>> hello. >> sullivan: laura sullivan. nice to meet you. >> very nice to meet you as well. >> sullivan: john houghtaling is a bit of a new orleans legend, a plaintiff's attorney with a taste for french antiques. >> so it's restored just like at the time. >> sullivan: he made millions for his clients and for himself, taking on the insurance companies after katrina. >> insurance policies, even for a lawyer that's been doing this for a long time, they're very complicated. i mean, they're thick. if you've ever tried to read an insurance policy, it's very difficult to read. it's not written in plain language. there's lots of loopholes in it, lots of exclusions. so everybody here is working on sandy, and these are the clients that we represent. >> sullivan: after sandy, houghtaling focused his law firm's attention on problems developing with flood claims in new york and new jersey. >> i looked at some of the cases, and i had never seen anything worse in my entire career. >> sullivan: he eventually signed on to represent about 60

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sullivan. will address the difference you're seeing and the impact and i am sure you have your recommendations. mr. sullivan states the new coordination process between epa and the ig should serve as and i quote, best practices model for the federal government, end of quote. so i'm extremely pleased to hear that. it shows what we can do if we work hard with the agencies and investigators to improve their procedures. this type of work does not always get the big headlines. but it makes real difference. it also shows that this committee can -- what we can do through nuts and bolts oversight. while i enkouncourage by proces that's been made, i believe there are still challenges that we must and shall and can address. for instance, long investigation times, in some cases, may suggest a need for more resources for the ig. i just don't know. you'll have to address that, mr. sullivan. and there are certainly other cases that raised questions about when employees are required to report from an old conv

sullivan? >> yes, congressman, it is. it is important to make sure the system is not subject -- >> it is not rigged to take hard working people and then cast them out on some political bases and i think that should be protected. however, the reports we have, i have 12 pages of some of the most egregious abuses. i cannot find any instance in which anyone was fired. did you there were 15,000 epa employees? >> yes, that is correct. >> did you say, mr. sullivan, you have 280 investigators? >> no, sir, we have 360 five years ago and now we are down to 289. >> 289 staff. what do they do? >> we have investigations. >> so they investigate -- >> some evaluate. >> i am sorry. they have investigating, looking and reviewing the conduct of the 15,000 epa employees? >> i have 50 agents now. >> how many, last year, 2015, how many people were fired from epa? >> i would to defer to meiburg. >> how many were fired? >> i don't know. >> were any ever fired for misconduct? >> yes >> can you supply? do you think it is more than my fingers and

sullivan? you said you were not involved in settlement. >> that is correct. >> was that the pedophile? >> yes. i was a child molester. >> we are paying a child molester $55,000, nobody gets fired. here is one epa official in of 15 -- level 15. yearsuy sat around for the past several years and watch porno and getting a hundred $125,000. and actually i think is still on the job. must be a great job where you just sit around and collect $125,000 a year. at least $90,000 here d.c. -- a search of the employees epa issue found 507 pornographic images as well as a graphic -- pornographic story written by the employee containing description -- i will go into all of that for public consumption. the employee was issued a notice of proposed were -- removal but was retired. nobody gets fired. the way out as most people either retire. civil service was not set up to protect these folks. it was to protect folks against political manipulation. this has to be demoralizing to thousands and thousands hard-workin

(laughter) >> sullivan: hi! but three years later, they were still living with a fish tank filled with sandy storm water. >> this is our fish tank. >> sullivan: is this the water from the tidal surge? >> yes. >> sullivan: this is tidal surge water. >> tidal surge plus the fish tank water. i mean, everything must have intermingled, because the water actually went up to the top step before my second floor. >> sullivan: the water came all the way up here? this whole floor was underwater? >> underwater. >> sullivan: this used to be your entryway? the cameradas were still waiting to get their first floor fixed up and their house elevated. >> we had our television, our couch, our living area. >> sullivan: like many homeowners, they gambled and didn't have flood insurance. they were now counting on help from build it back. >> do you know i had to itemize every single thing that i lost? >> sullivan: diane showed me what that process has been like. >> i know i filled this same application out three times. >> sullivan: no

