DMV Zone: November 09, 2026

And welcome in here to the DMV Zone. I'm Marina Rocco. Let's get you caught up on everything that happened this week and, of course, what's ahead for this busy week as we get to the Fox 5 Newsroom. The Washington Commanders facing tough questions after yet another costly performance against the Los Angeles Rams yesterday at home. Mistakes on both sides of the ball continue to raise those concerns about the team's consistency and its chances of making the postseason. Wanting to measure the improvement, and sometimes it doesn't show up on the stat sheet. I've seen consistency in different areas with different people of the arrow going up. But what I do know is that, like, man, do we have to put all these together? There's been halves and quarters and good plays and just, man, that's what I'm looking for the most, John, like consistent football. Consistent football is what coach says, managing editor for Sports Illustrated, Peter Dewey, with us. Peter, a critical matchup against the Giants coming up on Thursday. We'll talk about that in a second. Let's talk about Sunday because that was a precursor to that divisional rivalry game. And it looked like they had it for the first half. And then what happened? Yeah, it's, it's come down to consistency and execution. I think Dan Quinn, you know, he knows his team well, but unfortunately this offense is just not putting together enough drives in a row where they're able to win these games. You look at the 49ers game a few weeks ago, where they looked like a completely different team in the second half. And we saw a similar kind of story against the Rams where they just couldn't consistently move the ball and obviously missing Terry McLaurin hurts, but you know, Jaden Daniels at his best is one of the top 10 quarterbacks in the league, but we just haven't been able to see him in this running game, get things going for an entire 60 minutes. And because of that, they're two, five and one, and they put themselves in a position where they're going to have to go on a winning streak here if they're going to make the playoffs. Can that happen after what we saw yesterday? I mean, you're playing at home. Conditions were about as good as they get. Yes, the rival is someone. I mean, you've got Matt Stafford. These are guys that know what they're doing. They're also contenders for the postseason. But they couldn't do it up against the Giants a couple weeks ago. What makes us think that Thursday on a shorter week is going to be any different? Yeah, it's going to be an uphill battle on a short week. And the Giants, obviously, they're coming off a win against Philly. It looks like they're going to get Cam Singletary back for this Thursday game, too, which will obviously help their running game. But you have to look at the last time they played the Giants. I know it ended in that awful tie that, you know, we can litigate what happened in that overtime over and over again. But Jaden Daniels was awesome in that game. He threw for 199 yards. He ran for over 100 yards, had two rushing touchdowns, basically put the team on his back in that game. That's what they're going to need from him the rest of the season. He is going to have to make something out of nothing. They're going to need Stephon Diggs to continue to play pretty well on the outside without Terry McLaurin. But at the end of the day, their chances to make the playoffs are going to come down to Jaden Daniels has to be the best quarterback in the NFC East for the next nine weeks of football. And if he is, there's a chance that they're going to be able to catch the Giants. But if they don't win on Thursday, that becomes exponentially harder because they will have lost the tiebreaker with New York and they'll be four games back. All right, let's talk about what the division looks like right now, because to your point, yes, it's going to be difficult, but it's not like the Eagles are doing any better. The Cowboys are up and down, and the Giants, same thing. I mean, they've got their quarterback is out. They've got what you're talking about now. Scadabo looks like he's going to be down on Thursday. So there's a chance, considering everything that they're up against. Oh, definitely. I mean, there's a hundred percent of chance. There's still plenty of time left in the season. And to your point, there's nobody in the division who's a world beater right now. I mean, the Giants are five, two and one, but they haven't looked like a team that's contending for a Super Bowl. They're on a backup quarterback at this point. So we could see them lose three games in a row at some point. It wouldn't be completely out of the question. But the issue for Washington is they have to be consistent enough where if the Giants do falter or Falter or the Cowboys falter, which we saw, you know, two weeks ago, they lose a game to Arizona that they had no business losing the Washington's got to be able to take advantage of that to this point. They haven't been able to do that, but you win on Thursday and now all of a sudden the idea that they can win the division comes a lot more clear. Um, especially if you go out there and you look like a significantly better team than the giants in New York. I think that would be a kind of tone setter to put them in a position where, Hey, we can still do this thing. What's going on with clock management? I know we've talked about it time and time again, and yet again this was an issue yesterday. At the end, I know Coach keeps saying it's up to me, and yeah, it has now three times, and it's evident. These are costing the team games, to your point, that they may not have to be in such a tight spot to win the division, and here they are. Yeah, I mean, the clock