she tells bill white taxicab that got hit head-on, saying there was a driver in front of the taxicabs of the cab never saw what was coming with the wrong way driver. she confirmed there is a driver who saw the car coming the wrong way and got out of the way in time. right now they are not releasing information about the two drivers and working to notify families before doing that. as i've been reporting as we came on at 5:00 what we were getting video this morning to see a phone number on the taxicab, i called and confirmed with the dispatcher it is from diamond cab company. waiting for a call back from the company to get more information about the driver. the interview we just wrapped up, sergeant. montes tells us the reasons that crushes happens. commit suicide or happen to be going the wrong way and do not realize it but she says many times it is because of alcohol. looking into. i will go back to the interview and we will share more of what she is telling us although coming up in 15 minutes. deneige back in the studio with how you can get around the back up. >> fdot camera at sam

we can see that one of the vehicles is a diamond taxicab. you can see its logo from her vantage point. the other is a minivan and appears that one of these cars was going the wrong way here on i-4 westbound. we' re still working to get more information. we are off i-drive near the holiday inn express. we have been seeing this massive emergency response playing out

the drivers of both vehicles died and we have been telling you the white taxicab is from the diamond cab company. we are working to learn more from the cab company and involved. in the meantime, we are watching to see when troopers we open the lanes near sam lake road. they estimate it will be around 6:30. i will update you in the next hour. live in orange county, janai norman eyewitness news this morning. >> more on i 4 right now if you take i 4 to get on the westbound side of the 408 you will need to find another wild quickly. a road closure is happening this week as part of the i 4 ultimate project. starting friday morning, orange officials have not set for how long but another ramp will open on division avenue to help drivers get around the road work. >> that ramp is closing temporarily but for an extended period of time but in a place that ramp is opening on division. you will get on division on the 408 westbound. >> leaders plan to hire 600 more construction workers by next summer. we have you covered throughout the changes with the i 4 ultimate project. go to wftv.com and clic

i don't like driving because i have to >>reporter: taxicabs, overrides and shuttles and metrobuses were on standby ready for the rush. foot traffic picked up, at times. >> with more than eight hours of warning, that would've been nice. at the same time, it's nice to see they are doing something about it. >>reporter: there you have it. some people are frustrated by metro's decision and others appreciate the fact that they are paying attention. >> we are having some problems with the shot. >>> what about virginia? coded virginia commuters mako? nick giovanni is there with how things are going. >>reporter: it is relatively quiet outside the king street metro station and not because of the time of day. i could tell you from the moment we got here it has been this way. it has been the case all across northern virginia for the stops we made. all across northern virginia. parking garages resembled ghost towns. gates stood locked and bus stops were practically empty. this was the scene wednesday morning at the springfield metro station. >> it is no different than a normal day. >>reporter: upon

a pennsylvaniade man is behind taxicab driver at gunpoint he demanded cash from the driver without realizing fisher's deputy was right behind the taxi he arrested the suspect the driver is back on the job insist the deputy saved his life. kevin bacon and his brother singer-songwriter writer writerriverg ht to promote eggs.tepur there losses make them natural spoke space for the food three minutes at shows them waking up with us flirting with the mom of an angry teenager and surprising a man in the shower you can see the entire thing at fox8.com under seeing on tv. your time not is 5:22 a.m. weather and traffic every eight minutes just ahead bit browns are excited to part ways with johnny mans out why it might not happen today at 4:00 p.m. the earliest chancem. possible. and after a surprising loss on their home a floor on monday it's the cavaliers will try to avoid threege of the next four opponents have losing records. tomorrow streak on the morning good at morning everybody. here is the forecast look at that. seventy to 72 yesterday and continued once the record height is 73 in cleveland t

mark: my taxicab driver mention that as well. john: i'm sure he did. hadntellectual panjandrum' no effect. -- y like paul singer a $40 million check and put some advertising on the air. john: they could make a difference if they open their checkbook. they have not done it yet, that we know of. mark: hillary clinton took a day off the campaign trail. arrival bernie sanders had events in kansas and nebraska. before he left, he held a press on clinton's campaign rhetoric. bernie sanders: secretary clinton's views and minor different. she has supported nafta. i opposed nafta. she supported permanent normal trade relations with china. i vigorously opposed it. she supported normal trade relations with vietnam. i oppose that. she posed their support of the columbia trade agreement. i oppose that. she supported the korean free-trade agreement. i opposed that. drop ahe washington post thathell, reporting immunity has been granted to a former staffer, and that the fbi will question clinton and her closest aides in the coming weeks. do the democratic elite and ha

