the european space agency or or the roscoe's most sends a probe to mars or jupiter or venus you know that shows that you can years ahead of time predict the motion of planetary bodies and we can do. that as we mentioned a couple of years ago a meteor hit their russian city of she had been scanned it came as a surprise now another asteroid slipped past virus closer than our weather satellites and it was only detected hours before it flew back why are some asteroids passing so close to earth and detect it well the reason is that we have yet to discover the great majority of asteroids. if we take for instance the size large enough to destroy a city say forty meters or so of the million or so asteroids out there we have discovered perhaps a percent or so of that ten thousand of those perhaps so in other words that means that ninety nine percent of them are undiscovered so you should expect that the great majority of asteroids which come very close to the earth. to come as a surprise if you like as of right now which explains why we have b six twelve foundation are working on trying to de

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speaker of the house paul ryan, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, and wyoming senator john roscoeay they are against increasing the federal gas tax. democrats like chris murphy are for it. in a "new york times" op-ed, chicago mayor rahm emanuel called on president trump to increase it by $0.10. not a cut and dry issue. tom rice, a republican, supported a significant increase in the federal gas tax and introduced legislation to do it in 2015. >> congress doesn't want to raise it because it's unpopular with motorists. deservedly so because so much of the gas tax is squandered on nonhighly needs. >> states have their own gas tax as well. as of july 1, 10 states have increased the gas tax. >> bret: allison barber live here in d.c. tonight on this fourth of july, some stories about america's heroes. the man who risked his life to save others and the effort to get him recognition many believe is long overdue. here is lucas tomlinson at the pentagon. >> that's where i was at. >> donald stratton is 1 of 5 uss arizona survivors from the pearl harbor attack still livin living. >> we got hit

outer loop, before roscoe pike the clash there is blocking the left lane. we still have the problem on 7 there at the dulles toll road. left side is squeezing by. this has been there for some time, but we aren't seeing too much of ap impact this morning. that is good. 66 and 95, both looking okay right now. dry at least for this moment in time. glean line delays both ways, track problem there. that just popped up. now as far as travel times i've got to get my belly out of the way for you to see them. 270 southbound germantown to the spur no problem. in virginia 66, 95, no major issues. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car. >> all right. thank you. >>> 6:20. school is out for the summer but up thousands of dollars in damage. a look at the vandalism at one local school. >> but first, fun and free. they are two words we love and this week we are working for you to fill you in on free fun for the whole family that everybody can enjoy. up next we will tell you about a new exhibit to add to your summer to-do list. >> if you're looking to laug

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