management stuff is a huge issue, and Dan Quinn can say it's on him, and it 100% is on him. You're the head coach at the end of the day that that execution is going to come down to him, but the fact that it keeps continuing to be a problem, that can't happen if you're going to be a quality football team and a playoff football team, and you look at the game against the Giants where that game, that's a win instead of a tie. We're talking about this Thursday night game in a completely different light, where if they win that game, now they're a game out of the division, they have the tiebreaker over the Giants, and it's just a totally different scenario. So when you come into this game and I think the rest of the year, if they're not good in the two-minute drill at the end of the first half, at the end of games, that's going to be the calling card number one as to why Dan Quinn wouldn't be the head coach next season. And I think if there continues to be issues over the next few weeks and they do completely fall out of the playoff race. You have to wonder if it's just time to cut bait and see if you can find something at the end of the year. I guess you think, right, like if we can't go any farther down, so maybe you bring up the O.C., see how that works. I mean, I think part of the issue is like who would step up to that position. We'll wait and see. Always good to talk to you, Peter. We so appreciate it. Thank you for the breakdown there. And by the way, you can catch that Commanders game on Thursday night right here on Fox 5 as they take on the Giants yet again. Let's move on to topic number two here as travelers are flying out of Dulles International. They're soon going to have a brand new place to catch their flights. Airport officials unveiling a major new concourse featuring 14 gates. It looks like they're finally catching up with the times, at least based on the pictures and what we're seeing, Drew. Yeah, it's it's a nice space. And you think about, you know, how a lot of people get their impressions of the city and things like that. It happens the moment you step off the airplane and into the airport. And so this really addresses that it's going to be primarily an international terminal here to start. It's got a lot of adjustments it can make for wide body jets, narrow body jets. It can accommodate a lot. But no, it definitely feels much more modern. And much more in keeping with current trends in airports. Right. This is one part and one phase, right? Right. Specifically, at least for now, serving United, it seems like. What are we looking ahead in the following timeline? Because this is just the beginning of what is expected to be a major overhaul of the entire airport. Yeah, so this was, you know, work on this, which we started a couple years ago, and it was a new concourse and everything like that. Since then, President Donald Trump took an interest in advancing a redevelopment, a modernization of the airport wholesale, and so this project has kind of been lumped in as phase one of that, and a lot of that is, you know, getting rid of those mobile lounges that Uh, but people don't like, uh, making sure every part of the airport is connected by that arrow train, uh, to connect you from the main terminal to other ones. Um, and yeah, you know, um, it keeps seeing, uh, passenger traffic growth and then want to make sure, uh, that they're, uh, keeping up, uh, so that doesn't get crowded. So people have places to sit, uh, to wait for their planes and things like that. So no, and, uh, you know, thankfully they've got a ton of space out there to play with All right. We'll see how much and how it continues to grow as things are changing there. We so appreciate it. Thank you, Drew. Of course, catch the reporting there and the latest from Dallas International and the Washington Business Journal. In the meantime, topic number three here is the murder trial of Naresh Bhat could be nearing its final stages with a verdict potentially coming as early as this week. But. Taking the stand, addressing questions about his Google search history, including searches about what happens to debt after someone dies. He testified those searches were made on behalf of a friend. The defense also called the psychologist who testified that Bott suffers from genuine PTSD and is not faking his symptoms. Just a last question. Is when Mr. Bott is describing that thought process, is that consistent with the diagnosis of PTSD? It's certainly. A plausible way of behaving, not the cutting of a body, I mean of panicking and not knowing what to do. That is not thinking clearly is not at all surprising for somebody who's got post-traumatic stress disorder and has been triggered by something upsetting. Meanwhile, a judge denying the defense's request to call Bott's former attorney to testify about an alleged disclosure of his wife's death. And attorney Chris Murray with us. First and foremost, let's talk about that because there is certainly attorney-client privilege. But is there a line where you could get an attorney to come and testify the truth? Well, good to be with you, Marina. Sure, there is. I mean, but the line, so who does the privilege belong to, right? The privilege belongs to Mr. Bott. Um, the privilege protects his communications with his attorney. So unless he has put, um, information regarding those communications into, into public, right? Unless he's disclosed those somewhere, then he gets to decide whether his former attorney testifies or not. Got it. So he cannot be, the prosecution essentially cannot subpoena this attorney to come up to the stand. No, no, a woman, they could subpoena him, I guess, but the attorney would be under an ethical obligation not to answer the questions, and the