sullivan, would you agree with that? your statement was that the agency's internal adjudication process has dramatically improved. is that correct? >> yes. prior to the biweekly meetings, if we had a misconduct investigation in denver or san francisco, the folks at headquarters had little visibility on that and it may languish for months or years. now, every misconduct investigation pending across the agency, the attorneys at epa headquarters, and the labor and employee relations folks meet biweekly. languishingould be in san francisco for example but now, they are no longer able to language. the folks at headquarters are pushing it along to make sure that the cases are addressed efficiently. the cases are moving more quickly than they were before. and you have evidence of that, quantitative evidence? havethin the past year, we --cessfully closed for the we have successfully closed our cases at a much higher rate. >> have you been satisfied with the recommendations that the agency has made on those cases? >> our job is t

sullivan, do you agree to that? without a legislative change, it is possible that improvement can thatde then an agency streamlines the disciplinary process? >> i agree with that. i can say from my personal experience, the biweekly meetings have genetically improved the process here to >> thank you. it can say that agencies currently have the tools to deal with allegations of misconduct, but they sometimes do not use them as efficiently as they could. how thishat is committee can help agencies improve their procedure. thank you and i yield back the balance of my time. >> i think the gentlewoman from illinois. i think much -- i recognize myself for five minutes. miss sullivan, thank you for your work within the epa. -- mr. sullivan, thank you for your work within the epa. -- efforts to bring about accountability within the agency and we recognize your progress while still acknowledging there are still many ongoing challenges within the agency. we know the long-term reform and improvement for personnel management requ

sullivan. there are certainly other cases that raise questions about when employees are required to report criminal convictions. mr. chairman, as we proceed, i hope we can address these challenges together in a truly bipartisan way, like we have done over the past year. with input from the agency and the ig and other stake holders, because it's a fact that if we concentrate and try to get the ig and the agencies to work more closely together, i think we can get the kind of results that we are after and again, we can be more effective and efficient. with that, i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. we'll hold the record open for five legislative days for any members that would like to submit a written statements. we'd like to welcome our witnesses. the acting deputy administrator for the united states environmental protection agency. we also have mr. patrick sullivan, assistant inspector general for investigations at the office of the inspector general at the united states environmental protect

sullivan.re are certainly other cases raise questions about when employees are required to report criminal convictions. mr. chairman, as we proceed i hope that we can address these challenges together in a truly bipartisan way like we have done over the past year with input from the agency and the ig and the other stakeholders because it is a fact if we concentrate and try to get the ig and the agencies to work more closely together, i think we can get the kind of results that we are after and again, we can be more effective and efficient. with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. we'll hold the record open for five legislative days for any member who would like to submit a written statement. we will recognize your witnesses. mr. stanley meiburg, acting deputy administrator for the environmental protection agency. we have mr. patrick sullivan, assistant inspector general at the office of the inspector general at the environmental protection agency. he is accompanied by mr

sullivan? you said you were involved? >> that is correct. .> the pedophile >> there was a child molester. >> we are paying a child molester $55,000. washington,cial in a minimum5 is given of one of $25,000 a year. this guy sat around for years, the past several years and watched porno and getting $125,000. actually, i think he is still on the job. must be a great job where you can sit around and collect $125,000 year. 13.e is a $90,000 gs a search of the employees epa computer found pornographic images as well as one graphic story written by the employee containing descriptions -- i will not go into all of that for public consumption. the employee was issued a notice of removal but returned. nobody gets fired. the way out is most people either retire. civil-service was not set up to protect these folks. politicaltect folks, -- this has to be demoralizing epahousands of hard-working officials to see these people who either are involved in misconduct, they were stealing money. i cannot find a single instance in which anyone

would you agree mister sullivan? >> yes sir i do. >> mister meiburg, you are currently serving in one of the top leadership roles at epa. >> yes, that's right. >> you're pretty astute about the law, right? >> i am not a lawyer, would not make that claim. >> know, but you've been very articulate about the banter from both sides in regard to this claim or that claim, you are articulate about that, right? >> thank you, that's not for me to judge. >> mister highs actually engaged on you because you are the administrator that made the decision in that case and you are familiar with personnel management, right? >> yes, over the course of my career i had a number of conduct discipline cases come before me as a deciding official. >> you briefly describe and summarize a job position today? i am the agency's chief operating officer and i perform such duties as are assigned to me by the administrator. >> let's go through that. you're serving as the acting epa deputy administrator and you should understand the law, right? >> i a