the sheriff's deputy is behind the taxicab. >> let me see your wallet. if you don't want to die give it to me. >> a moment later the gunman here's someone say what is the problem. it was the deputy pulled up behind them. >>> two suspects remain on the run accused of robbing a group of teens. >> if one of the suspects is in custody starts talking it could be solved. >> in broad daylight there was an armed robbery and the cops got here and they made an arrest. alleyway late this afternoon. to teenage victors three teenage robbers. >> one of those three robbers held the two at gunpoint while the other two ransacked and were able to get away with backpacks cell phones and money from these two young men. >> mamie police set up a perimeter and were able to take down the guy with the gun. there's a lot of traffic that goes up and down this alleyway just off of cyber street. the robber live nearby and this woman does not want to be identified. >> he is my neighbor. i saw him. >> they took him away? >> yes. he got arrested. they said that there were three people

immediate area as well as the western hills area, trying to locate the child. she left the home in a taxicab. went a few walks down the road. to the home, with the child. >> she left with the child also. nicole benton is charged with inducing panic, obstruction official business and making false reports. two juveniles were charged with receiving stolen property with the theft of the car. the two children, ages 5 and 7:00 are with child protective services. you have to be asking, why did she do it? well, nobody we've talked to, to day knows. rob. >> maybe we'll find out thanks very much. >>> a man is found asleep in his car with guns and ammunition, near madison, senior high school, where two students were shot ond monday. deputies found bryan miller about 1200 feet from the campus. investigators say they don't know why miller was there, but they didn't want to take any chances. he's charged with improper handling with a firearm. is not connected in anyway to monday's shooting. >>> patrick walterman, died of smoke inhalation. walterman fell through the burning home. the report says, he didn't

mark: my taxicab driver mentioned that as well. john: i'm sure he did.he intellectual panjandrums had no effect. they would have had it months ago. the money could have an effect. a guy like paul singer -- mark: write a $40 million check and put some advertising on the air. he is a rich guy. i don't get it. john: they could make a difference if they open their checkbook. they have not done it yet, that we know of. mark: hillary clinton took a day off the campaign trail. her rival bernie sanders had events in kansas and nebraska. before he left he held a press conference on clinton's campaign rhetoric. bernie sanders: secretary clinton's views and mine are different. she has supported nafta. i opposed nafta. she supported permanent normal trade relations with china. i vigorously opposed it. she supported normal trade relations with vietnam. i oppose that. she suported the columbia trade agreement. i opposed that. she supported the korean free-trade agreement. i opposed that. mark: the washington post dropped a bombshell, reporting that the justice departm

the sheriff's deputy is behind the taxicab. >> let me see your wallet. if you don't want to die give it to me. >> a moment later the gunman here's someone say what is the problem. behind them. >>> two suspects remain on the run accused of robbing a group of teens. >> if one of the suspects is in custody starts talking it could be solved. >> in broad daylight there was an armed robbery and the cops got here and they made an arrest. >> cops swarmed into an alleyway late this afternoon. to teenage victors three teenage robbers. >> one of those three robbers held the two at gunpoint while the other two ransacked and were able to get away with backpacks cell phones and money from these two young men. >> mamie police set up a perimeter and were able to take down the guy with the gun. there's a lot of traffic that just off of cyber street. the robber live nearby and this woman does not want to be identified. >> he is my neighbor. i saw him. >> they took him away? >> yes. he got arrested. they said that there were three people but they only captured one. >> poli

. >> taxicab, nobody is working for us, it's all independent contractor. >> reporter: the drivers youssify as independent contractors. >> the department of labor says it's not aware of any case against yes car. worker advocates say tony low's decision to sell the business is a common tactic to avoid case he of stolen wages. >> it's ecial perfectly legal to shut down the, business, the state does allow this and that to declare bankruptcy, hide the assets whatever, the law allows the contractor to say, that's not my responsibility. i think that's why so many employers and businesses do it, rob workers. >> six years after suing yes car he has a new job in brooklyn. make just enough money to cover rent and support his family but can't shake the feeling he's been robbed. >> do you regret coming to united states? >> translator: no. america isn't heaven if you were living in china and were making a good living, i would tell you not to come here. it's not a perfect world. america has its own oppression, it's very hard to live here. >> what's the hardest part much being able to take care of yo