judge couldn't force him to do it. Okay, let's talk about the PTSD aspect of this, what we heard of the psychologist, and really, the fact that... Bott opened this all up, right, by taking the stand, and he made that decision ultimately. I know the judge asks the defendant, is this your choice? And it seems as though no one pressured him to take the stand, and so he did. This is a risky call here. Yeah, I mean, look, I mean, it's a I'd say somebody would say it's risky anytime you're going to get on the stand and say, yes, I cut up my wife's body. That's pretty risky. But I mean, I think it's a you know, it's clear it's clear what they're trying to do here, which is obviously if his wife killed herself, then. He can't be the one who murdered her. And I think he's trying to create reasonable doubt. And I think the defense team probably just decided, here's what they're not gonna have reasonable doubt about, that he did something with her body. And I think the closing arguments are probably going to say, look, like, that's not what the case is about, is, you know, did he dispose of her body improperly? The case is actually about whether he killed her or not. Right. And do you have any direct evidence of that? And if you don't, then you might have reasonable doubt. And I think that's what's so difficult, right? I mean, he certainly planted doubt. The question is, is it reasonable? And how do you define reasonable to this jury that has incredible instructions here? They're very specific and tailored to these charges. And two of those charges being defiling and dismembering of the body of which he admitted, right? So there's admission of that on the stand. I think we know where the jury is leaning. That reasonable doubt component is something that I think is so parsed. And I imagine discussed heavily when you go Go through law school as to what that. What that looks like and what you have to make the jury believe. Yeah, I mean, look, beyond a reasonable doubt doesn't mean beyond, as you just said, doesn't mean beyond any possible doubt. It means beyond the doubt of an ordinary person presented with the sort of facts that that jury's been presented with. And the reason why I think this is difficult here is because you heard a lot of testimony earlier in the trial that maybe Maybe things weren't so great between Mr. Bhatt and his wife that maybe she was very Very unhappy, right? The sort of, the kind of unhappy that, unfortunately, sometimes people do really rash things in those situations. REBECCA GORDIUS- Mm-hmm. And I think Mr. Bhatt is trying to capitalize on that and try and say, hey, look, like, you've heard about somebody who might be the kind of person who might have done this to themselves. And, you know, hey, I've been triggered, and now I'm doing something crazy by cutting up my wife's body instead of calling the authorities. Mm-hmm. Maybe it's reasonable for a juror to buy that. I don't know. All right. Well, we are expecting closing arguments by tomorrow and a potential, of course, we'll see how fast and how quickly the jury deliberates and comes back with a verdict. Chris Murray, always a pleasure. Thank you. Take care. We'll be right back here on the DMV Zone. Metro riders across the DMV could soon be paying more to get around. Facing a rising inflation, higher operating costs, and ongoing fare evasion, Metro officials are considering an 11% fare increase starting next July. But higher fares may not be enough to close the agency's budget gap. Metro also weighing service cuts with the budget proposed. expected next month that could determine what commuters can expect in the year ahead. We've got Arlington Now reporter Dan Aguito. And Dan, also potential for a bump in Metro bus fares, which we now know about two-thirds of people are not paying these anyways. That's right. It's a really complicated question. I mean, you've got rising costs across the board. Metro's trying to figure out how we're going to pay for this, how we're going to make our services sustainable. Um, so one of the options on the table right now is indeed increasing the cost of taking the bus, taking Metro, um, you know, raising that about 11%, as you say, it could be even higher. Um, but you know, there's trade-offs no matter how you look at it. Um, and the big question right now is. How is Metro going to figure out how to pay for this? Yeah, what's the deal? Because you've got all these jurisdictions, right? Virginia, Maryland, D.C. We have heard years and years that Metro keeps asking, you've got to pay more, you've got to do more to help fund us. And they keep instead asking the people who are riding it to increase their fare. And now we know that this 11% increase is happening come July. But Randy Clark, the CEO, was saying, listen, the general manager, wait a second, we need more than that. Yeah, it's true. I mean, it's a really complicated issue for sure. I mean, you're dealing with tons and tons of localities and obviously nobody is exactly happy about having to cough up more to pay for Metro. So I think I've seen a representative sort of trying to strike the right balance here between. How much users of these services are going to pay versus basically how much of a subsidy you're going to get for this. And the other thing to bear in mind, as you mentioned earlier, is like a lot of people simply are not paying. To ride Metro or ride the bus anyway. So fare evasion remains a very real issue here. Yeah, certainly. We know that next month we'll get a better sense of just how much these fare increases will go. But there is a possibility that to make up for that difference, we could have just suspended service on the weekends, late at night. Is that something that could really happen? Or is