3 Things You Need To Know: Update from the UVA Shoting

Former University of Virgina student who shot 3 football players from the team was sentence to life in prison.

Metro Riders have a more flexible and modern bike parking units on some stops across the metro.

The Capital Christmas has arrived into the District. The tree is from Nevada.

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
From the city that changes the world. Peers Rose with
three things you need to know.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
For your Monday, Rose, what you have for us?

Speaker 3 (00:07):
So, former University of Virginia student was sentenced on Friday
to life in prison for fatally shooting three football players
and wounding two other.

Speaker 1 (00:14):
Students on the campus. In twenty twenty two, we talked
about this.

Speaker 3 (00:17):
The players were returning from a class field trip when
there were shots on the bus those three years ago.
So the judge sentenced on Friday, and the penalties include
five life sentences for one for each of the killing
of Devin Chandler, Lavelle Davis Junior, and Deshaun Perry, and
the aggravated malicious wounding of Michael Hollins and Marley Morgan.
So for felony gun charges, he was handed down twenty

(00:40):
three The suspect was handed down twenty three years and
is eligible for geriatric patrol.

Speaker 1 (00:44):
But I wanted to give you an update on that.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
Metro Riters who bike to the train now have you
more flexible and affordable way to park their bikes.

Speaker 1 (00:50):
Is pretty cool.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
Wamata has launched the first phase of its revamped bike
parking program. So they installed new app operated bikelockers at
the Foggy Bottom, GWU and Eastern Market Metro rail stations,
so if you are biking to those stations, you can
rent the locker through the bike Link app and then
check in real time locker availability rates in open a

(01:15):
offer directly from your phone cost five cents an hour capped.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
At one dollar per day.

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Pretty affordable, and then Metro is gonna roll out new
self locking bike racks later this year that you'll be
able to reserve for free through the app as well.
Excuse me, and the Capitol Christmas Tree, which is a
fifty three foot red fur named silver Bell, has arrived
in the district after a three week journey that included
ten stops across the country.

Speaker 1 (01:39):
So this year the tree is from.

Speaker 3 (01:40):
Nevada, the very first Capitol Christmas Tree to ever resource
from Nevada, and the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony is
taking place on December fourth. Great American Family is going
to be broadcasting the ceremony on December fifth, so you'll
be able to see it from the comfort of your home.
I know they did the lottery. I don't think they've
announced who actually goot the tickets for that yet, but
the ceremony is gonna include performances by Brett Young, Gabby Barrett,

(02:02):
John Party, the Beach Boys, and more.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
So it's gonna be a lot of fun, I.

Speaker 3 (02:05):
Rose, those are the three things you need to know
for the day.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
Thank you, Ros, You're welcome. I saw Steve any winter
travel planned coming up.

Speaker 4 (02:11):
I'm going to Puntacana for New Year's Eve.

Speaker 2 (02:14):
Very exciting, Rose, how about you?

Speaker 1 (02:16):
No, I don't think so.

Speaker 2 (02:18):
Okay, I'm taking my mom in Hawaii. Oh, very excited
for that. Yeah. I took my dad to England and
then my mom's been the base of my dad's caretaker
because you've been dealing with the cancer stuff. So go
in Hawaii and see where they film Jurassic Park.

Speaker 4 (02:30):
Oh yeah, you're moming.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Very exciting, very exciting.

Speaker 3 (02:33):
You're taking these vacations to go see your favorite movie location.

Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah, I mean at least cool spots.

Speaker 1 (02:39):
Okay, No, but the Hawaiian one is so nice.

Speaker 2 (02:42):
So Kayak put out the most affordable winter travel destinations
in the US. I'm gonna be honest, some of these
would be horrendous to go to in the winter months.
Number ten is Tampa and listen on Tampa. Yeah, combining
flight hotel five hundred and thirty three dollars not bad.
So much to do obviously. To Tampa, there's a lot.

Speaker 4 (02:59):
To do, especially if you're like up north and it's cold.

Speaker 2 (03:02):
Oh yeah, good the beach, good to go. Nashville made
the list of nine.

Speaker 4 (03:05):
Absolutely. I think I'm going to Nashville in February.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
It's exciting. Uh, my favorite Nashville. Nobody's told Nashville is popular.

Speaker 4 (03:11):
Yet they're trying. They really have a whole Instagram for
their carpet in the airport.

Speaker 2 (03:15):
It's horrendous, just humble. They need to get it together
for an hour. I have to get from the airport
to my parents.

Speaker 4 (03:20):
Are Absolutely, the traffic has gone horrendous.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yes, Raleigh, North Carolina made it eight. Hotel airfare five
twenty three not BADKA New York City.

Speaker 4 (03:31):
Holidays.

Speaker 2 (03:31):
I think that once. That's kind of cool to see
like the lights and like do like the rockets and
all that crap. Yeah, that's kind of fun. I mean,
like like the Christmas stuff, like go to Rockefell Center
and see the tree and do all the stuff.

Speaker 4 (03:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (03:43):
Baltimore, Maryland number six in the.

Speaker 4 (03:44):
Lives that the holidays, though, is so fun.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
Absolutely. Boston made the list. Sure White Hotel four hundred
sixty four dollars.

Speaker 4 (03:53):
That's aprising. I feel like it's so expensive.

Speaker 2 (03:55):
Uh yeah, I don't decision so high up. I don't disagree.
DC made the list at four.

Speaker 4 (04:01):
And it's fine fun sitting the holidays.

Speaker 2 (04:02):
You see like see the tree on it stuff. Four
forty five Minneapolis, Minnesota. Do not go to Minnesota in
the winter. If you are not prepared for it. You
will not have a good time.

Speaker 4 (04:12):
Yeah. Yeah, don't watch yourself.

Speaker 2 (04:14):
Yeah, when you step outside in Minnesota in the winter,
your nose hair is freeze, Like I'll have nose hairs.
Well you'll find out you do, and like that's like
nose hairs. Yeah, it's that kind of cold. Is like
you like if you're out to you'll get frostbite and
it's not not good.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Yeah, it was like not a fun time.

Speaker 2 (04:30):
No, if you know what you're doing, it's fine there.
But like also like most of stuff downtownent there, the skywalkers,
every building, so you can do you like the Gerbil
Tunnel basically not go outside.

Speaker 4 (04:38):
Gerbil Tunnel is wild.

Speaker 2 (04:40):
But it's basically what it is. Yeah, you have to
go outside, but like if you're not if you think
it's cold here, I don't want to.

Speaker 4 (04:46):
Live anywhere that have to use a droble tunnel to
get anywhere.

Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, you know, Dallas, Texas is at two, okay, four
thirty five, and number one for Christmas in the US is.

Speaker 4 (04:56):
Chicago during the holidays. It is so fun though. I
love Iago.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
I think it's cool. If it's a big city, I
think it's slept on.

Speaker 4 (05:03):
Yeah it does. It's like but it's like a big city,
little town vibe.

Speaker 2 (05:05):
It's it's all fun. They say a flight Hotel four
twenty six, not too bad. It's the intern Johnny Morning

Speaker 3 (05:11):
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