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>> WAKING UP SOGGY CONDITIONS OUT THERE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE START TO DRY THINGS OUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE 2ND HALF OF YOUR SATURDAY, SUNDAY. EVEN HERE WILL BREAK DOWN THAT FORECAST COMING UP. >> THIS MORNING ON TV NEWS NOW
WILDFIRES CONTINUE TO BURN IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY. HOW THIS FIRE BAN CONTINUES SHENANDOAH PARK. SHUTDOWN AVERTED. DETAILS OF A NEW TRILLION-DOLLAR SPENDING BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE EARLIER THIS MORNING. LAST OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES DISCLOSES A CANCER DIAGNOSIS. HOW THE OUT
FOR US SAID THAT BEFORE THE PRESIDENT OR PRINCESS RATHER AND HER MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ELSE FACING DISEASE. >> THE STATION COVERING ALL OF THAT DMV. THIS IS DC NEWS NOW. >> WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE. YOU BELIEVE THAT
IS VIEW FROM DC INTO ARLINGTON AND YOU CAN BARELY SEE THOSE BUILDINGS OUT THERE. IT’S SO FOGGY. IT IS A A VERY WET MORNING OUT THERE. GOOD MORNING TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON DC NEWS NOW ON THIS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
TOP OF THE 8 O’CLOCK HOUR. >> BRITTANY. IT REALLY RAINY OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY THAT RAIN DOES PUSH OUT SOON. WE WANT TO HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE’LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND. ALLEYS FOR YOUR
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO YOUR SUNDAY. BUT FOR NOW AND THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS WE’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOGGY CONDITIONS. AND HERE IS WHY. WE HAVE A CENTER OF A LOW RIGHT NOW. >> THAT’S MAKING ITS WAY INTO VIRGINIA. NOTICE WE ARE
ALREADY STARTING TO SEE THAT TRANSFORMATION FROM THAT COLD FRONT INTO THE LOW. WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEN SOME HEAVIER DOWNPOURS WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE DISTRICT AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATER HALF OF THE MORNING. BUT ZOOMING RADAR INTO KIND OF
SHOW YOU WHAT’S GOING ON AND PUTTING A LAPSE ON. IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE HEAVIER DOWNPOURS RIGHT NOW MAKING ITS WAY OUT TOWARDS COLD PEPPER AS WELL AS OUR AND YOU COULD TELL BY THESE YELLOWS AND REDS AND THEN FURTHER OFF TO THE WEST
OUT TOWARDS. I-81 WOODSTOCK LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE PICKING UP SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS AT THIS HOUR OR SO STEPPING OUT THE DOOR JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE TAKING YOUR TIME NOW RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS RIGHT NOW. LOOKS LIKE RAIN PICKED UP
ABOUT AN INCH ALREADY NOT EVEN GETTING UP TO INCH THERE IN A MONTGOMERY COUNTY AS WELL AS WASHINGTON, D.C.. SO KEEP IT HERE. LET YOU KNOW THE TIMING OF WHEN WE COULD SEE THE U.S. RAIN FINALLY ROLL ITS WAY OUT
COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. ALL RIGHT. GET THOSE RAIN JACKETS. THANK YOU, BRITTANY. ALL TO ONE SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK IS CONTINUING TO CLOSE TRAILS AS A WILDFIRE BURNED THROUGH MORE THAN 1000 ACRES OF LAND. >> RIGHT NOW YOU’RE LOOKING AT
VIDEO OF ANOTHER WILDFIRE IN SHENANDOAH COUNTY SCENE FROM NEW MARKET PARK WIDE FIRE BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT AT SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AND WILL CONTINUE MONITORING THESE CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND PEOPLE IN VIRGINIA ARE PICKING UP THE PIECES
AFTER A 450 ACRE WILDFIRE TORE THROUGH LOUISA COUNTY EARLIER THIS WEEK PROMPTING ROAD CLOSURES AND EVACUATIONS SAHAR OSO RAHMAN SPOKE WITH THE COMMUNITY WHO’S READY TO CLEAN UP WHAT WAS DESTROYED >> AND AS I’M WALKING BACK, I SEE ALL THIS BLACK SMOKE AND