sullivan for being here. to get back to one of the themes of this hearing, i've been interested to hear about the discipline has been given on improved coordination between epa and the ig. and the reason that interests me is that we obviously want to reduce the time that employees spend on administrative leave when, obviously, they're not doing anything for the agency. so i'm interested in the investigative process. i recognize that it takes time, you can't cut corners, you can be sued. and i also understand that some of these investigations can be very complex. mr. sullivan, i'm interested in funding available to the agency to do the job that needs to be done in investigating. can you tell me what the staffing levels are for the team that investigates misconduct allegations? >> yes, ma'am. i could tell you in general, the current authorized fte for the inspector general's office as a whole is 289 employees. that's dropped in the last five years from 360. in my office, i had an authorized fte strength of 76 f

sullivan. i am sure he would love to answer them. >> hi, thank you, it was great listening to your stories. a couple months ago, anthony scalia, made a comment about affirmative action and how it services minorities because it gets them into colleges and as a college graduate it made me think maybe i should not be at my school, did i get there was i am black, and i stopped and thought this isn't true but thought about these young people of color applying to colleges and i was wondering hopefully their reaction was, you know, to ignore him. but wondering what you thought of that comment and how you feel about affirmative action. >> i disagree with that comment and find it condecending. in my opinion, they are trying to make the right wrong where whites had the advantage because blacks couldn't compete. if you are white and were a slave owner and became wealthy because of the labor of the slaves you were able to pass it on to your families and susequent generations and that gave them an advantage

sullivan. misconduct gives all federal name.yees a bad ur goal is to work swiftly and thoroughly in cases like these. today we've heard about the new policies and information-sharing processes at the e.p.a. and the ig. sullivan you stated since he hearing in 2015 on misconduct, the agency's process has dramatically improved; is correct? that's ms. kelly, correct. > mr. meiburg, these have changed through policy and process and not through change.ive >> that's correct. your agency in have -- >> congresswoman, i do, in fact, that.e it is always the case that we always do better and we strive to do that. but we believe we have the tools agency to execute effective conduct and discipline. >> it's important to remember protections are there for a reason. in 2018 the board issued a that stated more than a century ago the government spoiled system in which employees could be reason including ofbership of any other party and more.ent constitutional due process law ctions rose from the that congress ena

sullivan.here are other questions that raise questions about when employees are required to report criminal convictions. i. chairman, as we proceed, hope we can address these challenges together in a truly bipartisan way, like we have done over the past year. with in put from the agency and stakeholders.ther because of the fact if we concentrate and try to get the workand the agencies to more closely together, i think we can get the kind of results that we are after, and again, we can be more effective and efficient with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> i thank the chairman. we will hold the record open for five days for any member that would like to submit a written statement. please welcome mr. meiburg, the deputy administrators for the epa. we also have patrick sullivan, assistant inspector general. at the united states environmental protection agency. he is accompanied by mr. allen assistantdeputy inspector general for investigation whose expertise may be needed for specificity on certa

sullivan. when you say it is a near normalcy, can you characterize why it is not a normalcy? what aspect of it is not quite normal? ms. sullivan: i will invite jerry bell to answer your question. you are talking about a range of probabilities, and this is potentially reinforcing factors which make this year more uncertain than others. but, jerry, do want to answer that? seasonl: we have three classifications, near-normal refers to a range of activity defined by the overall season strength, as well as the numbers of hurricanes and tropical storms. we used near normal instead of oftentimesple think as the mathematical average, and we are not talking about the mathematical average here, we are talking about the middle third of the seasons with a certain level of activity. ms. sullivan: each one of the season designations is a range of prospects, not a distinct number. either the lower range, the near-normal range, or the higher range. there are uncertainties, like .ou said bell: yes. >> if somebod

deliversan sullivan the republican response. he talks about the economy during the obama administration. president obama: hi, everybody. i've a special guest this week. macklemore. for those who do not share the same love for the pop that i do, he's a grammy-winning artist, foralso an advocate disease we whisper about, the disease of addiction. macklemore: hey, everybody. i'm here with president obama because i take this personally. i had a problem. if i did not get the help i needed when i needed it, i would not be here today. i want to help others face the same challenges i did. dosesent obama: drug or -- overdoses take more lives than car accidents. a lot of times there from legal drugs prescribed by a doctor. addiction does not always start in a dark alley. it often starts in a medicine cabinet. a new study released this month from the 44% of americans know someone who has been addicted to prescription painkillers. macklemore: i did not just know someone. i lost someone. my friend kevin overdosed on painkillers when he was j