that just always weighed because of the money that it means? Well, I think we're going to have to see what their proposal actually looks like. I mean, Metro is something really near and dear to the hearts of a lot of our leaders around here. I mean, in Arlington, our leaders are very pro-transit, always trying to encourage transit any way that they can. So pretty much anything that gets put forward is going to have pushback. It's just a question of how it's all going to shake out. All right, we will wait and see as next month we'll get a better sense of what this looks like for 2027. Denny Guido there with Arlington Now, we appreciate it. Moving on now, the Washington Spirit step one step closer now to the NWSL Championship after an impressive 4-1 playoff victory over the Portland Thorns. The Spirit moving on to the semifinals, and now they will have home advantage hosting the next playoff matchup at Audi Field as they look to keep their championship hopes alive. We've got Mr. Moco, founder of the Moco Show, Alex Saronis, with all of this. This is huge for the Spirit. Yeah, absolutely. They're going to host the Utah Royals on Saturday and they absolutely dominated the Portland Thorns. So, you know, getting home field advantage is big and they're going to have a chance to make it to the finals for the third year in a row. And we know this is not their home field, although they do play on special occasions at Audi Field. But to get to this point, are we expecting a sellout crowd? How hard is Audi Field going to work to get the fans in the seats? I think it'll get there. I think it'll get there, especially now after their playoff performance of yesterday. They've kind of become the favorite. They're like the odds-on favorite to win it all. They've been there the last two years in a row. They won it, I think, five years ago. I think this is their best chance in a while, even more than the last two years. So I think there's going to be a sellout crowd, and I think they're going to make it. This is huge because that scheduling conflict was the main question here as to would they, wouldn't they, and even the potential of Northwest Stadium being their home field. Yeah, I don't know if they'd sell Northwest Stadium out if it ended up getting over there, but I think they're going to definitely sell out Audi Field. It has been their main stadium for the last few years, and they've been doing a good job packing it. They got name recognition with Trinity Rodman, and they're probably the best pro team in our area. Give it up to the Spirit. What does it look like for the extension for next season for the Spirit? Are they going to be playing at home at Audi Field? Are they going to have these scheduling conflicts? I know that they're looking at a huge renovation of potential here for Audi Field. Is this part of the discussion? From what I've heard, it's part of the discussion. I don't know exactly what's going to happen with it, but hopefully if there are renovations, it's only going to be for the better for the future, so there might be like a year or two issue, and then they'll be back at it. All right, that championship game also scheduled for November 21st at Audi Field, so we hope it happens then and there for the spirit. Good to talk to you, Alex. Good to talk to you. Thank you for having me. Thank you. This magical moment brought to you by your local McDonald's. Another number one ranked team falling after Notre Dame got a massive win over the University of Miami. The Hurricanes head coach ripping the officiating crew afterwards for that. That potentially game-tying touchdown, calling it incomplete. Miami's tight end appeared to come down with the ball, but after he steps out of bounds while attempting to complete the catch, Notre Dame's safety knocks the ball out. The fighting Irish eventually won 31-24. Miami dropped to number five in the poll, and Notre Dame rose to number three. Try the all-new Red Bull Dragonberry Energizer, only at participating McDonald's. Five. A promising medical breakthrough offering new hope to people living with stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that causes severe muscle stiffness, painful spasms, and can make everyday activities incredibly difficult. New research showing encouraging results from an experimental CAR T-cell therapy with some patients regaining their ability to walk, return to work. And reclaim their independence. We've got double board certified Dr. Anita Patel with us here. And Dr. Patel, we really, through Celine Dion, made this something that most people now have heard of at least. A lot of people don't understand exactly what it is. But also this is very encouraging news. We should probably point out and tell people what stiff person syndrome is first. Yeah, it's a first of all, it's a very rare disorder and it affects people by basically not being able to move. And what I mean by that is the body starts. attacking itself. And that normal system where your body tells your muscles to relax no longer works. And the real reality of stiff person syndrome is that it does get worse over time. Up to 80% of people will lose their mobility. And more importantly, there are no FDA approved treatments for this syndrome. So we're really just using off-label immunotherapies and also muscle relaxants. And that's why this announcement, as you said, is incredibly exciting. Yeah, let's talk about CAR T cell therapy, what it is, because it's not just been used for this syndrome. I mean, it's used across the board and incredibly successful at times. What is CAR T cell therapy? Yeah, I'm so glad you asked. And this is something that's very near and dear to my heart as a pediatric ICU doctor, because CAR T actually has its roots