Terry Smith, 35, of Southeast D.C., was arrested after showing up to the home of a victim who had taken out a civil protective order against him.

When the police were called by the victim, a warrant had already been issued for Smith, who had been evading charges of assault with intent to kill, robbery, and violation of a civil protection order.听

According to the MPD police report, Smith鈥檚 warrant for arrest was secured following an earlier aggravated domestic assault he committed against his ex-wife and a man with her.

鈥淰ictims One and Two were walking in an alley in the rear of Victim Two鈥檚 home, when they were approached by Smith. Smith is Victim Two鈥檚 ex-husband. Smith assaulted Victim one, stabbing him five times,鈥� according to the report.听

Smith then dragged his ex-wife up the alley where the assault took place and stole her phone before fleeing the scene.听

Smith鈥檚 ex-wife also had a Temporary Protective Order against him that had been verified by the Police Department.

Yesterday, when Smith returned to his ex-wife鈥檚 home, MPD was called.听

鈥淎 perimeter was established, and a barricade was declared. After a brief standoff, Smith surrendered to the officers,鈥� according to MPD.听

The standoff took place at a residence off of Harvard St. NW and Sherman Ave. NW, and resulted in the closing of multiple streets.

Residents of the Park View and Columbia Heights neighborhood took to Twitter to express their concern.听

Aaron Albright, a resident of the Columbia Heights area tweeted saying, 鈥淒on鈥檛 like the helicopter and emergency vehicle sirens going off right now鈥︹��

dont like this helicopter and emergency vehicle sirens going off right now…

鈥� Aaron Albright (@AaronKAlbright)

Sherman and Fairmont through Harvard look like they are current blocked by policy activity. Good luck everyone and be kind to one another.

鈥� Aaron Albright (@AaronKAlbright)

Albright said he was alarmed by the number of police cars filing onto the streets of Sherman Ave., and decided to check Twitter when he thought he heard a helicopter.听听

Alan Henney, a citizen journalist covering the area, also took to Twitter to share what he knew.听

Police have CLOSED several streets in the Columbia Heights, Pleasant Plains and Park View neighborhoods while they attempt to talk a wanted man out of a residence near Girard Street and Sherman Ave NW-DC. The SWAT team and fire/EMS are assisting.

鈥� Alan Henney (@alanhenney)

SWAT just showed up. It鈥檚 definitely Harvard and Sherman not Girard

鈥� Matt Billeri (@mbilleri)

鈥淧olice have CLOSED several streets in the Columbia Heights, Pleasant Plains and Park View neighborhoods while they attempt to talk a wanted man out of a residence near Girard Street and Sherman Ave NW-DC. The SWAT team and fire/EMS are assisting,鈥� Henney said in a tweet.

Among the hoards of police cars were multiple Emergency Response Team vehicles blocking the front and back entrance of the Harvard Street residence where Smith was hiding.听

The standoff lasted around two hours until Smith was taken into custody safely. No shots were fired by police during the standoff.

The blocked-off streets were opened back up around 4 p.m.听

According to Karimah Bilal, the Program Manager of Communications for the MPD, no additional information regarding the incident had been released at this time.听

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The building company Gilbane is carrying out construction, which started mid-November and is currently focused on internal demolition, according to two Gilbane workers at the scene.听

After announcing the plan for acquisition over a year ago, WMATA representative Nina Albert introduced the incoming development during a Southwest Neighborhood Assembly meeting in late October.听

The new location will be 300 7th Street SW, and is being developed by Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners.听

The move, according to a , will solve the current headquarters鈥� outdated safety conditions and save millions of dollars.听

鈥淭he selection of Metro’s new DC headquarters is the first major step in a broader office consolidation strategy that will save the transit authority $130 million over the next 20 years,鈥� Metro said in the press release.听

Metro will downsize from the three buildings they currently own 鈥斕齛 process that will largely contribute to the savings.