sullivan to the podium. thank you. dr. sullivan: thank you, laura. you also to dr. steven volz for hosting us here at this spectacular facility. i hope you will take him up on his offer to go upstairs for a tour. i would also like to acknowledge dr. jerry bell, who leads the team that produces the annual hurricane season outlook. he will be available for questions after the conference portion of this event is through. as we have been hearing already, communities all along america's coastlines are in the throes of preparing for hurricane season. although that season does not officially begin until june 1, i do want to start the day with an update on the low-pressure system that is currently being monitored between bermuda and the bahamas that has a prospect of approaching the southeast u.s. coastline. it's technical name is invest 91-lima. the system has quite a high chance of becoming a tropical or subtropical cyclone, in which case it would pick up the next name in the season list, and that would be bonnie. storms in may are not unusual. this one ma

sullivan, the fbi had 5500 special agents. out of that number, 5500, you only have five negro agents? mr. sullivan again, we did not say in the memorandum that none of them conducted investigations. they were just drivers. this was 1961. is it any wonder that the fbi was later presumptuous enough to feel that it could determine the new national negro leader. part of the problem is, they attempted to translate the tactics used first against the communist party, against virtually every perceived enemy, as the bureau looked across the landscape i decided who should be neutralized, discredited, or destroyed. >> the bureau was set up as a crime-fighting agency, but in 19 39, in a directed by president roosevelt, it assumed a new task of seeing that the country's internal security was maintained in the face of a glowing -- a growing threat from fascism and communism. >> in 1939, the fbi had been established an index called the security index. it was a list of individuals, aliens and citizens, i am now quoting, on whom there is infor

alison: get to jamie sullivan.ing the roadways getting ready to go out there and battle the traffic. jamie: that is what you will be doing if you are heading to the shore. look at 50 near rowe boulevard. this is just before the severn river bridge. we are volume. it's not terrible, though. i won't tell you don't do it. i'm not even saying that. once you get closer to the by a bridge we loosen up. a bigger picture if you are closer to home. seeing a lot of heavy traffic in d.c. of course northwest corner. but heading out of the city, 35 minutes northbound 270 getting to clarksburg. 95 northbound. trying to get to baltimore. up 41 minutes. and 16 minutes on the b.w. parkway heading out closer to baltimore. if you have to catch a flight the better option is 95. go ahead and move to the waze map. talk right in d.c. digits. like i said a lot of people are leaving the city. 3895, heavy from the pentagon continuing to seminary. and then south from the mixing bowl heavy as well. brianne carter is on 95 in virginia. let's c

sullivan, you have look at this closely. how is it that this goes undetected for so long?t was not in our system. >> did not go undetected. it was just not reported to the iog. in 1999, our investigation revealed that the management at region six in dallas found out about his conviction and at that time, he was stopped again by the police fo r using lights and sirens -- i don't know about the sirens, but i do know about the lights. he was told never to do that again, but it was never brought to our attention in 1999. >> what was his position back in 1999? >> he was an enforcement officer doing civil inspections. >> his job would be to do what? >> to go out to a site and determine if there were any environmental violations. >> so, we put them out there interacting with the public. how does this happen? hasou know that this person to register as a sex offender, why do you put them in a position to have to interact with the public? >> mr. chairman, i don't believe there is any particular rule that says if an employee is convicted with a crime in general they have to then repo

sullivan, the fbi had 5500 special agents. out of that number, 5500, and you only have five negro agents? of course we did not say in that memoranda that none of them conducted investigations. they were just drivers. this is 1961. any wonder the fbi was presumpti presumptionous. the bureau looked across the landscape and decided who should be neutralized, discredited or destroyed. >> the bureau was originally set up as a crime fighting agency but in 1939 in a directive by president roosevelt, it assumed a new task of seeing that the country's internal security was maintained in the face of a growing threat from fascism and communi communism. >> in 1939 the fbi had and established an index called the security index which was a list of individuals, both aliens and citizens -- i'm now quoting -- on whom there is information available to indicate that their presence at liberty in this country at time of war or national emergency would be dangerous to the united states government. the documents which notified all fbi offices of suc