in pediatrics. It was first used to cure leukemia in children. And what's really great is that now they are adapting this therapy to treat other disorders. So in this case, essentially scientists are taking the immune cells from a patient, they're reprogramming them in a lab, and then they're giving them back to the patient. And essentially those cells then target the B cells that are attacking. body itself. So think about this as essentially a reset for the immune system. This specific study looked at 26 adults. And what was super exciting is that among those 26 adults, 12 patients who previously needed a walking aid to walk no longer needed that anymore at 16 weeks, which is frankly huge. And it was a single study. It was just following these patients, but that alone is Really promising results. Yeah, and nothing we should say, CAR-T cell therapy has not been approved in any shape or form by the FDA, but yet huge success across the board with so many different types of diseases, syndromes, leukemia, like you said, it is widely used to some degree. It is. And as I said, you know, us as pediatricians rarely lead the charge on much. But this is one of the few therapies that we truly have led the charge. And as you said, Marina, this is not FDA approved yet for this condition, but it's. promising results and they're early. So, you know, I would tell any family that knows someone with stiff person syndrome or has it themselves in their family to talk to their neurologist, because this is very much still under study approval. So. Any patients that are receiving it are enrolled in a trial, but your neurologist can help you there. You know, I also just want to say, as someone who cares for patients with CAR-T, that it's not just like an infusion and you go home. There are real risks to anything we do. Alone in this trial, we did see some of these patients have immune activation, which we know happens So this is promising but early results. I like to think of this, though, in a larger standpoint as a reason for why we need to support research like this, because not only are they developing this for stiff person syndrome, but they're also testing this in disorders like multiple sclerosis. So the big take-home point is that one innovation has now led to treatments for so many different diseases, including the one that Celine Dion has. So let's support research, support science. Dr. Anita Patel, we always appreciate it. Good talk to you. Thank you. Thanks for having me. We'll be right back. Sunshine back over the weekend as we get you back outside to Prince William Marina. And things are looking beautiful out there. A little crisper than we've felt over the past couple of weeks. Our Jennifer Nogato is here joining us. And, Jen, I've been hearing all this chatter about snow over the weekend. Yeah, you know, you don't need to run to the store, get any bread, save those carbs for Thanksgiving. But we will be looking at a chance for some snow in the higher elevations. But even the models right now are trending down. And we thought that would happen because we are still many days away. But again, we're looking at the time period of Thursday going into Friday. But Veterans Day, just two days away. And the good news is the weather is going to be dry. It'll be nice. We will have partly cloudy skies and then Thanksgiving 17 days away. So what can we We expect with our weather headlines tomorrow. Tomorrow, a really warm afternoon, high temperatures near 70 degrees. You're like, how is this possible that we're going to be warming up? We've got southerly winds in place, and that means tonight it won't be as cold. But rain develops as we go into Thursday. It's going to be a cold rain, and then we're going to be looking at those temperatures dropping down. But outside, we look out Prince William Marina. This gets you in the mood to go out into the water, especially when you know tomorrow it's going to be sunny. It's going to be nice. The temperature right now, 64 degrees. Our winds are from the northwest. We've got a cold front coming through. They've produced some stronger wind gusts. Right now, they're sustained at 16. And as we look at our temperatures right now, we're in the 60s across the region. 57 in Hagerstown and 69 degrees in Quantico. Not bad, but it gets better tomorrow afternoon. As I said, temps in many areas will reach the lower 70s. So we look at our satellite and our radar right now. We are dry. Notice we have a disturbance spinning to the north of us, and that's where we see some light rain. We stay dry until we get into Thursday. That's when we start to see some trouble happening. As a low pressure system, it's going to be developing just to the southwest of us. And that is going to try to marry with some cold weather and produce some high elevation snow. Could we be looking at our first snowflakes of the season? Still a possibility. But as we look at our plan ahead for tonight, we go from the 60s to 50s. But overnight low right around 49 degrees. The next two days. Tomorrow, there it is, 70 degrees, 67 on Veterans Day with just a few more clouds as we go throughout the afternoon. But with that cool-down setting up, it means the coolest air we have seen all season long. And I think really what it means, it's going to be opening up the gates for winter and for more systems to come this way because the jet stream is certainly going to be active. So we look at our futurecast. This is Wednesday into Thursday. There is the rain. Then we go into Thursday into your Friday morning, trying to pull in a little bit of snow. Now it's mainly to the north. Earlier models were putting it a little bit closer to the Blue Ridge as well as the Alleghenies. Now we look ahead for Friday. This is 