But the move also means a smaller headquarters, as employees relocate from the current building at 270,000 square feet to the new building with 200,000 square feet.听

The move has Southwest resident Emily Crowe nervous for what more development would mean for residents. Especially, Crowe notes, following the boom of the Southwest waterfront development in recent years.听

鈥淭hat is definitely going to cause some problems. There鈥檚 already so much construction that I don鈥檛 really like the thought of any more. It鈥檚 already a busy, crowded part of town and this will not help with that,鈥� Crowe said.听

Currently, the WMATA headquarters is located on 5th Street in Chinatown, and is home to over 1,000 employees. The move would mean a redirection of those thousand employees commuting into Southwest.听

Efforts to relocate were solidified in April when WMATA announced it had officially put the Chinatown office space on the market.

The sale, according to WMATA, is also beneficial to the District鈥檚 residents because the redevelopment would be under a lease that allows Metro to retain ownership.听

鈥淎ny development would have the potential to generate sustained revenue for Metro to support bus and rail operations, help keep fares affordable, and contribute to the transit agency’s long-term financial stability,鈥� Metro said in their press release.听

The convenient location and proximity to Capital One Arena makes grabs for the space more competitive, according to WMATA, and the square feet opens the opportunity for a mixed-use development or hotel.

Although WMATA will relocate the existing headquarters into an existing office space, construction comes from a renovation that plans to 鈥渞e-skin鈥� the exterior and potentially add up to three floors to the building.听

Metro GM/CEO Paul J. Wiedefeld is quoted in a press release speaking on the Southwest location鈥檚 development.

鈥淢oving our headquarters to L’Enfant Plaza will make us even more accessible to our customers, create a modern and vibrant office space that allows us to attract and retain top-flight talent, and generate revenue to support transit service,” Wiedefeld said.

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The two White House officials were the first witnesses to appear publicly before Congress who were privy to President Donald Trump鈥檚 July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump asked the Ukranian president to investigate Hunter Biden, the son political rival Joe Biden, according to of the call.

Who were the witnesses?

Vindman is director for European Affairs, and the top Ukraine expert, at the United States National Security Council. He testified that he helped draft talking points to guide the phone call between Trump and the Ukranian president.

Jennifer Williams is a Russia adviser working in the office of Vice President Mike Pence.

痴颈苍诲尘补苍鈥檚 testimony was highly anticipated because of his involvement in the call and close work with Ukraine as a staffer in the United States National Security Council.

痴颈苍诲尘补苍鈥檚 prompted tweets by President Trump weeks before his official hearing. The president referred to Vindman as a 鈥淣ever Trumper,鈥� suggesting that he was aligned against the president before he was elected.

The White House has also distributed talking points to surrogates questioning 痴颈苍诲尘补苍鈥檚 credibility and suggesting the career official was upset that the president didn鈥檛 stick to talking points, according to a report in the . During the public hearing, the White House tweeted a quote from a former supervisor of Vindman that was critical of the lieutenant colonel, and questioned his judgement.

The hearing highlights

Vindman and Williams recalled the .

According to Vindman, Trump veered from the prepared talking points and instead asked the Ukranian president to look into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, who sat on the board of a Ukranian oil and gas company.

Much of the speculation in the lead-up to the day鈥檚 testimony was how Vindman and Williams would characterize the call.

Williams testified that she found the conversation between Zelensky, and Trump 鈥渦nusual.鈥� She said she did not discuss her concerns with anyone else.

Vindman, on the other hand, immediately reported the call to the National Security Council lawyer. Vindman described the call as 鈥渃oncerning鈥� and 鈥渋nappropriate,鈥� during his opening statement.

The rough transcript of the call shows Trump asking Zelensky for 鈥渁 favor鈥� and then, requesting he have Ukranian officials look into Joe Biden and his son.

Vindman said that the 鈥渇avor鈥� of Zelensky was more of a demand.