. >> it' s cheaper than a regular taxi and the people are cleaner and nicer than most of the taxicab drivers. >> so this is good news for you . think you' ll use it? >> yes. jason: full details of the plan will be announced at 10:00 this morning at altamonte springs city hall. soon people in volusia county may not go to jail if their caught with marijuana. yesterday county council members passed an ordinance which gives law enforcement flexibility to fine people caught with 20-grams of weed or less. if you' re caught, police could just give you a citation instead of arresting you. this all goes into affect on april 1, but only applies to and the beach. happening today. an orlando road will begin it' s year-long closure as part of the ongoing i-4 ultimate project. garland avenue from west colonial drive to marks street will be shut down starting at 9:30 this morning. the drainage and bridge work in the area is expected to take 14 months. the recommended detour is to use orange avenue or magnolia avenue. the orlando magic looking for back to back wins tonight. which team is challenging

take a look at the line of taxicabs. i have talked to them at the stop and others. -- this stop and others. they are telling me it has been slower today than it was yesterday. we have not seen that rush all rail lines are closed in this unprecedented move that metro has taken to make things safer. we are talking over 700,000 people that take metrorail and many of them are federal workers and have the option of working from home. it seems many people decided to do that. but there were some frustrated writers earlier this morning. >> it's really messed up. >> how's it going to be today? >> long. >> my boss and i get along very well. he wants me to work, i said, ok, i will be there. that gentleman took a unique approach to get into work , calling on his boss. -- ahing we have noticed little bit of confusion. some people, it has been their first time getting on metro bus. getting back to their normal routine tomorrow morning, hopefully at 5:00. i'm jeannette reyes. larry: some would be rail writers turned to metro buses to g

issue of ride sharing and how the future looks for the transportation industry, that's fair to the taxicab industry and the concern players but also provides an open market for companies that want to do things differently. >> reporter: a pro uber bill that passed the florida house had stalled in the senate partly thanks to the chamber's president. in tallahassee, matt galka, newschannel8. >> now, rumors swirled most of the day around the capital a compromise had been reached but the senate has yet to take up any legislation. >>> some people in panama city beach tourism are having trouble making ends meet. they say the city's spring break laws are to blame for it. last year, the panama city on the beach during the month of march. it is aimed at cuts down on out of control partying but they say it has left bars practically broke. they are asking them to get rid of the ban. >>> it is almost time to spring forward. >> right around the corn er. the time change could actually be a bad thing for you though. the toll it can take on your health, that's coming up. >> and actor keifer sutherland and

he couldn't get them out of the taxicab.e the event happened, once the explosions occurred, that belgian taxicab driver place, i may be able to connect the dots here. he took the police to the suspects' house where he picked them up originally and that's when we saw this intense police presence in the belgian neighborhood of scarbake on the perimeter of brussels, if you will, and that's where we saw the tactical units move in and allegedly recover a bomb with nails in it, some chemicals, and an isis flag. that's all happening in belgium. i can tell you from a transportation perspective, the american officials in brussels are asking u.s. government officials who might travel to brussels and there are a lot of people who travel to brussels regularly, it is the capital of europe, asking them to postpone at least a week, until march 29th. in the short run, that will be relatively easy, because the brussels airport will certainly not be open tomorrow. unlikely to be opened thursday. american airlines says it is not even sure abou

the taxicab drivers says they wouldn't let me touch the luggage, they had to leave some behind, theyhings. this is, you know, people are running up against some of these terrorists and planning so part of the engagement we talk about with communities whether it's immigrant communities or whether it's just the see something/say something campaign really does mean something. >> right. >> they're not going to run into aan agent but they might order a pizza, get into a taxicab, two to a movie theater or something in their process of trying to act normal. >> it will also be interesting to note did the person who did not blow himself up in the airport, did he take a cab or was there a car waiting for him? we don't know. but has that cab driver come forward and then can they use the cc-tv footage to track the location of that person? obviously a lot more investigators looking for it. paul cruickshank, thank you, juliette kayyem, mike rogers as well. >>> still ahead, what the presidential candidates had to say about today including donald trump who did more than double down on banning muslim