6.30. It's mainly down towards the south. Now this is the European model. Of course, we'll be fine-tuning it, but this gives you an idea. And this tends to be the better performer of the two. But overall, I think we're just going to be looking at some cold rain. I think people are okay with that because we are actually dealing with an increasing drought. So we need the rainfall. Now we look at the temperatures as we go into Friday. Our numbers are going to be about 10 degrees below where they should be for this time of the year. It stays that way as we go Saturday as well as into Sunday, but at least we'll get that sunshine back out for the weekend. So for tonight, these are your low temperatures, the 40s around, a few 30s, 39 in Fredericksburg, and then tomorrow afternoon, high temperature climbing to 70 degrees. I wait on whether or not to put the 70 up there, but I do believe with those southerly winds in place, it is going to warm us up above the average, which is 60 degrees, 69 for Highdale City. And then we go down towards the southeastern zone, 69 for Colonial Beach. The mountains, you're not going to be bad by any means. We'll see the sunshine out there, and then a high temperature of 70 degrees in Martinsburg, and then your seven-day forecast. After tomorrow, it just keeps going down, down, downhill with those temperatures. We look ahead for Veterans Day, 67, nice and dry. And then we look ahead into your Friday, Saturday, even into early Thursday afternoon. It will be cold. It will be windy. It will be gray. But at least we'll get that sunshine coming back out into the weekend. Marina, so it certainly is that time of the year where we should be looking at some, you know, winter precip. We went all the way back to 1987. I don't know. We actually had a foot of snowfall on Veterans Day. So apparently it was Sue Palka's worst day of her life, she said. See ya. Not expecting it, not in November. I'm just hoping it doesn't get that much cooler come Thanksgiving. Let's hold on for El Nino. Let's hold on. All right. Thank you, Jen. We appreciate it. And speaking of that winter weather approaching, Alexandria City Public Schools preparing for potential snow days, but there's a limit on how many traditional weather closure students can expect. ACPS has four snow days built into this year's school calendar. Joining us now is Alexandria Now reporter James Cullum with the details. Doesn't sound like they're going to have to use one at least now in November, James, but four days, is that more than usual, less than usual? Where does that stack up? I can't believe we're already talking about snow, Marina. That's amazing. Amazing. Well, 180 days in school is the... Minimum number of days that students have to be in school, it's mandated by the state. And so four snow days are locked in there. But what's changed is this color-coded system. Parents and students are going to be notified on ParentSquare, on social media, with this color-coded system to communicate. When snow, ice, extreme cold, severe storms, or other weather factors are going to affect the arrival or dismissal to school. So, what are the codes? Green means go. A code green means schools are operating normally. Code yellow indicates a two-hour. Delay, and code orange is an early dismissal. Code blue means schools are going to be closed and rescheduled for virtual learning. So if, like last year, remember Snowmageddon or the Snowcrete? Oh my God, the Snowcrete. Agreed. Schools were out. They had to transition to asynchronous learning, to virtual learning. That's something that has become very common ever since COVID. So that's a code blue, and a code red indicates a full school closure. All right. So, yeah, I mean, I think to to your point, Snowcrete was a disaster for a lot of these school districts who were having a hard time assessing whether or not to close the next day. And then many of them ended up having to close much more than they were expecting up to a week there in Alexandria. So by allowing for these codes, which we've seen in other school districts, maybe we won't get to that point where there's so many days that are used. And then there's the potential right for virtual learning. Yeah, and also, by the way, if it looks like it's going to be hazardous weather or something's going on, the school system says they're going to try to make those calls by 6 p.m. the evening before, and that families should be receiving messages showing some kind of a code, code green, code red, code orange, and they'll be getting a message saying that ACBS is looking at the weather and they're going to be making a call by a certain point if they haven't made that decision by that point. All right. Well, we so appreciate it. Thank you so much, James. And catch that reporting there with Alexandria now. NVIDIA shares struggling after the chipmaker, the world's second biggest company, launched an investigation into whether its own CEO gave away company secrets to a Chinese spy. The CEO, Jensen Huang, is now under investigation by his own company over concerns he was the target of a, quote, foreign intelligence effort. And it all comes after Wang admitted to having an affair with that suspected Chinese spy. He says he supports the investigation, writing in part, quote, I take full responsibility for what I did and the hurt I caused, and I accept the criticism that comes with it. And he's getting support from some powerful friends. I think he's an honorable guy. I think he probably has an excuse for it. You have to hear it. We've got Ari Hawkins with Politico with the details here. All right, this has just been, you know, in the last couple 24 hours has been blowing up here. What do we know about where the investigation stands