Vindman explained, as he understood the 鈥減ower disparity鈥� between Trump and Zelensky, he compared the dynamic to an order in a military chain of command.

Because of this, Vindman saw the interaction as one that left little option for denial on Zelensky鈥檚 part.

Vindman downplayed the importance of a missing word from the rough transcript, however. Democratic lawmakers on the intelligence committee raised questions about the omission of 鈥淏urisma,鈥� the name of the Ukranian company where Hunter Biden served on the board from the transcript released by the White House.

Both Vindman and Williams testified that Trump explicitly mentioned Burisma, but Vindman said that he did not believe this omission was 鈥渘efarious鈥� and instead may have been used to shield sensitive content.

Vindman said that Zelensky demonstrated a familiarity with Burisma, and that it was possible the Ukranian president had been prepared on the issue before the call with Trump.

鈥淚n the context of a call that was on their broader bilateral relationship, seemed to me that [Zelensky] was either tracking this issue because it was in the press, or he was otherwise prepped,鈥� Vindman said.

Does Vindman know the whistleblower?

Leading lawmaker on the intelligence committee clashed over questions about which colleagues Vindman had spoken to about the call. Committee chair Adam Schiff, D-Calif. shut down the line of questioning, saying that it could reveal the identity of the anonymous whistleblower, who initially alerted Congress to the Ukraine phone call.

Vindman has testified that he does not know the identity of the whistleblower. Republicans on the committee have called for identity of the whistleblower to be made public.

Rep. David Nunes, R-Calif., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, asked Vindman if he would provide details about the colleagues he may have discussed the call with. When 痴颈苍诲尘补苍鈥檚 lawyer interjected and told his client not to respond because it could reveal the identity of the whistleblower, Republican lawmakers questioned how the lawyer would know this without knowing the whistleblower鈥檚 identity.

Despite this, both Vindman and Schiff maintained they did not know the whistleblower.

痴颈苍诲尘补苍鈥檚 authority is questioned in emotional back-and-forth

Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee unleashed questions accusing Vindman of allegiance to Ukraine.

Vindman, who came with his family to the United States from Russia when he was a child, speaks both Russian and Ukrainian in addition to English.

Both the languages he spoke, and a position he was offered by Ukraine, were the focus of GOP counsel, Steve Castor.

Castor referred to a comment by a Ukrainian official that Vindman was offered a position as the minister of defense for Ukraine.

Vindman responded saying he found the question that the offer was real 鈥渃omical,鈥� because of his rank in the military, which he thought was not high enough to warrant a legitimate offer.

Castor maintained, this close relationship with Ukrainian officials calls into question the loyalty of Vindman.

鈥淚鈥檓 an American, I came here when I was a toddler, and I immediately dismissed these offers,鈥� Vindman said.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) brought to attention 痴颈苍诲尘补苍鈥檚 rank, asking if he had ever spoken to Trump directly, Vindman answered no.

Looking Forward

After 痴颈苍诲尘补苍鈥檚 testimony, Tim Morrison, a staffer for the National Security Council and Kurt Volker, a United States special representative for Ukraine, met for Tuesday鈥檚 second impeachment hearing.

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Protestors stood in freezing rain, holding soaked signs and chanting as justices of the Supreme Court heard arguments on the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program.听

鈥淚s it snowing? Is it raining? Does it matter?鈥� shouted Winnie Stachelberg, executive vice president of the Center for American Progress, to a crowd of protestors surrounding the steps of the Supreme Court.听

The DACA was created to temporarily stop the deportation of children and their parents who had come to the U.S. and met a number of guidelines described by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.听

But on Sept. 5, 2017, the Trump administration announced it would be rescinding the program and would no longer accept new applications.听

As the controversial case began to debate if Trump鈥檚 policy was lawful, protestors set the stage outside with speeches, musical performances and chants like 鈥渉ere is home.鈥�

