the i after connecticut and the outer loop as you're approaching connecticut. delays to wiehle-rest ton east. disabled train outside of mcclean. take a look at 66 as more on this breaking news coming up. >>> melissa, thank you. it's 5: -- 6:03. breaking news right now. there is an inmate on the run. take a look at his picture here. this is important to know if you live in howard county. police say timothy powers left howard county general hospital last night and they don't know where he is. police don't believe he had access to a car. howard is a minimum security inmate and there is now a warrant out for his arrest. >>> three months after a former prince george's county teacher's aide pled guilty to child pornography, there is now a new arrest. >> today a substitute teacher and basketball coach is facing child pornography charges. news 4's megan mcgrath live around elementary school kids for nearly a decade. megan? >> reporter: that's right, he was around children quite a bit. now 34-year-old christopher speight was arrested. a search of his home turned up sexu

outer loop here at connecticut avenue. still have the crash here. sounds like it is on the left shoulder right now. right there in front of the temple causing delays, top of the beltway. 295 northbound after the naval research lab crash. we are s already because of that. university boulevard, report of a tree in the roadway blocking some lanes. prince william parkway, again, still shut down between ballsford and 66. southbound lanes are open. fatal crash in manassas. >>> melissa, thank you. >>> after a viral campaign about dc's missing children, we're talking about what it takes to track them down. hear from the officers who spend their days bringing kids home next. >>> still ahead, more trouble on the tracks for metro. why fires on the rails are becoming more problem despite safe track work. >>> don't forget to set your dvr for ellen today. vin diesel stopping by to talk about his new film and his kids. >> you can watch ellen right here on nbc 4 at 3:00 and >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> 6:24. all this week on "news 4 today," we're focusin

we have a crash before this point at connecticut avenue.gia avenue on the outer loop. it's blocking a center lane. because of that delays are super heavy back to route one. that was in the rubberneck delay because of the inner loop crash delay as well so right now it's about a 35 minute delay on the outer loop. again inner loop delays starting to dissipate. keep it here to fox5 news morning. we're going to take a look at metro delays as we continue. we're back in just a few. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ whoa! you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. don't be late. even when we're not there to keep them safe, our subaru outback will be. (vo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> ♪ >> we are back now at 6:30 with our big story. we're taking a live look right now in adelphi maryland which definitely took the brunt of the strong storms that rolled through the region and last last night. one neighborhood trees ar

as traffic mers way past 355 and connecticut avenue. this is a 35 minute commute. the outer loop, all lanes open but anticipate rubbernecking. here we are with utility work as a result of last night's storms. metro checking in with silver line delays headed in the direction of reston easst. that is our traffic watch. back within the next 10 minutes. new overnight, an active investigation -- overnight seen in a delphi. crew suspending all night long trying to clean up. larry: try to get those lights back on after an apartment building is heavily damaged in those storms last night. elphigonzalez is in ad with the latest. what can you tell us? john: j ulie just mention this area. we are seeing a lot of homes in the dark, and a lot of flashing lights from utility truck's. this is a small tree, but he gives you a private example of what we are seeing all over. these trees are not operated, they are snapped in half. roads are closed because of it. a number of trees down on power lines. this is close to the intersection of riggs road. a very busy area. and you can see all

i am from connecticut. william buckingham? dr. engle: william buckingham of connecticut is an absolute stalwart example of a tremendously gifted chief executive. from a small state, minimal war,rces, early on in the he sends agents to procure everything that the soldiers might need. every state sent agents to new york, boston and connecticut was way ahead in preparing for this war because new england, so they wanted to take the lead. they wanted to be the movers and shakers of public policy early on in the war. and of course, he maintains a great record in conscription and thenteer and replenishing ranks and keeping the state budget intact and actually he is one of the few governors who would not make it to be field as much as the other new england governors and that think part of that was some health reasons as other commitments in new england. yet? >> as a follow-on to this gentleman's question -- can you describe a comment on the disloyal governors in the border states? dr. engle: the disloyal governors of the border states --

norwegian is about to start flying to scotland from connecticut. as we flew affordably to dublin. enjoy a brief pub interlude, remember the advantages of competition, on flights to dublin or anywhere else: low fares, no fees, comfy planes from which no one is in danger of forcible removal. because of the profits that beckon. and one last time, why the profits? two main reasons, claims c.e.o. kavanagh. >> one, there has been some level of consolidation in north america where it's possible for airlines as businesses to generate sustainable levels of profitability. and the other is capital is more disciplined. >> reporter: investors are more disciplined in that they now demand immediate profits or simply sell their airline stocks, he means. but maybe the discipline in north america is just consolidation, right? i mean it may be that if there were more vigorous pursuit of antitrust in america, you would have more competitors competing on price and then airlines wouldn't be making any money again. and thus kavanagh's answer to this question may be the moral of this story. >> that is un