right now? And really, we've seen NVIDIA take a hit because of the news. That's right. NVIDIA just recently launched this investigation, and so far they've kept the details pretty under wraps. But this investigation will cover exactly what this alleged Chinese asset knew and how this related to decisions that expanded the ability of the company to sell freely to China. Specifically, this will get into not only the relationship of NVIDIA, but this is also going to be a target for lawmakers as well that are anxious to launch ...investigations into this type of conduct and tie it to President Donald Trump. President Trump has moved to expand his relationship with the CEO of NVIDIA in recent weeks and recent months, and that will be a primary focus. So there's sort of two paths of investigations, one from NVIDIA and one from lawmakers that are sure to follow. Those images that we were showing where we were circling this alleged spy, those are videos that date back to 2024. Presumably has been out. I mean, it's not something that just happened this year for some time now. That's exactly right. We're not sure exactly how far this goes. And with respect to NVIDIA investigating their own CEO, it's worth noting that in the days leading up to this story breaking, there were conflicting statements from the company. Spokespeople for NVIDIA indicated that this type of conduct was routine initially in their public statements to media. Now we see that that was not entirely accurate. This is going to raise some red flags when NVIDIA is seen as is investigating itself. Yeah. What do we know about that investigation? Because they purport that this is an independent body that's investigating their CEO. That is not really sitting well with a lot of people. It's not sitting well with a lot of people, and it's why lawmakers, primarily Democrats, but also Republican lawmakers as well, are anxious to also launch their own probe for this. Yes, NVIDIA has tapped this independent source. However, broadly, it is likely to be seen as NVIDIA investigating its own company's conduct and CEO in that respect. And they have not released more details about exact sort of timelines. And while that may come in the coming weeks and months, You can be sure that what will also come in the coming weeks and months. months is potentially subpoenas and a wide range of oversight initiatives, particularly as Democrats seek to target the entirety of the Trump administration, as well as that relationship with the CEO of Nvidia. What do we know about this spy? Because my understanding speaks perfect English. Did she ever travel to the United States? Is that where they met last seen, I believe, in Shanghai, where she was detained, not allowed to leave. And her whereabouts at this point are just TBD. The company that she was alleged to have worked for did have red flags raised by senior Commerce Department officials and other folks within the Trump administration. So they have been focused on this in quite some time. Ultimately, that investigation with the Commerce Department. Did not ultimately end up ending there. It was moved to another department, which is also raising some security flags from more hawkish members of the administration. So this means that the Trump administration has had this individual on their radar for quite some time, but has so far chosen not to take aggressive action prior to all of this coming out. We'll have to see in the coming weeks and months exactly what the nature of this relationship was and those details, which for now, NVIDIA has not released. In the statements from the president, Less than 24 hours ago, not really at all condemning this alleged behavior, which was also confirmed by Jensen Wong. That's right. And this speaks to a bit of a divide within the Trump administration. President Donald Trump, ages ago, did greenlight the sale of certain high-end chips. From NVIDIA to China, NVIDIA's CEO was also invited to the White House and to a number of events that was hosted by President Donald Trump. It's an indication that they have a pretty strong relationship. And this single scandal is not going to end that dynamic. However, there are members of particularly the State Department and lower-ranked individuals at the Commerce Department that have raised red flags that are in the president's ear about this. However, Donald Trump is likely to be his own sort of focus here and is unlikely to take those types of warnings into his interactions. But we'll have to see how firm those warnings really get. Well, we know, if nothing else, based on exit polling and what we saw in the election, that more than 90 percent of Democrats are anti-artificial intelligence and just really the whole caboodle, the kit and caboodle that comes with it. And I imagine NVIDIA part of that as well. So the investigations, I'm sure, to come here very quickly. Ari Hawkins, we appreciate it with Political. Thank you for that reporting. Thanks for having me. We'll be right back. Gas prices finally heading in the right direction for drivers. The national average for a gallon of regular gas standing at $4.01 today. And in 26 states, prices have already dropped below the $4 mark, including here in Maryland and Virginia. D.C., still above $4. Senior economist and director of publications at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Ryan Young, joining us here. Ryan, good to see you. This is some good news ahead of the big, busy holiday season. They've been dropping for the past couple of weeks here and yet higher than they were at the same time last year. Yeah, we're not going back to pre-war gas prices anytime soon. But the nice thing is, with winter coming on, people drive less. Every winter, gas prices go down a