournkthers were also struck. Checkey beckford is in brooklyn with details for us. Reporter chuck, po ce sources tell us two of the men being questerioned here at the 76 are believed to be the shooters who opened fire on a group of people in red hook monday night. Five of those bullets struck that 19yearold pregnant woman, t lling her unborn child. She remains in Critical Condition tonight. Owfour others were injured by the say wa s possibly in retaliation for an earlier gang shooting. 19yearold frederick maurkice named as a suspect is believed to be on
Thanks for joining us. Im melissa mollet. Im erika gonzalez. We start with President Trump slamming the appointment of a special counsel in the russia investigation. He tweeted, with all of the illegal acts that took place in the Clinton Campaign and obama administration, there was never a special counsel appointed. The president goes on to call the investigation the greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history. With the man now in charge, exfbi director rub ert mueller is being praised by lawmakers. Edward loorns hawrence has t details. The man who made the decision to appoint Robert Mueller special counsel said nothing while walking through reporters. Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein briefed on the after appointing a veteran to head the fbi. Got to give the American People confidence. We frankly dont have confidence that it can be done in the current situation. Robert mueller is, i think, a fantastic person. I think this is a positive thing. Many republicans say this
Schools closed in maryland, virginia, as well as d. C. Metro trains and buses are shut down for the First Time Since 2003. Marc, vre, also all closed today. And Amtrak Service in the northeast corridor shut down today as well. Most of the students in our area are also getting the day off today. All major Public School systems in d. C. , maryland, and virginia are closed this morning as well as all private schools in the area. You can find a complete list of school and business closings running at the bottom of your screen as well as online at nbcwashington. Com. Lets get to Storm Team Meteorologist tom kierein here. Whats the latest . Weve got moderate to heavy rain about to move into the metro area. Be prepared for that. Stay inside. Stay with us at nbc 4. Well keep you fully informed. It is still a huge hurricane. Taking a turn to the north. All day yesterday it was moving northeast. Now taking a turn to the north. It is swinging in heavy rains into the Eastern Shore, southeastern vi
Flights to ohare were canceled. They are getting what we had the last 24 hours. Its messy, we knew it was coming. Still, they had some slush you want to watch out for. This is out of here now. You can still see a little light snow in the lower peninsula. We just have a few clouds around southeastern wisconsin. The temperature youre waking up in the teens and 20s. 19 in dem t temperature are not that bad. What we didnt have was wind. The winds picked up from 15 to 25 to 30 Miles Per Hour, creating blowing and drifting snow. This is that light, fluffy snow. Windchills in the Single Digits and teens. Heres your day planner. A little sunshine, a lot of wind, anywhere from 15 to 20 Miles Per Hour, and a windchills all day will be in the teens. It will be a chilly one this afternoon. At least the snow has come to an end. We already have issues this morning. Unfortunately, yes. The crash has been going on for an hour now. Keeping an eye in the greenfield area. This is on i94 eastbound at 60th