. >> four-mile backup at connecticut avenue.ooks like one problem has disappeared still very slow there. west shady grove at oakmont. and the left lane blocked for the crash this morning. 270 looks okay. top of the beltway, very slow because of the problem we just showed. you 66/95 northbound no worries. remember to listen to wtop 105 fm in the car this morning. right now, a piece of the weekend. >> that's right, we're getting things back around here where we want around here, sunshine replaces april showers. by the weekend, we've been talking about the heat coming warm. mid to upper 80s. some spots central va might be able to touch 90. although the confidence getting to 90 both days this weekend has come down quite a bit. mid to upper 80s saturday with a slight chance of shower. sunday looks cooler but still on the mild side. a chance of showers on your sunday. sheena is going to look at the five-day forecast coming in a few moment. >> a jury will begin to decide whether a man who killed a pennsylvania state trooper should be p

but when it comes to local issues than the local legislatures weather in the bahamas or connecticut orin westminster, they are responsible for the local inhabitants, not for people in virginia. so, jefferson begins his career as a noted politician in north america with this argument, essentially for decentralized government or federalism. the idea there is a common center. he would say later it has a few enumerated powers and essentially all other authority remains at now the state level. this is an idea he would come back over and over. in fact if you look at the very last letter he ever wrote his best friend in the world and close political ally, james madison and had the concluding paragraph where he famously says, take care of your dad. it is a sad, affecting memorialization of the fact that he has welcome madison and that's one of the best parts of his life. the rest of the letter before that was about this idea that we virginians must resist the federalist party program being pushed by president john quincy adams. we are right back to the old argument from 1774, most government a

. >> congressman from connecticut, i want to ask you about chairman nunes stepping down, is your confidence restored about the house's ability to conduct an independent investigation? >> from the inside the investigation was actually proceeding pretty well. as late as yesterday or the day before, we had reached agreement on a witness list. inside we were doing pretty well. very clearly, chairman nunes ability to lead this in a way that would be perceived as impartial was badly damaged by the whole white house ex sca paid. i do think mike conway assuming

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. >> reporter: it's the elite connecticut boarding school boasting prominent alumni like ivanka trump, president john f. kennedy, and michael douglas. tonight, at the center of a sexual abuse scandal. a new report finding "substantiated instances of sexual misconduct" at connecticut's choate rosemary hall boarding school. spanning five decades from the 1960s to 2010, a dozen former teachers implicated by 24 students, including at least one case of rape. the report also finding, despite years of accusations, "sexual misconduct matters were handled internally and quietly," and never reported to the police. in some cases, teachers were allowed to resign or retire. and some were even given recommendations for new jobs. >> we've seen a lot of these private schools have had problems because the issues aren't being reported to authorities. they're dealing with it internally. >> reporter: now, the school says, "we profoundly apologize. the conduct of these adults violated the foundation of our community. we honor and thank the survivors of sexual misconduct who came forward." the findings don

outer loop at connecticut avenue, that has all cleared out of the way.southbound that is gone as well. no major problems there on 270 southbound. beltway looks all right and georgia avenue at forest glen road. have a crash reported there. travel times, 270, no problems. top of the beltway nice and smooth. 66 into town and 95 northbound also rolling along quite nicely this morning. remember to listen to wtop when yo >>> 5:53. metro has work to do in order to prevent track fires. there are more problems with insulators along the third rail which can cause sparks for smoke. metro reports that arcing insulator incidents are up. fires caused by debris from newspapers is down by 50%. when you compare metro to other transit systems, it had the second highest number of fires. >>> new information about that story everybody has been talking about. united airlines in trouble after officers dragged a man off a flight. >> now we're hearing what officers said. angie goff joins us in the newsroom with details. good morning. >> good morning. documents. we did get our ha

