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Roanoke area. Well have more on their lives in just a minute. State police say they were able to track the alleged shooter up i81 where it hits i 66 which is where a trooper started following him. Bruce leshan picks up the story from his live location which is just off i66 near front royal. Bruce . Reporter yeah, lesli, you know, it was just minutes after troopers started following the troubled reporter that he crashed just the other side of these trees here. All right, guys. Hes got something in his right hand and he reached for something. Reporter the troopers knew that Vester Flanagan was armed and dangerous. His picture from the shooting scene had been flashed around the world. Not yielding. Going to call it as a pursuit call. Copy in pursuit now, subject did not stop. Reporter the pursuit did not last long. 104, shots fired. Comb shots fired. Reporter within minimum copy shots fired. Reporter within minutes troopers heard a ....
Clouds try to make it over the catskills. We are left with lots of sunshine across the board. Coming up, we talk about erica and when it turns more favorable for this storm to intensify. It will bring rain to puerto rico. Patchy clouds and 83 the high. In the accuweather sevenday forecast, we will talk hotter temperatures over the weekend and the chance at 90 before we head into labor day. Thats weather. Now traffic. Debbie duhaime is in for heather orourke. Good morning amy and everybody. We start off telling you there is an accident over at the inbound George Washington bridge. Its 15 to 20 into the upper level. At the George Washington bridge you can see the traffic is stacking up here as the accident is right past the toll plaza at the upper level. You can see the flashing lights in the screen. Lets tell you the lincoln tunnel is only 5 minutes in t. Holland tunnel ....
Afternoon. Were stuck on battery street, one of the main arteries getting to the bay bridge so the folks at texas a m universitys Traffic Institute wanted to do a study. They did it basically looking back at the 2011 numbers to figure out how many hours are wasted driving every day by commuters. That its about 5. 5 billion hours across country from commuters. Wheres the worst commute traffic . Well, its in washington, d. C. , believe it or not. A 30minute commute there can take up to three hours in rush hour traffic. Whats next . Well, believe it or not, it is los angeles and with 15 Million People thats not hard to figure that one out. Then third, its San Francisco oakland. We have some of the worst commute traffic in the country. About 800 is what they figure each person wastes who has to commute on average across th ....
There are no suspects and police may provide more information today. We have a happy ending to a bizarre story. The 5yearold alabama boy is safe with his family after being rescued from a weeklong hostage ordeal. Ethan was kidnapped from a school bus by a man who killed the bus driver. Ever since ethan and the kidnapper having in a small bunker in midland city until the rescue yesterday afternoon. Its a relief for us to be able to reunite a mother with her child. Fbi says agents stormed the bunker after suspected jimmy lee dykes became agitated. Former assistance director for the fbi said they used flash bang devices and raided the bunker an iraqi vet accused of killing two men is on suicide watch in texas. Jail Officials SayEddie Ray Routh had to be shocked with a stun gun and restrained after becoming aggressive. Court documents suggest the motive for the killings was to t ....