station, said a diskette will be welcome. taxi, and the people are cleaner, and nicer than most of the taxicab drivers. amanda: this is good news for you, you think you use it? >> yes. meredith: more details announced tomorrow. the race for the white house has been marred by nasty comments. jim: it is getting dangerous to back your favorite politician. >> we have a right to do this without fear of retribution, fear of violence. jim: you would hear from a yokel man -- local man that was beat for his support of donald trump. meredith: a woman in the fight for her life with the irs. why they don' t believe she is alive and well. tony: we need rain, and it is on the way. know jim: detectives are working to track down the people responsible for violence in local politics. and a woman was hit by a cup of coffee. both are supporters of donald trump for president. jim: wesh 2 political reporter greg fox shows us what went down. >> it' s getting better and better. and, so yeah, i' ll be fine. greg: lou valls was thanking the man who helped him monday when he was attacked in front of orange county' s so

. >>> tonight we just learned the name of a woman hit and killed by a taxicab which took off. witnesses say kenya flores was lying in the street when the cab struck her at 16th street and 1st avenue early this morning. thte search is on for the driver who didn'tknop. yo see that cane th e. th believe lores may have been using cane found there on the street but it's not clear why she was laying in the street. >>> new details on the lild teen accused of shooting and killing his friend. 18-year-old nephy reyes appeared in court today. yes and his friend were at home yesterday. ey were handling a gun when it fired. reyes says the shooting was an accident. >>> still to come on news 4 new york -- everybodyals talking about it. if you were dreadind tomorrow's snowstorm, meteorologist erica grow might bring some good news. >>> aor yre can call him the how he's expanding his presence on wline. your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artific l ingredients. you want to stsy fsee from artificial preservatives. and your debit card wants to stay on a diet.

so unstable that they didn't want to taxicab driver to touch it. it's made more than likely in the bathtub of the arpt apartment and they mix the chemicals together. then they have to dry. and the drying process, if they are disturbed they can self initiate and explode. any type of shock friction static discharge can cause this to explode because it is a primary explosive. it's not a secondary explosive like commercially manufactured dynamite or a plastic explosive or penta light booster or cast explosives. it is a primary. primaries are normally used only in detonators because they are so sensitive. >> sophistication level? >> basic. the availability of information about tatp and hmtd, which are the two main favorites terrorist groups are on the internet, in isis manuals, in inspire magazine. it's available everywhere. children can go to local libraries in the united states and get the information and make it at home. >> see then knowing that on the bombs and we know they haven't definitively said it was tatp at the subway or at the airport but th

she hid the baby then called a taxicab. in the chaos, she slipped out the back of her home with the baby, left the baby at a friends house, and returned home. at some point, she went and got the child and returned home. she faces charges of obstruction of official business, inducing panic, and making false alarms. one misdemeanor and to felonies. >> vehicle. the mother left the home as our area. child. met with a friend who returned the child was found safe. the fact that the car was stolen was true. what was reported that the child was in the car was reported to be false. mike: let' s talk about the mom and some of the charges she faces. brian: she could face a little over two years in jail. we did some digging and found that she is out on parole for the charge of menacing. sister in the face. sheree: several crime scenes and many moving parts to this investigation. mike: it was found crashed on prosperity place in westwood. todd dykes is live outside the mother' s home. reporter: this is where the panic started. it was al

left the home. casing the immediate area as trying to locate the child much she left the home in a taxicab she went a few blocks down the road. return to the child, to the mother. >> which indeed, in fact, she had never left her mother. the child was with the mother all the time, according to police. when they arrived in her house in the west end, after she filed the report, she wouldn't let them in. they were a bit suspicious. the woman was saying she was distraught about someone stealing her car who had a baby in it. as she said in the interview and in the sound bite, she left in the cab with a baby. : she told in western his where the baby was dropped off. she's facing very serious charges in addition, two juveniles are charged with stealing the carment one of them, just leaving a few doors down from nicole benton. the other one was the person we believe was driving the car at the time it crashed in western hills. a lot of effort, a lot of manpower. they got the fbi involved. they got calls from the national media and national law enforcement, and asking what they can do to help. all, f