be mindful past connecticut avenue you slow things down. we'll switch to maps.aling with. shady grove remains closed all westbound lanes oakmont avenue what we're dealing with is serious injury crash and taxi cab got stuck underneath a tractor-trailer. injuries involved in the crash and injuries involved again. be cautious around the that area. 270 traffic ing good south and norm of gaithersburg. roads closed in the disstrkt north west. deal westbound pepco northwest right at new york avenue causing delays. met row on time except for safe track. toss it back to you guys. tweet me fox 35 erin d.c. >> time now new details emerging in death of missing woman pamela butler. yesterday her accused killer jose rodriguez cruz was in court accused of killing betterler in 2009. for years no one was charged with her disappearance or murder and her body was not found. yesterday in court new photos released that show rodriguez cruz coming and going from butler's house 43 times over the course of two days in 2009 sometimes carrying cleaning supplies and also found a piece of b

comes to local issues, then the local legislatures whether they're in the bahamas or they're in connecticut or they're in westminster, they are responsible for the local inhabits. not for the people in virginia. so jefferson begins career as a noted politician in north america with this argument. essentially for as i said before decentralized government or federalism. the idea that there's a common center that has a few -- we have seen later a few enumerated powers essentially all other authority remain at the now we say the state level. this is an idea to which to come back over and over, in fact, if you look at very is last letter he ever wrote it his close political ally james had concluding paragraph where he famously says take care of my when dead and it is a very sad kind of a expecting -- kind of memorialization of the fact that he's always welcome and he's thought that his friendship was one of the best parts of his life but the rest of the letter before that was about this idea that we in in virginia must resist the centralist party program that is being pushed off by president joh

. >> for those who know only the name, the history of newtown, connecticut begins on december 14, 2012, when a mentally ill man murdered 20 first-graders and six educators at sandy hook elementary school. ana grace was the daughter of nelba and jimmy greene. >> one of the most compelling sermons i've ever heard was given at my daughter's funeral. it talks about jesus being with us in every season of our lives, and that ana's death would signify the beginning of a long and hard winter season. >> is it springtime yet? >> i can't imagine a day that it will be spring. >> how do 50 attorneys handle 22,000 cases? >> you do your best. but a lot of times you can't provide the kind of representation that the constitution, our code of ethics and professional standards would have you provide. >> derwyn bunton has been head of the new orleans public defender's office for the last eight years. the 52 lawyers on his staff are responsible for representing more than 20,000 people a year. how many of you believe that an innocent client went to jail because you didn't have enough time to spend on their

. >>> a connecticut teenager is making medical history. the device she is using could change the lives of diabetes sufferers. >> clair suffers from type one diabetes and keeping her blood sugar in check is a struggle. >> it's hard to do between musicals and track and school work. >> the active 14-year-old said this small device is going to simplify her life dramatically. she is one of the first patients in the country and the first pediatric patient to receive the artificial pancreas since it was approved last year. >> it gave me .2 units of insul insulin. >> it measures her blood sugar and delivers insulin 24 hours a day with less interaction from clair. the doctor at yale children's diabetes program said reducing that is huge. >> you have to test and dosing what you are eating, but this will do a lot of important safety work in between meals and during exercise and at night. >> those are the times clair's mother would worry about blood sugar dropping the most. >> i lept all night last night. >> clair is looking forward to a future with l

this is the inner loop by connecticut avenue.queezing by at a crash scene out by georgia avenue. you can see the flashing lights in the distance. unfortunately we don't have a view of the crash but i can tell you you're jammed up with about a 30 minute delay from the 270 spur through that that point so give yourself some extra time. we'll switch to our maps. a second crash by university boulevard involving four cars cleared. as you can see we have a rubberneck delay on the outer loop near that c super backed up traffic. in adelphi heavy storms last night riggs road 212 closed in both directions out by adelphi road. take new hampshire avenue to get around that. keep it to fox5 news morning. we have silver line delays we'll help you navigate metro as well as we continue. >> ♪ mmm! [ keys clack ] [ slurps ] make it iced, then make it happen with flavors like butter pecan or new coconut creme pie. it's america's iced coffee, whenever, wherever. america runs on dunkin'. >> ♪ >> s