. >> patrick le sullivan wanted to kill his victim and an alleged witness. >> i was consumed by fear that if i didn't do something now i could do 30 years. >> he calls me wife. i let him do that. >> a female inmate attacks another during church services. >> the eastern end of long island is best knowner for the hamptons, the beach front retreat for wealthy new yorkers. the area's family owned vine yards and farps contribute to the gourmet men queues of local restaurants. but in riverhead -- >> commissary! >> the limited dining options have are grown smaller. >> i told everybody no more franks and beans. they are done. >> war you suggesting is this. filet mig non? open the door. >> this is one of two jails operated by the suffolk county sheriff office. each houses more than 700 inmates who depend on commissary snacks to supplement three meals a day provided to them. >> they will buy anything for a dollar. that's wie cup cakes for 60 cents we can't keep on the shelf. >> most are only charged and are awaiting the resolution of their cases is. >> sleeping? paula ab tul anthony. meekle mo

mike sullivan had some tired guys. nick backstrom has been taking and then he talked about coming in almost like a roll. don't let him move into the faceoff. >> looks like he's going to win this puck back into his goaltender. >> mike: 16-18 is backstrom. the penguins have it. they're able to lob it back out. moving toward it, unable to get there, and then it's thrown wide. hagelin was the guy who was pressuring. but it winds up becoming the capitals puck to play. down the line, 100 seconds of regulation. backstrom tried to get there and the play wound up going offsides. >> eddie: holt holtby back in. >> pierre: so would i. >> eddie: doesn't look like it, though. >> mike: it seemed like that's what the assistant was asking >> eddie: he made his decision very quickly. >> mike: carlson across, oshie bangs it back in. quickly lifted it back and down. it's an icing. >> pierre: oh, boy. >> eddie: thought that might have glanced off right in front of pierre. faceoff left of matt murray. >> paul: the bench . >> pierre: the ben

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brian sullivan reports tonight on the economic squeeze from larose, louisiana. >> reporter: the crude oil prices are more than $20 a barrel off their lows. don't tell anyone here in louisiana that there is a recovery in the oil and gas business the industry is still being hit hard. the industry here is different than most other states because much of it takes place in the water which is more complex and means higher costs. costs oil companies don't want to or simply can't pay. which means many of the ships and barges that support the industry aren't working. gulf of mexico oil production is actually up and projected to hit a record over the next two years. but that output is from existing wells. new projects need to be started to get people working again. as the owner of an oil rig repair and maintenance business tells us, $45 or $50 per barrel oil won't restart the industry. >> i was hoping that magic would be $45 for the inland water rigs and it's not. i think we might need $60, $65 for operators to pick the inland bargeries back up. >> reporter: workers had to be laid off and unemp

in one of our cases, ed sullivan, district court judge in d.c., grants ability to get six witnesses at least that are going to come in and testify including ms. abedin and mills, we hope they cooperate. this is going to take place over the next eight weeks. jo ling: reports of the fbi potentially interviewing clinton herself in the e-mail probe. take a look at this. >> since you last mentioned this to my colleague in april, you have been contacted or representative contacted by the fbi to set up an interview? >> no, no. >> any indication your private server was hacked by foreign hackers? >> not at all. jo ling: what do you think of hillary's denial. andrea mitchell asking if her representatives were contacted, that could mean attorneys and not aides there? >> there's breaking news news now, her lawyer david kendall is in constant contact with the justice department. i don't know why she's misleading again the american people here. more gamesmanship for mrs. clinton. in our case, judge sullivan said her testimony might eventually be required and if judicial watch wants it after it ta

sullivan: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr. president, i want to add my voice to the chairman, chairman mccain's comments a little bit ago about moving forward on the defense authorization bill. i have the honor of serving with him, and i saw senator reed, the ranking member of that committee, the armed services committee. it's a huge honor. but as skphaeupbl -- senator mccain mentioned, it's also an enormous obligation and responsibility that we have, probably the biggest, most important thing we do here is our national defense. the chairman asked a really important question, simple question: why? why are we not taking up the defense authorization bill at this time? why is the minority leader moving forward with a filibuster on this important bill that was voted out of committee almost complete bipartisan basis? we have an enormous obligation to our troops and to the national defense of our country, and that's what this bill is all about. we can debate it, but we need to begin. my colleague and friend from arkansas was on the

over now to brian sullivan in louisiana. brian, could there be an impact on oil production where you are? >> you know, i guess there could a little bit if they need to jack up the production and make up for the reported barrels that will come off market. really production is not the issue. actually gulf of mexico production hit a record last year. going to hit another record this year. and it's projected to hit a record next year. you say how is that possible? they're extracting everything they can from the existing wells. so production, they can probably make it up if they needed to. that is not the problem. the problem is price. and at $46 a barrel, whatever the market is not reacting that much. there is no insentive for all the ships that are dry docked behind us that are not supposed to be there, they're supposed to be in the gulf of mexico working on rigs or the marine barge that we're on at $45 a barrel, it doesn't make sense. i know it's jobs friday. all those ships should have crew on them. none of those guys are wor