didn't address safety in any way i mean, i'm perplexed by that did we look at the drive safety or taxicabs or the issues of safety with the disabled and other people of today i don't see how this solves that the safety programs we have the program today and in the existing. >> he can do. >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon. thank you directors i'm hanging program manager under the program that is this board approved in november a requirement that every drive take a safety course that is geared towards driving larger vehicles the city and it is something we will hope to be spraefd as wide and using whatever the regulatory methods to - we're not aware of others cities implementing that is one of the main safety sort of requirement we have and all the cpu c requirements for the commercial drivers. >> i guess i mean, i'm just i think that's interesting in terms of the program i'm not- i'm not unclear why sfmta does the study not the planning department and the those portion what is intended that mta will do with the results of the study upon getting them and talk about the scope the desire pr

a taxicab dropped up to two attackers at the airport.ad too much luggage and had to leave one bag behind. is that police to the programmer a pic them up in a search is underway. according to sources so far, chemicals are found in the apartment. it is thought that bob [speaking in native tongue] could've been an extra bombing at the death toll could have been a lot higher. isis has claimed responsibility and the question now is how many more in the works are there a there. in the heart of brussels an hour after the airport explosion, another blast ripped through a subway station. people scrambled to escape the smoke word out behind them. the identity of this attack are unclear but 20 people died in the attacks and to take place just at the u.s. embassy. directly connect it to the terrorist attacks. dna found on the paris explosives connected to the suspect at large. getting bigger. true to tell us why they are targeting brussels specifically. reporter: well, i suspect in february said brussels was going to be next. brussels has the highes

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his father, and his hotel, ad a 10 room service station, and a taxicab stand.was not a physician. part comes from his mother's side. the father was the just as god. .ad a service station billboard without and got black men trained to run the stations all over the united states, and these stations advertised in the green book. a lot of people would ask why would rockefeller because he was why wouldtandard oil, john d rockefeller get involved in a program like this? was he trying to corner the market in travel? most people point to rockefellers wife, who immigrated to ohio. her father was a congregational minister, and their home was part of the underground railroad. sojournerreports that truth stayed there any a nice, talking to his children and spending the night. had amily's last name school named after them. if you go to the campus community will see a painting

we were trying to uber and get a taxicab. >> about 450 people were cleared out of the shopping area and between 60 and 100 area homes were toll to shelter in place. pg&e crews worked to cutoff the leaking gas. >> right now the crews are locating and parking the rest of the line so we know exactly where to dig of the we are going to pinch off the line and inspect it to make sure there are no other problems based on this incident. >> it is not clear how many customers could have their gas service interrupted because of the repairs to the damaged line. in miraga, abc7 news. >> they are dealing with another problem from the weather. a landslide is damaging homes. in just minutes abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is showing us what is being done for those homeowners. >>> let's head now to meteorologist drew for a look at live weather doppler 7hd. >> we are tracking live doppler 7hd. we are getting you closer to street level. there is light rain from san ramon to pleasanton and back toward hayward. we'll move to the west around san mateo and even half moon bay. light scattered showers right

crash killed -- the driver of this van was driving the wrong way on i-4, and had a collision with a taxicab. a spokesperson says there was a bottle of alcohol in the front seat. the driver of the van had a bottle of alcohol. it reeked of alcohol. that is something witnesses also told us. this was a case of drunk driving. and because of the two deaths here. -- the cause of the two deaths here. the emergency scene you' re seeing now has been playing out since the accident happened around 3:20 this morning. fhp says the van was going the wrong way in the westbound lanes, when it crashed into the we talked to a witness who says the taxi was behind a tow truck that swerved erratically to avoid the van. this witness was driving behind the crash at the time and he says when he got out to help, the van reeked of alcohol. from our vantage point here off of i-drive next to the holiday ve been watching as troopers investigate and as of now the westbound lanes of , i-4 remain blocked here. ted noah has a look at how this -- how to get around this. jason: we will get to ted coming up straight ahead here

and when sfmta talked about for instance, the failure of the vehicle that had been operating the taxicabespite it's previous inspection failure that was dismissed number one and sfmta my mind it didn't know what was going on the agency knew that was going on and records that could have communicated communicated to see from the vehicle was used to transport a passerby but nothing was done and citation was dismissed sfaufl it was trying to raise the level of standards great just codify those new standards so the company knows what to expect if there is a new standard that says hey, if you fail a inspection we revoke that make that a law so at least the taxi companies know what to expect it is due process no problem finding gold stars number the pages on line of we baby boomers like books they called that number on march 8 i'm not sure what the problem was regarding the inspector of a driver not permitted by us honda has a permit i have a company copy of the gentleman's permit if you want to see it the fact it is white instead of black really? that didn't matter it expires on 4, thirty and