they graduated from the university of connecticut. was going to say i applaud governor cuomo for taking this initiative. our founding fathers had it right when they knew you had to and an educated citizenry providing education to the terrific. i applaud and thank you very much for this conversation. we want to applaud new york state policy makers for taking big steps in prioritizing education in the policy initiatives for the state. the concern is are there better ways to have spent the resources ? critics like myself tend to think we would prefer to see the money spent to support the additional expenses beyond tuition to lowest income students. that would do more to close the completion gap. host: william is on the line for those paying off student loans. i have a question that is related to tuition. i am wondering why college tuition rates have increased so dramatically over the last few years as compared to the rate of inflation. inc. you. -- thank you. guest: this is a question that is really continuing to be researched. a big dri

heather: he was born in connecticut, new haven connecticut, but he was in the navy and had a heart conditionnd went to asheville. he went to the v.a. for surgery in his early 20's. he had in his life in connecticut, this is one of those beautiful things that happens in american peoples' stories where the same things he was afraid of in terms of the media stereotypes of african-americans had been part of his experience in connecticut with gangs, drug addiction, and when he got his heart surgery, he stayed in nashville and fell in love with the slow pace of life. he has been living there since then. he has been a hvac electrician operator. now i think he's mostly retired. host: is he married? heather: no. host: no children. how often in your life have you heard -- you can't quantify -- how often have you heard the kind of things he was saying about what he as a white man thought about black people? heather: it is a pretty innumerable count. in terms of someone saying that to me personally, probably not so many times. in my career, i started out as an economic policy person and would go across

we are proud of him we are proud of him 'connecticut, his commitment ton 'connecticut, his commitment ton stanford hospital stanford hospital and his community in west port and i look order in to his testimony and i welcome him to the committee today. >> thank you, senator murphy. dr. gottlieb, we now invite you to give your opening remarks. your opening statement will being entered into the record in its entirety. >> i'd like to just take a moment to introduce my family, my wife allison is here with my three daughters, alex, sam, and dylan. do you want to say hi? do you want to say hi? and my mother and father here my and my mother and father here my mom's a school teacher in new mom's a school teacher in new jersey, my father's a phys jersey, my father's a physician and veteran of the vietnam war. and veteran of the vietnam war. chairman alexander, ranking chairman alexander, ranking member murray, members of the member murray, members of the committee, thank you for the committee, thank you for the invitation to testify this invitation to testify this morning. morning. i'm honored

they graduated from the university of connecticut. was going to say i applaud governor cuomo for taking this initiative. our founding fathers had it right when they knew you had to and an educated citizenry providing education to the terrific. i applaud and thank you very much for this conversation. we want to applaud new york state policy makers for taking big steps in prioritizing education in the policy initiatives for the state. the concern is are there better ways to have spent the resources ? critics like myself tend to think we would prefer to see the money spent to support the additional expenses beyond tuition to lowest income students. that would do more to close the completion gap. host: william is on the line for those paying off student loans. i have a question that is related to tuition. i am wondering why college tuition rates have increased so dramatically over the last few years as compared to the rate of inflation. inc. you. -- thank you. guest: this is a question that is really continuing to be researched. a big dri

through wednesday at ancestrydna.com >>> in late june of 2013, on an ordinary street in bristol, connecticutlice are investigating the death of odin lloyd when they make an extraordinary discovery. a silver toyota 4runner with rhode island plates. the vehicle belongs to aaron hernandez. a leasing company loaned it to him in exchange for promotional work. and it appears to be the one boston police have been trying to find for nearly a year. the one police say was used in the murder of two american dreamers, immigrants daniel de abreu and safiro furtado. >> it was the moment because the car matches up with the car captured on surveillance video. >> hernandez has just been formally charged with one murder. is it possible the nfl star is responsible for three deaths? when you first heard of the possible connection between this young talented new england patriot football player and three murders, what did you think? >> shock. right? this is a marketable, recognizable individual who plays for a super bowl champion new england patriots. he's catching passes from tom brady. >> once the initial conne

he was elected to the senate in 2012 after representing connecticut's fifth congressional district for two terms in the u.s. house of representative. the senator services on the appropriations committee, health committee, and most appropriate services on the senate foreign relations committee where he is the ranking member on the europe and regional cooperation subcommittee. he has been outspoken on syria and russia so i guess that means we'll have plenty to talk about. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome senator chris murphy. >> thank you very much. i look forward to our conversation. thank you to my friends at the council for having me here today and for your guidance throughout my time at the senate and house of representatives. the speed and precision of thursday night's military attack on an air base in syria, it was as impressive as it was predictable. the destroyers, "the uss porter" and "uss ross," $4 billion worth of steel and weaponry, they quickly moved into position to strike planners and intelligence officers scores of them were busy assigning targets. in eastern syria, 5