THAT’S KIND OF LIKE A SUREFIRE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, DAVID FOR SHADY AND MAC HEART ARE SALVAGING WHAT THEY CAN OF THEIR TWIN OAKS COMMUNITY IN LOUISA AFTER HAVING TO EVACUATE. IT’S WHAT’S CALLED AN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY MADE UP OF 100 PEOPLE WHO MAKE
THEIR OWN FOOD AND RUN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR OWN PATH FORWARD AFTER A WILDFIRE SEEN THEIR INTIMATE COMMUNITY. >> IT GOT REALLY INTENSE. I FELT A LOT OF HEAT WALK DOWN. OF COURSE, EVERYBODY SCATTERING THROUGH THE VILLAGE
LIKE FIRE, ISRAEL. WE’RE TRYING TO DEVELOP A GAME PLAN AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. FIGURING IT OUT IN REAL TIME. THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO REBUILD AND FIGURE OUT A NEW STREAM OF INCOME. NOW THAT THEIR MAIN SOURCE, A
HAMMOCK FACTORY IS THAT WAS SUCH A SOURCE OF INCOME AND LIKE A WAY OF LIFE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND IT’S GONE. SO WE’RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT. >> THINGS. I’M CONFIDENT. >> AND THE ABILITY FOR THAT SCARY. THE FIRE REACH JUST
FEET AWAY FROM HEARTS. HOUSE BURNING OF HER KIDS BIKES TRAMPOLINE AND THEIR ENTIRE WOULD PILE. SHE SAYS MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE HELPING SLOW DOWN THE FIRE TO ENSURE IT DIDN’T REACH HER HOUSE. SO I MEAN, FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE LIKE
WORKING ON FIRE SUPPRESSION. >> YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE FIREFIGHTERS GOT HERE. AND I THINK THEY LIKE WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED. >> YOUR TIME NOW 803. HERE’S AN UPDATE AFTER A DAYS LONG MANHUNT IN 18 YEAR-OLD IS NOW IN CUSTODY IN CONNECTION TO
THE SHOOTING DEATH OF A 14 YEAR-OLD WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE HOTEL IN HERNDON WEDNESDAY. POLICE SAY IT STEMMED FROM A FIGHT AND THAT THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER IS SMELL. CRUZ DEL SAID AND THE VICTIM THEY KNEW EACH OTHER.
OFFICERS SAY THEY GOT A CALL FROM THE SUSPECT’S ATTORNEY. LATE LAST NIGHT WHO ARRANGED TO TURN HIM IN TO POLICE. HE FACES SECOND DEGREE MURDER GUN AND DRUG CHARGES. FAIRFAX COUNTY’S SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IS MAKING COUNSELORS AVAILABLE AT WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL AS
STUDENTS AND STAFF DEAL WITH THE LOSS. AND TURNING NOW TO DEVELOPING NEWS OUT OF RUSSIA. ISIS HAS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE COUNTRY’S DEADLIEST ATTACK IN YEARS. THE TERROR GROUP PUT OUT A STATEMENT BY AN ISIS-AFFILIATED NEWS AGENCY LAST NIGHT OVER 100 PEOPLE
WERE KILLED AND MORE THAN 100 OTHERS INJURED WHEN SEVERAL GUNMAN OPENED FIRE AT THE LARGEST CONCERT HALL IN MOSCOW. IT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY AND THE ATTACKERS ALSO USED EXPLOSIVES WHICH CAUSED THE VENUE TO GO UP IN FLAMES. THE ATTACK COMES JUST DAYS AFTER
RUSSIA’S PREP LAST DIDN’T PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WAS RE-ELECTED FOR A 5TH TERM. AND THE SENATE PASSED A 1.2 TRILLION DOLLARS SPENDING PACKAGE EARLIER THIS MORNING IN DING, THE THREAT OF A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. THE BUDGET IS OVERDUE BY
NEARLY 6 MONTHS AND IT PUSHES THE THREAT OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN TO THE FALL. THE VOTE WAS 74 24 AND THE BILL MOVED THROUGH THE HOUSE FRIDAY MORNING. BARELY REACHING THE REQUIRED TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE MARK MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE FILED A
MOTION TO VACATE REPUBLICAN HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON FOR ALLOWING THE BILL TO PASS THE SPENDING BILL PROVIDES FUNDING FOR DEFENSE, HOMELAND SECURITY AND STATE DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER GENERAL GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS. THE PACKAGE NOW GOES TO PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S DESK TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW.