you have racism taxicab drivers in major cities to look at black man in a suit and tie is to pick them up or it certainly they do that goes to my point. of all white people are racist like al sharpton wants to label people what happens is you have a chasm of racial division in the country because people likey al sharpton. al sharpton was really interested in making races come together you would jump and every scenario like baltimore michael brower and trayvon martin. he would take a step back what he goes down there and flaps his loud mouth and creates tension. tension doesn't produce anything but friction and violence and that to what else she said i wrote the book "con job" because i'm not trying to convince all black people that they have to vote democrat. i'm saying as she pointed outt that black people have no political influence. we gave that up over the last 50 plus years that we have voted single-handedly for one political party. no other race does that just because you have a d oren kerr next to my name, ivan r next r next minute minute. v is that minimize going to vote republ

a pennsylvania man is behindvania m an taxicab driver at gunpoint. here's the video. the suspect demanded cash from demanded ca the driver, without realizing aizing a sheriff's deputy was right behind the taxi. d the it. hippity god's out lights on. the suspect is not even looking. the driver is back on the job,is back on the j and says the deputy saved his life.ob,, that is really scary. actor kevin bacon and his singerand his songwriter brother michael are teaming up for a new psa, to promote eggs. i want to see these. all right. they say their last names make last nmake them natural spokespeople for breakfast foods. n the three minute ad shows them waking up a couple, flirtinging with the mom of an angry teen, and surprising a man in thed shower. surprisi the ad is designed to promote you can see the entire thing on fox8.com look under seen on tv.v. there's the teenager there.h what better way to promote eggs. that's right with bacon. bacon and eggs.d eggs. good thing the name is not sausage. would and be it wouldn't go as well. wouldn't have thehe same ring.i comi

. >>> and a thief who chose the wrong place to rob a taxicab driver. why the robber should have looked in the rear-view mirror before pulling the gun. >>> but first, mandatory evacuations are in place in louisiana. when we get back, why al roker >>> time now 6:43. more than a foot of rain is turning streets into rivers in louisiana. and now parts of the state are under a mandatory evacuation order. under water in northwest louisiana. heavy rains swallowed up cars like that truck you saw there. officials are cubbing rescue missions and now residents fear flood waters could flow over a levy. another foot of rain is expected to fall by the end of the weekend. >>> major flooding is causing chaos in east texas. right now, emergency officials are asking residents to stay off the roads there. all roads in rusk county are closed due the rising flood waters and some homes had to be evacuated. a flash flood watch is in effect in the region through this afternoon. 8 to 10 inches of rain could fall over the next couple days. >>> well people in oregon are bracing f

. >> i thought it was going to kill me, not save me >>reporter: this taxicab driver held for a week atgunpoint by three fugitives, hope for a piece of the reward. i came away empty-handed. supervisor todd spitzer says, the 71-year-old is not entitled to any money, because he did not give police information leading to the escapees capture. a california law giving governments immunity from liability in cases like this, also prevent him from getting a dime. although spitzer thinks he has a moral right to money. >> is between a rock and a hard place. i felt terrible, and i will sit with him in the legislature and make the begged the legislature to revoke that law, because that is a bad law >>reporter:the question now is how $50,000 in reward money will be distributed by the fbi and the us marshals. target workers are reported seeing the suspect cell phones could again collect, as could that van owner. the homeless man, who spotted two of these -- escapees in san francisco may end up, again, with the largest chunk of money. and santa anna, michelle, kpix 5 >>> the us appeals court in san fr

and then to hear bernie sanders go on to talk about his -- someone trying to get a taxicab, and then talking about not knowing what it's like to be african-american and live in a ghetto. you know, first of all, bernie sanders dropped the "g" word ghetto. i really don't want to hear about our communities used with that language. but i mean, one thing that was good is that they admitted, we don't know. we have not been in that place. but i do think that they missed an opportunity to hone in on structural racism. and that in fact flint is a case study of structural racism. if you look at it from not only what happened with the flint water crisis, but there's a land grab going on in flint. there's also the loss of black wealth due to the fact that the auto industry was hit so significantly. and that families are losing their homes that are being sold off for anywhere from $7,000 to $14,000 for a house. education has been underfunded. they did touch on some of these things, but i do think that they needed to make a cogent argument about how flint really does signal for us what happens whe