>> he's working in connecticut, actually.be here later. >> you're right he'll fly there from connecticut. drake isn't far away. he'll charter a plane and show up and try to steal your girl. >> starting more trouble than those dresses. >>> last night, gwen stefani was supposed to perform in las vegas, but a medical crisis forced a change of plans. this was a very serious looking gwen out for lunch yesterday in west hollywood. tuesday night, after "the voice" live show she suffered a ruptured eardrum. and reportedly received i eatm aentt cedarnas-si alspitlo in s angeles. the eardrum emergency caused gwen to withdraw from singing at the power of love charity gala last night. an eyewitness tells "e.t." an announcement was m ruptured an eardrum and couldn't sing, under doctors orders. jennifer hudson stepped in, and filled in for gwen. jon bon jovi also performed, and a videotape was played where gwen expressed her regrets. she told the audience, quote, i am so sorry that i cannot attend tonight. just monday night, "e.t." spoke t

i hear they are cutting off in connecticut care for kids program. there cutting off of their budget for early head start and cutting off the program for -- these are essential things for parents with kids. they are cutting off things across the floor and you go and mess.bout it a it is a how can we afford to have tax cuts? i mean we need to look for a place where we can have more revenue. host: on that topic, you may want to read the lead editorial post." washington lower rates could make sense but expecting them to pay for themselves does not square for its self. they say -- if you want to read it, today's editorial page. ray, republican. good morning. are you with us? dave and lynbrook, new york. line for independents. caller: two ideas on tax reform. would youl tax system look at states and local taxes is roughly flat. you need progressive federal income tax rates to offset progressive state and local income taxes. how about the getting the tax rates back to where they were in the clinton era? they were higher in the economy did well. is its alli

host: janice in connecticut, democrat. inler: i was wondering, canada, do they cover alternative medicine? opathiclike a natr position. chineseditional medicine? the first two, i am able to submit against my benefits, but i am wondering what happens in canada? guest: i am afraid i do not know the answer to that. i have never had occasion to think about or worry about that. you will have to make a few choices about what kind of things are covered. i do not think those things are covered. i also do not think eyeglasses or dental care is covered. it is not 100% in that respect, but if what you want is a system which takes care of people for what you think of as the sick health insurance, that is it. host: what happens to the cost of prescription drugs? guest: prescription drugs is a problem in canada. when they designed the program, originally more than half of the expert is referred doctors and hospitals, but now 2/3 is for drugs. the way it works in canada is if the drugs are prescribed when you're in the hospital, they are

only the name, the history of newtown, connecticut begins on december 14, 2012, when a mentally ill man murdered 20 first-graders and six educators at sandy hook elementary school. ana grace was the daughter of nelba and jimmy greene. >> one of the most compelling sermons i've ever heard was given at my daughter's funeral. it talks about jesus being with us in every season of our lives, and that ana's death would signify the beginning of a long and hard winter season. >> is it springtime yet? >> i can't imagine a day that it will be spring.

one random act of kindness at connecticut restaurant led to another. >> as a waitress walked a customero the table. he noticed she was having trouble hearing him. she explained one of her two hearing aids was broken. >> out of the blue the patron offered to give her $500 to help her get it fixed or replaced. >> heap ju just came in the baci will not take no for an answer. i want you to have this. i tried to give him back the money. but he was just like, no you deserve this. i cried for a minute in his arms. >> the owner of the restaurant was so moved, that he is now making a donation to the american society for deaf children. >> all right. very nice move on their part. the restaurant is gw carson's in branford by the way outside new haven. >> nice to see random act of kindness inspiring another one. the world needs a little built of kindness these days. >> coming up. lucky sea lion shows gratitude. >> can't miss the video. mammal back to shore and cuddling to his rescuer. should humans intervene with nature. >> deadly home explosion in colorado. what do investigators think happened to c

i spoke earlier this will evening to democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. importantly, he sits on the judiciary and armed services committees. i started off by asking him whether he agreed with a headline that was out today that said the process kasie just walked us through will change the u.s. senate forever. >> it will change the senate forever if in fact the 60 vote threshold is struck down. but the senate has operated by bipartisan consensus. because the feeling has been over many years that these nominees should be approved by more than a razor thin majority. they serve for life in the highest court in the land. and i would regret this very destructive step if the republican leadership chooses to invoke this nuclear option. >> when people say they question why the democrats are going to the mat on this one, which is in fact net/net replacement for the late justice antonin scalia and not the next one, what do you say to that? >> he has evaded all of our key questions on adherence to well established precedent relating to women's health care and privacy.