AND TURNING NOW TO THE PRINCESS OF WALES AND HER CANCER DIAGNOSIS. PRINCESS KATE’S DISAPPEARANCE FROM THE PUBLIC’S EYE FOLLOWED BY A DOCTORED FAMILY PHOTO SPARKED WEEKS OF WILD SPECULATIONS. WE NOW KNOW SHE IS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY AND IN THE EARLY STAGES OF TREATMENT WELL
WISHES ARE BEING SENT EVERYWHERE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO BRITAIN. BRITISH PUBS HERE IN D C NEWS NOW IS DANIEL HAMBURG HAS THE DETAILS. >> THIS, OF COURSE, CAME AS A HUGE SHOCK I HAVE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PRICE US
MANAGE THIS PRIVATELY FOR THE SAKE OF YOUNG FAMILY, KATE MIDDLETON, THE PRINCESS OF WALES IS DISCUSSING HER DIAGNOSIS AFTER ABDOMINAL SURGERY IN JANUARY. THE CENTURY WAS SUCCESSFUL. HOWEVER TESTS TO THE OPERATION. COUNCIL HOT BEING PRESENT HER ABSENCE FROM THE
PUBLIC EYE SINCE THEN HAS FUELED A LOT OF SPECULATION, ESPECIALLY AFTER EARLIER THIS MONTH SHE POSTED A PHOTO THAT APPEARED TO BE DIGITALLY. ALTERED NOW. WELL WISHES ARE POURING IN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. OUR THOUGHTS. ARE THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE AND HER
FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS DURING THIS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIME. AND AT A BRITISH PUB IN NORTHEAST WHERE VISITORS ARE EMPATHETIC AS A MOM. YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT HOW DOES AFFECT MY CHILD. SHE HAS THE ADDED HOW DOES THIS AFFECT PEOPLE THAT REALLY UNFAIR. AND
IT CAN KATE IS ASKING FOR PRIVACY. BUT HAS THIS MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD WATCHING EVERYONE FACING THIS DISEASE. MOST HAVE A FULL. SHE’S 2 NOMINEES FACE OR HEIGHT. YOU WANT TO IT SNOW HEALING AS HUMAN BEINGS. AND WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT RELATES TO WHAT
WAS GOING THROUGH AND I’M REALLY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR HEALTH CARE AND ACCESS. >> ALL RIGHT. THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS ALL. WHAT WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR AND HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. IT’S THE FIRST
WEEKEND OF DC’S CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL TODAY. THE TIDAL BASIN. WELCOME AREA IS OPEN FROM 10:00AM TO 06:00PM. YOU CAN CATCH LIVE PERFORMANCES AND SEE THOSE BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS TOMORROW AS WELL. THE OPENING CEREMONY STARTS AT 5 AT THE WARNER THEATER. A LIMITED
NUMBER OF WALK-UP TICKETS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. THE GOOD NEWS, ALL METRO LINES ARE ON A NORMAL SERVICE SCHEDULE THIS WEEKEND. NOW THE CLOSEST METRO STOP TO THE TIDAL BASIN IS THE SMITHSONIAN STOP. MEANWHILE, IF YOU PLAN TO BIKE THERE AND
YOU CAN’T FIND A DOCKED, BIKE OR BIKE. YOUR DOC, YOU CZECH CAPITAL BIKESHARE AND THEY’LL OPEN A BIKE CORAL AT JEFFERSON DRIVE AND 14TH STREET. THAT’S IN SOUTHWEST AND THAT WILL BE OPEN THIS WEEKEND. ALSO NEXT WEEKEND FROM 11:00AM UNTIL 06:00PM.
>> ALL RIGHT. YOUR TIME NOW 808, ON THIS SUNDAY OR SATURDAY EXCUSE ME MORNING. MAKE SURE YOU GRAB THE RAIN GEAR WHEN STEPPING OUT THE DOOR DMV FIRST AS WE HEAD THROUGH YOUR SATURDAY MORNING DUE TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE
THIS MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM THAT IS INCHING CLOSER TO THE DMV OVERALL. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE SOME MODERATE DOWNPOURS WORK ITS JUST SOUTH OF THE DISH SHARED. BUT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE MORNING, MORE SHOWERS WILL BE ROLLING IN THESE HEAVIER
DOWNPOURS WILL BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY ACROSS