sullivan: mr. president, i want to compliment my good friend from south dakota, the chairman of the commerce committee, for coming down here and leading the discussion on a really important topic. but to be honest, we are not talking about nearly enough in the senate and certainly the obama administration is not talking about nearly enough, and that's the importance of our economy. now, i was on the floor a couple of weeks ago and i made a prediction. i said that there is going to be big economic news coming out, and my prediction was that nobody in the administration was going to talk about it, and nobody of our friends in the media were going to talk about it. unfortunately, my prediction came true. the big news, as chairman thune said, is last quarter we grew at .5% g.d.p. growth. we essentially didn't grow, didn't grow. the great american economy, the thing that's made us great as a country for 200-plus years just stalled, and nobody talked about it. the obama administration didn't talk about i

sullivan's response, boo. >>> new details about the death of an american hear row, the pentagon sayingsis attack in northern iraq which claimed the life of charles keating was an ambush. >>> had the forces there been able to see this attack coming they would have responded differently to it, perhaps this could have been avoided and this particular attack was not anticipated. >> keating's remains will arrive at dover air force base later this morning, funeral services are scheduled for may 12th. >>> and a fox news alert, tense moments on a california freeway as an attempted murderer leads police on a slow speed chase. the ordeal started with the driver weaving through traffic before losing control after hitting a spike strip. after about a two-hour standoff the s.w.a.t. team moves in forcing the suspect from his car using smoke. he was then taken down by a k-9 and arrested. >>> no guns and stay away from your ex-girlfriend, that's johnny football's new playbook set by a dallas judge during the former cleveland browns quarterback first court appearance facing misdemeanor assault charges.

jamie sullivan has the traffic watch. jamie: yesterday we saw areas lighter. have nothing to worry about, a 50.uing north for virginia, 395, a pretty easy or i'd -- a pretty easy ride. for the most part, we are in good shape. 66 looks good heading outbound. no issues through lorton, continuing south towards the occoquan. it is a nice afternoon. we will keep you updated. you.: thank happening now, a robbery in a fairfax county motel. stormed intod men a hotel room early this morning. police are searching for the suspects. on.guns and their masks >> more than 10 victims in this motel held at gunpoint at 2:15 this morning. >> they had the gun like -- what's up? they got phones, money, everything. victim says her group was having a party in the room. they thought the manager was knocking, but three masked men barged in. but it wast scary, like -- is this really happening? i could not believe it. they took all of my stuff, everything. >> police work to four hours. the victims are not relying on police to get their belongings off a policeoing report. i am going to g

jamie sullivan has traffic details. jamie: i want to start with what we've been dealing with all afternoon, the closure on minnesota avenue in northeast d.c., with police activity. blocked off between helen burrows avenue and church road. 44th street is a good ultimate. right before the main street, we have an accident get this causing a backup. in the teens from 395. 66 still in great shape. on the inner loop commit heavy from 66 to the american legion bridge. activity.cident a few flashing lights from our camera over to the right hand side. this is going to be closer to 123. there!o cough in sorry about that. old dominion, we have heavy traffic. ,s we move to the waze app heavy traffic in virginia. through lorton, continuing south towards woodbridge. that is the heaviest spot. here probably in the next 30 minutes as you had further south on 95 -- of course, doug hill will talk about this -- when the rain comes in south of woodbridge we will seek 95 get heavier. jonathan: all right, jamie, thanks very much. talk about

jamie sullivan has details. jamie: we have a few issues. i want to begin in virginia. 66 heading eastbound before route 110. two lanes are blocked. that is with police activity. yesterday afternoon was nice on most of the street inside the beltway. outside the beltway where we saw the heavy traffic. but today is back to normal. as you outbound on 66, you can see this looks good. that is inbound. this heavy volume heading outbound driving to some of the sun glare. you will have that. of course, the volume traveling along the beltway at the american legion bridge. volume in both directions. no major crashes to report, though. happy to say that. if you are traveling in the district right now, typical volume. but we don't have any crashes. back to you. michelle: all right. thank you. gators on a golf course is nothing too uncommon, right? there was something unusual about this creature. check him out. slow moving. the massive alligator caught on camera walking across a florida golf course. no one close enough for intact measure. but only rivale

