Blocked there by a police vehicle. In fact, we have several roads blocked in the county because of situations like this. First 4 traffic, jack taylor, hes been tracking the road closures. Follow them on twitter. Aaron, back to you. Angie, thank you. Wild weather causing havoc across our area overnight. There were strong winds, lightning, each some hail in some spots. Look at that. Some of the wild weather left a mess behind. Derrick ward is live in northwest with a look at the storm damage. Derrick . Good morning. Were actually in southwest. Were at the 400 block of o street. I can see the Washington Channel from here. You can imagine what kind of winds came through the area. If you cant imagine, heres proof. This tree came up, it looks like it was snapped off at the root base. The roots are actually still underground. Did a little damage to the sidewalk there. Take a look back here. You can see what it did to the landscaping and some of the railings. You see that car back there. Theyr
The last raindrops near st. George island and way far southern maryland. Planning out the rest of your day, plenty of sunshine this afternoon. Afternoon highs in the mid80s. 86 degrees in leesburg and manassas. 87 in washington. Grilling in the backyard, the perfect night to do it. Have your baseball forecast and help on what to wear today in ten minutes. Lets go over to jack taylor at the glass enclosed news center. Beach drive once again closed. Authorities had opened them and then closed them again. Northbound on route 1 near beechwood road, weve got all lanes blocked off there because of a downed tree. Here, you will be under police direction. Be aware, also this morning, starts surge number five of metros continuous work. Orange and silver line single tracking through july 31st. Aaron, eun, back to you. Its my honor to be able to throw donald trump over the top in the delegate count tonight. Congratulations, dad, we love you. It is official. The gop ticket is set for november now.
Nypd to make sure that everything that is needed is in place. Reporter back live, security has been strong from the department of Homeless Services here regarding the front of this homeless shelter that is still active with as many as 67 people who were living on the floor where this incident took place. Investigators believe that they are looking for one of them and this investigation is underway right now. We will of course keep you posted. For now were live at kips bay josh einiger Eyewitness News. Turning to a possible hate crime attack in brooklyn caught on camera. A man driving a forklift suddenly punched in the face by two teenagers. Eyewitness News Reporter Tim Fleischer talked to the victim and posted this video of the assault on twitter. He is live in Crown Heights. Tim . Reporter and shirley that attack took place here at a1 merchandising. Clearly this attack was and you can see the violent assault right there, hes suddenly punched in the face by one of two teenagers. They c
Bring it to you. Right now police in brooklyn are investigating a violent robbery. A 43yearold woman pistol whipped inside a home in east new york. The assailant got away. Relatives say the woman sold jewelry out of her home. She is expected to survive. We are going to turn now to the mumps outbreak that is prompting extra precautions at a university in connecticut. Eight sacred heart students contracted the infection last month and now the school is urging caution. Eyewitness News Reporter marcus solis in connecticut with the details. Marcus . Reporter dave and liz, there is no treatment for the mumps. The virus just has to run its course. The good news is that the students have recovered, they are fine. But School Officials acknowledge more cases are likely. Im a little worried. I dont know too much about mumps, so i feel like ill wake up and have it. That spontaneous but an outbreak at sacred heart university. 8 confirmed cases, 9 probable cases. School officials were alerted on mar
Philadelphia and there is new information about the man that threatened a Baltimore Television station. But the big story on action news is a pair of emergency landings that led to a ground stoppage at Philadelphia International airport. Two planes ran in trouble on their way to philadelphia. That made for tense moments for passengers and a number of delays. Katherine scott is live now where more flights are still running behind. Reporter particularly on that flight where the pilot reported seeing smoke, it seemed like there was harrowing moments for passengers but in the end everyone evacuated safely. Airline Officials Say it was coincidence, two emergency landings at Philadelphia International airport in 15 minutes. One passenger woke up with an oxygen mask hitting him in the face and stressed how great the crew was. 55 people were on board the eagle flight operated by peidmo peidmont. Just prior to landing the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit. Minutes before Republic Airlines air