call about a wrong way driver but within seconds, the crash occurred as the van struck westbound taxicab driving in the left lane. >> investigators are waiting on the results of an autopsy and are talking to witnesses as they remind drivers, especially late-night drivers to keep their eyes open. >> reporter: -- >> if you see headlights get off the road as soon as possible if they are coming for you. >> the family i spoke with this afternoon says the cab driver leaves behind a wife and child and they say they are not sure what to do next. going to the other drivers record and i will let you know what i find this afternoon on eyewitness news at 5 mac. like, field sutton, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> this afternoon the victim in a shooting outside downtown orlando club back home but members tell us he is unable to walk. ryland herbert outside the vintage nightclub. we sat beside him in the hospital after the shooting where he described the terrifying experience. the other man in jail waiting for arraignment. >>> lapd says it's investigating and i found on the former state of o.j. simpson.

we can see that one of the vehicles is a diamond taxicab. you can see its logo from her vantage point. the other is a minivan and appears that one of these cars was going the wrong way here on i-4 westbound. we' re still working to get more information. we are off i-drive near the holiday inn express. we have been seeing this massive emergency response playing out moving through. i want to get you over to ted now so you can will be getting around this this commute. ted: the big thing here is that the sand lake offramp there on i-4 westbound. however, fhp has a set of -- the tour set up at kirkman road. get off at kirkman and take that southbound to sand lake westbound you will be will to get back onto i-4. at this point, because it is so delays on i-4. pretty good. amy has a look at your weather. amy: we will be warm again today. yesterday. it than yesterday on our big primary day here in florida. this afternoon. by noon we will be in the lower 80' s. we believe in hit 90 in some spots today. it won' t be everywhere, but most of us will be i

people at that hotel have had to walk to the corner in order to catch taxicabs. needless to say, security is very, very tight around the summit especially in light of the terror attacks overseas. they don't want to take any chances. so this closures in the area. massachusetts avenue, new york avenue and other streets all around the convention center. also we have a closure at mt. vernon metro station, that station is closed. the trains are going to bypass it, so you'll either have to get off before or after to get where you're going. we spoke to a woman walking her dog this morning and she says it's all kind of strange to see. she had to take a different way today. >> definitely working from home today because there is no way i'll get out in the traffic. i've lived here ten years and this is the most intense security i've ever seen in this area. so it's pretty difficult to try to navigate. >> reporter: and if you live in the secure zone and there are a lot of residences, when you go back in, you will have to show i.d. with proof that you live inside before they w

and then to hear bernie sanders go on to talk about his -- someone trying to get a taxicab, and then talking about not knowing what it's like to be african-american and live in a ghetto. you know, first of all, bernie sanders dropped the "g" word ghetto. i really don't want to hear about our communities used with that language. but i mean, one thing that was good is that they admitted, we don't know. we have not been in that place. but i do think that they missed an opportunity to hone in on structural racism. and that in fact flint is a case study of structural racism. if you look at it from not only what happened with the flint water crisis, but there's a land grab going on in flint. there's also the loss of black wealth due to the fact that the auto industry was hit so significantly. and that families are losing their homes that are being sold off for anywhere from $7,000 to $14,000 for a house. education has been underfunded. they did touch on some of these things, but i do think that they needed to make a cogent argument about how flint really does signal for us what happens whe

make sure you're getting in and out of the taxicab, the subway is here. getting on the bus, all of that stuff you have with your rain gear all day long. you need an umbrella today, this morning and into tomorrow. the temperatures will be at chilly. this rain is sweeping up out of the low in the center here in between chicago and detroit. it is centered in the northern part of the peninsula of michigan. that will give us rain in waves off and on all day long. noon time temperature, 45, we'll hit 47 this afternoon. windy and rainty. will feel like the 30s with the east wind at 25, 30 miles an hour. the huckleberries will be there to greet you at the bus stop and they will stamp the puddles as they stand waiting for the bus. >> thankfully we have all have our wellies on. >> that's right. british slang for your wellingtons. let's go over here and talk approximately this. this is the ed koch 59th street bridge. this is because of an accident on the ed koch 59th street bridge. this is going queens bound, the lower inner roadway. we have news copter seven over h