jamie sullivan joins us. this is a celebratory day. no matter how many cars are parked out there on the roads, it's your birthday. jamie: thank you, guys. you probably notice we were saying earlier doug mentioned we have a huge balloon in the weather center. so thank you guys. i want to start with the police investigation. mount view place d.c. we have a closure between morris road and talbert street. we have a closure with the d.c. police on scene. this is for a medical emergency. 18th street, right at n street northwest. new hampshire avenue, mass avenue both options for alternate. slowing at the third street tunnel. 6 miles per hour you drop down to. seeing the volume outbound on 395. it will take you 22 minutes from the 14th street bridge continuing closer to the capital beltway near the mixing bowl. then if you are going to be traveling in that northwest stretch, slow traffic for you. take a live look. right near river road. you can see some of that heavy traffic. then you get a better idea here. right near river road with the slo

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maybe you are taking a half-day and heading out this afternoon, so let's get to jamie sullivan, who is checking out the problem spots this afternoon. jamie: we are seeing traffic that is not too bad. most areas were ok. we do have some midday roadwork. when you mix that in with people traveling, they are not expecting what they will get into. construction work on the beltway and 95 in maryland, so you may see a few work crews, but again, we are in the green. not causing any issues for us here. if you have to travel along the capital beltway, we are ok. are ok on 66. little bit of roadway -- little bit of roadwork near 10 nine, but you are ok for the most part. northbound traffic, a little bit heavy, approaching a work zone near seminary road. we dropped down to about 18 miles an hour. if you are heading out of town, you are definitely not headed northbound on 395. said, the beltway right now is ok. midday traffic jummy:, this is a good time to go. jummy:thank you. tomorrow is expected to be the busiest holiday weekend for the airlines. top tsa executives are back on capitol hill to tes

jamie sullivan has details. a lot of red. jamie: we had an accident earlier on 95 northbound in virginia near triangle. that accident is now gone. but the wazers reporting heavy traffic. we are seeing that again as you head northbound from stafford county. you can see here the slowing. seven-mile backup right now. we are in good shape. we are seeing green. no major accidents to report. outbound on 39 not bad but slowing in the northwest corner. along the top side of the beltway, you can see that we do have a slow patch near connecticut avenue. really we are seeing the heavy volume as you get closer toward georgia avenue. that is a look at traffic. back to you. >> that is crazy. thank you, lord. i got off of this. jonathan: look at your tv. look at this. craziest scene in texas playing out over the weekend. road was disintegrating after the driver went by in part of storm that drenched the south and gulf coast over the weekend. five people killed in flooding in texas alone. they need to dry out and they haven't been in the las

. >> andrew sullivan is a contributing editor just out cover story for the magazine warns trump is an extinction level event in american democracy and susan paige and jeremy peters reporter for "the new york times." jeremy, i loved your piece today, top right hand, the top piece of the day, right? i thought it was good because it said something is basically happened, which is all the talk of a stop trump movement based upon the id cruz would be the last man standing there is dynamic. when you get to be the last man, the other people and the front runner is just in galloping speed by then and losing support every hour. >> it also should mean people want to vote for you and that's been ted cruz' problem all along and that's the problem with the never trump movement. it's never trump and then okay, so who do we vote for? fall income wind behind ted cruz is very difficult for a lot of these republicans because he's not a palatable alternatives. >> do any candidates, did any of the candidates exhibit any kind of charisma opposing trump for the nomination? susan? >> no, no. >> never just an

jamie sullivan joins us with a look at our traffic watch. jamie: a lot of work zones in place, also a gas line repair just north of the capital beltway, columbia pike heading southbound at timber wood avenue -- at timerwood avenue. closer to the beltway, we are in the 50's. pretty good through silver spring. toward bethesda, not bad. 95, moving well. some slowing in the district at the third street tunnel, southbound. the slowing, because of a work zone. traffic looks pretty good on 395. 66, the gw parkway -- no work being done. further south i-95, we are ok through newington and wharton. 95 south on the heaviest stretch will take you 22 minutes from the occoquan to triangle. this is because of a work zone that is in place that we have all this congestion. once you get past trying though, it does loosen up. riangle, it does loosen up. jummy: school teachers are -- nding that suzanne kennedy explains that this will be the second demonstration in just two weeks. : about two dozen teachers are protesting this morning. you can see them as they m