bit, and that's a big part of what we're seeing. The Iran war is also a factor. We were thinking things were going to heat up after the election based on the president's rhetoric. Not yet. May it stay that way. But right now, the main effect is seasonal. It's just people are driving a little bit less now that travel season is over. So really what you're saying is demand is lower and therefore the prices are reflecting it. American refineries also producing some more oil, which is helping in that. But overall, what does this mean for the economy? Can you really read it as a positive? It is for now. I wouldn't read too much into it because if things flare up into Iran, gas prices are going to go back up. Next summer, gas prices are going to go back up. But for now, at least we can enjoy the relief, especially with holidays coming up. That'll free up a little bit of cash for people to spend if they want or save if they want to. But one indicator that this is really a seasonal phenomenon is that jet fuel prices, which are a lot more stable throughout the year, Are only down about two percent, a little bit, but not a whole lot. So it really is more just people are driving less. OK, so what you're saying is you're still going to pay for it if you're looking to travel here in the coming days or weeks. At large, when you see something happen like the midterms, right, where there's a clear rebuke of where our administration is and how it's meeting people. Do you usually see that reflected in the economy? Is there that sort of immediate change that the people are hoping for? A little bit. Financial markets had already priced that in. Gas prices are a little more responsive to what's going on right now and what people are expecting in the immediate future. And with Iran being such an unknown, that could, if there's a durable end, gas prices could go back down to pre-war levels in a few months. But if things flare up, well, we're right back to $4.50 gas. Yeah. How do you read the stock market's reaction to the midterm election? Well, they had initial exuberance, which they had already priced in, Democratic takeover of at least the House and likely the Senate. The fact that it was a bigger blue wave than expected gave them about a day's worth of buoyancy before things calmed down. These kinds of things usually only last about a day or two because they create opportunities for other people. Stock prices are way up. A lot of people think, well, it's a good time to sell. That drives prices back down. And same thing whenever there's a big crash. So the initial reaction was positive, but in the long run, It doesn't mean that much. Ryan Young, we so appreciate it. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you. We'll be right back. Okay, producer Chris on what we can expect tonight on Do You Like It or Not. Hey, Chris. So who ended up having your vote for James Bond? Of those people. Oh, of those people? Well, I didn't know who the Callum guy was until you told me, and even then I had no idea that Dua Lipa was married. You know, I was a big fan of the former Superman, Henry Cavill, kind of going that route, but he had already done Mission Impossible. He had already done some other, like, spy. They said Idris Elba, like, commit to it. Let's make it happen. I mean, he's older than Daniel Craig was, I think, at this point. I don't care. That's a man. Well, yeah, I don't disagree with you. I also like the idea of Clive Owen doing it. No disrespect to 29-year-olds out there, but I think, you know, I'm surprised they didn't go the route of, like, a streaming series instead of, like, continuing with the movies the way, like, the way, you know, but they did the same thing. Harrison Ford was Jack Ryan, and now we've got, you know, John Krasinski, and they did a couple series first, and then they made a movie out of it. No, I mean, we haven't had one since when? 2006? Is that the last? No, it's been way, the last one was supposed to come out like in the first year of COVID and they delayed it, Die Another Day. Oh, 2016, that's right, because I remember Adele had that Skyfall. Yeah, well, even that was. Anyway, I could talk about that, or I could talk about Love is Blind if you want. I have no idea what you're... Yeah, I won't bore you with that. Okay, so Ethan Hawke, I love him. He's one of my favorite actors, and it has nothing to do with the actual roles that he's in. He's just a very interesting person. And he recently sat down for an interview, and he said, we as a society are too obsessed with perfection, and it is basically hindering us from being happy. He's right. Yeah. That's social media. I agree, 100%. Everything has to be like, you can't even just call people over to have them at your house because it's got to have like all the, you know, bells and whistles. Stupid. Yeah, he's 100% right. He's absolutely right. He is 100% right. I mean, I don't think he sets a great example. He's like a handsome man, well-dressed at all times. Easy for him to say. Easy for him. Yeah, exactly. Get in the Zoom room. We'll see you at 7.30. Do you like it or not? I'll come up with more stories. My body got rid of them toxins. This voice in the top ten. I can put a ball in the end zone, put a bad b***h in the f***. Every Monday. Yes. Wait, didn't we both agree Pierce Brosnan? Should he be the Bond? Well, I mean, he is the Bond in my head. Like, that is my James Bond. That's the one I think of as well. And he still looks the same. Yes. Bring him back, right? I'm okay with that, too. These kids that they're trying to prop up, I have no idea who any of them are. All right, the case has been settled here. Let's go. Let's make it happen. Settled right before the newscast. The news at 4 starts right now.