there is a new report out tonight that these three guys got in to a taxicab that they had called for,coming from their house. they actually were carrying more the cab was too small. so they left some of those explosives behind, maybe that's what the police saw tonight. so, it could have been even worse here at the airport, but these are deadly, deay pe dealing with the realities of moving around this city, greta. eoe, killers. anyway, greg, thank you. as we talked about with greg take a look again at this photo. police are using this photo to identify the three suspected terrorists. the two in black are believed to have blown themselves up as massive innocence in that airport. the man in the tan coat didn't below himself up as far as we know. catherine herridge has been working her sources. catherine, what you can tell me? >> well, an intelligence source who has direct knowledge of the investigation on the ground at the airport has told fox news tonight new details about how the explosions unfolded inside that passenger ticketing terminal. they told us the two men with the bombs there

they are nicer than most tax cap drivers -- taxicab drivers. amanda: the news conference to announce more details is tomorrow morning at 10:00 at the altamonte springs city hall. congressman john mica as well as the mayor and uber' s general manager are all expected to attend. i am interested to see how many uber rides are available in altamonte springs versus downtown. was a driver available just five minutes from here. we' ll have more details tomorrow , and you will find them on wesh 2 news. stewart: thank you. right now a central florida family is trying to figure out what happened to a local puppy. they tell us they gave it to a neighbor, and then were sent a gruesome photo, showing the dog hurt and bleeding. the dog, named kia, was later found dead. so far, no word how the dog died. angela: a brevard county man was killed in a sky-diving accident. 53-year-old james mann of malabar made the jump tuesday in zephyrhills, in pasco county. mann jumped with an instructor and got tangled in his parachute. the backup chute didn' t work and he hit

taxicab commission is allowing car pooling without surcharges. >>> we're working for you trying to get you home on time. you're 4 traffic map showing conditions on our roads right now. you can find this map on the nbc washington app. just search traffic map. >>> now to a developing story involving that deadly ambush outside a police station in prince george's county. we're hearing new revelations about the officer who shot a fellow officer. one suspect passed out during a dramatic day in court and the family says there's a good reason why one brother videotaped the shooting. county bureau chief tracee wilkins is sorting it all out live outside the courthouse. what are you hearing, tracee? >> reporter: well, chris, this has been a confusing and tragic case from the moment it all broke. a man walking up to a police station and firing at police officers, and then when we found out that his brother videotaped it all, there were a lot of questions. and today a family member tried to explain why her brother would do that. police say michael ford purposely fired at police, passenger vehicles,

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house in brussels, we've called it the bomb factory, it is a place where they found all the bombs aft taxicab to where the brothers had been. police had been to that place before. >> police had been to that place before, a month ago. they were called initially for a traffic incident, a car, something fell on a car in front of the building. the police came and went up to the apartment and registered that they went to the apartment, but they said there was no one there. >> and was there follow-up? did they continue to investigate? do we know? >>> we have found no sign of follow-up. we do not know. the police and prosecutors are not commenting. >> how could you explain to viewers in the united states how it is that police and federal police don't speak to each other and you have this hotbed neighborhood where cops don't follow up on matters like that? ot of it is down to the structure of belgium. it's a very dispersed kind of a country and also there's a stovepiping of information so that police have one bit of information but they're not necessarily sharing it with the next town over, the next

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they believe she ran away from her home along tilden road andra was last seen getting into a taxicab.driver took her r to somewhere in calvert countyrt but they're unclear where. whe if you zero you're being askedsk to call the bladensburgladensbu police. >>> a fairfax county communityty is mourning the loss of a high school student found dead in d her home.om >> police believe the teen'slieh death may be drug related. fox5's annie yu is live in i clifton, virginia with thenia wi latest on this story.ry annie. >> reporter: hey, goodr: h morning, holly and wisdom youis know, if you look on socialn sol media it's clear that tha 17-year-old was loved by so many people.ple. according to one student here h at centreville high school,schoo according to his twitter page tomorrow's ice hockey gamekey gm will be dedicated in honor of alexia who was again just 17 ju7 a-student here, a junior att centreville high school.ch on tuesday morning fairfax fairx county police were called oute to her home for a report of a of dead body there. tre. her friend who had spent thepe night with her actually d