talk about this inner loop after connecticut avenue. talk about how big those backups are and they are growing straight ahead. >>> plus, a new way to require your fingerprints in a checkout live. >>> forget ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ >>> right now at 5:45, tree troubles. last night's storms leaving behind a big mess that could impact your commute. >>> plus, ramp reopening. two years of construction complete. how it will make the trip into downtown d.c. easier for thousands of you. >>> and the dangers of diet soda. cutting calories could come at the cost of your brain's health. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> so you may have heard the lightning and the heavy rain from last night's storms. this morning we're getting a look at the damage it caused. >> it's also left hundreds of people in the dark. news 4's justin finch is live in adelphi. justin? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. close to 6:00 a.m. take a look over

back to connecticut avenue, outer loop. be careful there. two crashes there.oop, old georgetown, crash off the road. sounds like in the ditch, on the left side of the roadway. right now, the beltway doesn't seem to be impacted by either things but of course, it's going to be quite a different story this morning. westbound shady grove road at oakmont. we have lanes blocked. crash there, response on the scene there. eastbound e street 17th street, that is closed. shut down for that electrical issue. we have travel times coming up, eun. >>> 5:32, metro is a sick day this weekend. >> news4's angie goff is live in the newsroom with more details about how the transit agency is preparing to keep things running. >> aaron, metro has said it received an unusually high number of requests for the weekend. an e-mail had been sent to metro supervisors requiring them to work 12-hour shifts from friday through sunday. this comes during a heated contract dispute between the agency and its largest union. however, the union says it does not support a sickout. and leaders don't t

we have a new issue outer loop at connecticut avenue. crash reported there. we're going to see a little bit of a slowdown there at the top of the beltway. southbound bw parkway ramp to md-450. one lane getting by. that crash has police on the scene. crash between balancesford road and 66. this is probably a longer term closure. the southbound lanes are open. we'll take a live look at 270 coming up. >> thank you, melissa. >>> it's a netflix series that has a lot of people talking including a local school >>> the leader of metro gets a nasty gram from the feds. what must be done in less than a week. >>> and a new push to get victims of domestic violence the help they need. the event that could add more >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> in fairfax county there are only two shelters for domestic violence victims and their children. dozens of women call for help away because there's not enough room. at bethanie house women can stay for up to four months and each is assigned a counselor. they're hoping contributions at their annual gala this week can help add

connecticut. roadie weighed none of those is the bill of rights case. because the bill of rights and rigidly was against a federal government in the tenth amendment is in between of celebrations with an anti-federalist teethirty but that is not our bill of rights today so to have those states and localities with gideon and laurence vs. texas and for alabama to shut down. or ran the verses arizona most of the cases those bill of rights cases are not original bill of rights was limiting the central government. so what kind of cases are? with a brown verses board of education? the 14th amendment cases that they shall enforce any law that is a second bill of rights that is more intuitive than today because the state this be a because madison lost but no state shall violate so he wishes in the end so also a little bit ironic because all of this precipitated the 14th amendment from the abuse of power to be charter members to from day political party on the southern base that benefited in the electoral college because of the 3/5 clause jefferson and madison ev

in one of the biggest upsets in college basketball history, mississippi state beat connecticut in their semi-final game of the n.c.a.a. tournament last night. guard morgan williams sank the winning jumpshot at the buzzer in overtime to beat uconn 66-64. mississippi state will play south carolina for the national championship tomorrow night. francine wilson's 1977 trial for killing her abusive husband changed the way domestic violence is viewed by the public, police and the judicial system. word now from her son that wilson died last week in leighton, alabama. after suffering years of physical abuse, wilson killed her husband by setting fire to their home while he slept. at her murder trial, a jury found her not guilty by reason of temporary insanity in what became known as the "burning bed" defense. francine wilson was 69. the artist who created the iconic rainbow flag of the gay rights movement, gilbert baker, has died. baker, who liked to call himself the "gay betsy ross," created the flag in 1978, and it was first carried at the gay pride parade that year in san francisco, where frie

an appeals court overturned the rules in new jersey but one lawmaker in connecticut said the fact thatge took one man's religious beliefs into account when making that ruling is reason enough to get these laws on the box. >> it's important. we need to remind the citizens of the state of connecticut and the united states that the constitution has to come first. and that, you know, we can never ex-- we have to respect culture s and no laws but they should not be applied and replacing our heritage. >> reporter: u.s. law states that courts must follow the constitution; however, those like sampson say that courts can still make mistakes. nine states currently prohibit the use of foreign law in state courts n. hartford, connecticut, laura ingle, fox news. >>> and state officials in arkansas are fighting to carry out an unprecedented seven executions in 10 days. they are battling a recent court ruling that put up several legal roadblocks o. saturday, a federal judge temporarily blocked the execution saying the state was, quote, rushing to execute. arkansas attorney general strongly denies the

connecticut avenue.looking good even though volume is increasing and same story as you make your way on 8 238 through chantilly this morning and 20 souk at speed. volume picks up 70 do clarksburg a little caution there. i'll let you know if if causes my major slow downs this morning and souk 295 good shape des speet voll oum. twitter. >> thanks, airport, 5:49 happening this morning the holocaust day of remembrance on capitol hill. president trump deliveries the keynote address in the capital row tupd ait was established by nation's commemeration of the halocaust. during the ceremony six cappedlees are lit by a halocaust survivor accompanied by member of congress in memory of the victims. >> more than a dozen survivors helped dedicate a research and conservation center yesterday in buoy. the center continues im34e7bs and growing lex of halocaust artifacts including transcripts of interviews with survivors and also artwork. some pieces are colorful. others of course, are not. >> the panedings were done by

one of them was chris murphy of connecticut.e says -- jeff merkley from oregon -- senator ben cardin from maryland -- richard blumenthal, a democrat from connecticut -- one more from tom udall from new mexico -- currently according to the latest counts on this vote, four democratic senators are voting for gorsuch in his nomination. the question senators, joe manchin, heidi heitkamp, joe donnelly and michael bennet's. "the wall street journal" with their list. arthur is up next. good morning. caller: you are one of the best ones. you let the speakers get their point across. this is my first call since november. my first want to congratulate president trump for keeping this atheist queen of the status quo, a.k.a., hillary clinton. the precedent is established by gorsuch, it comes time for ginsburg or kennedy to hang up, and that is very likely, the republicans need to announce that this is our nominee, there is nothing you can do about it. [indiscernible] sicknk many americans are of the same political posturing on the grounds of

i don't think my constituents in connecticut would spot that. they would support humanitarian effort, military efforts but not an invasion of syria. >> what from he could do it through air power alone, not just tom haul missiles but warplanes going in and leveling all of the syrian air bases and destroying their planes from the air, not on the ground? >> he can't do it with air power alone. >> he could do a lot of damage to his regime. >> you can, but, remember, there are russian air defenses that were not triggered for this limited tomahawk missile strike but would likely be trigger federal there was a broader campaign against syrian assets. we're potentially getting involved or sending signals of getting involved in a hypercomplicated proxy war in which there are major powers, the russians and ranians, with assets on the ground. future air campaigns won't go as smoothly as this tomahawk missile strike did. >> afraid that the u.s. could get engaged in another iraq or afghanistan and stay there for a long time. >> should be all of our worry. >>

. >> some people in connecticut don't think it's awesome but with our apologies to them we'll be coveringt story aggressively this morning. >>> also coming up, the spring snowstorm. take a look at this shot from portland, maine. it looks like the middle of winter and rob has the forecast. >> cold out there. >>> we do want to start with a new security concern about airplane travel. abc news has learned there is now u.s. intelligence suggesting terrorists have obtained airport security screening equipment and maybe using it to figure out how to sneak explosives into electronic devices and past airport security. >> not what you want to hear and on a saturday morning and abc's gloria riviera has more from reagan national airport in d.c. gloria, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan, cecilia. the specific devices in question that we're talking about here are laptop, tablets, anything bigger than a cell phone really and the chief concern is that technology is now being shared among terrorist organizations on both developing these types of devices and getting them past airpo