Some political figures were among those at the rally, like Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Bob Menedez, D-N.J., as well as Congressman Julian Castro, D-Texas.听听

Patrice Lawerence was one of many to speak on the frustration she felt during the rally.听

鈥淲e are very ambivalent to be here. Who has cried in the last week? Who has been frustrated as hell for the past two years?鈥� Lawerence asked.听

She wasn鈥檛 alone in her frustration, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten addressed the protestors with a question, 鈥淎re you ready to fight?鈥澨�

鈥淚mmigration is the heartbeat of America, we have to get back to that place. We will make sure DACA recipients are not just nameless or faceless,鈥� Weingarten said.听

Others in attendance hoped to call to action those in black communities to stand in solidarity with DACA recipients, and remember the issue is multicultural.听

Derrick Johnson, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and one of the plaintiffs in the hearing, reminded those in attendance that they deserved the promise made by the Obama-era policy.听

鈥淛ust like the Dred Scott decision that told black folks that you had no rights for white folks to uphold, we stand here to say that was a lie then, that is a lie today,鈥� Johnson said.

Although the protestors joined hands and sang the lyrics, 鈥渨e gon鈥� be alright,鈥� some were bracing for a possible decision in favor of the Trump administration.听

College student Markia Brungs said she had studied the past court decisions and political stances of the Supreme Court Justices, and she wasn鈥檛 sure what would happen.听

鈥淚 think it will be a close decision if they were to rule against Trump, too close to feel like we can relax, but I do think it means something that we are coming out and standing up regardless of the odds,鈥� Brungs said.听

Others echoed Brungs鈥� weariness, but were more hopeful for a win.听

Karen Cid Ibanez came from California to attend the hearing and camped outside for two days in anticipation. Cid Ibanez was one of the first in the line to get into the hearing and said what she heard from judges was not all positive news.听

鈥淚鈥檒l never lose hope, even though I heard the arguments they had against us. I know what the arguments are for us. Because of that, I鈥檒l never lose faith,鈥� Cid Ibanez said.听

Liz, a student in D.C. who withheld her last name because the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision will directly affect her, said she has lived in the U.S. for 13 years and, whatever may come, she is standing strong.听

鈥淚鈥檓 feeling hopeful, I hope that being out here and standing together, raising our voices, means something,鈥� Liz said.听

Judges will deliberate to decide if the program can be rescinded. The decision is based on two questions: is the decision by the Trump Administration reviewable by the Supreme Court, and was the choice to rescind lawful?听

The decision regarding DACA should come sometime next summer, according to a by the Supreme Court Blog.

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The Harlow, located at 1100 Second Place SE, celebrated its grand opening a little over a week ago.听听

The mixed-income housing project was one of many D.C. operations to use the federal investment process, , an immigrant investment program made to help create jobs for American citizens.

The complex was part of a in Navy Yard by development company Urban Atlantic.听

The Harlow was created in partnership with the District of Columbia Housing Authority, DCHA, and was the first time DCHA participated in a project that used EB-5 investment.听

by DCHA about the opening, members of the housing authority said the federal funding offered 鈥渋nnovative鈥� efforts to provide better affordable housing opportunities.听

DCHA Executive director, Tyrone Garrett, is quoted saying, 鈥淣ot only will this building offer great amenities to its affordable and market-rate residents, alike, but it serves as a great example of what a local and federal partnership can do to create affordable housing in the District.鈥�

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program is overseen by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS, and is the only investor program that offers permanent residence to foreign investors.听

Those who provide $900,000 or more to support a project that will provide jobs to U.S. citizens will receive a green card once both their investment and permanent residence applications are approved.听

The LCP Group, a real estate investment manager involved in the Harlow鈥檚 development, that of the $74 million that went into the creation of the apartments, $14 million came from EB-5 investor capital and an estimated 414 jobs were created.听

Despite The Harlow鈥檚 success in using EB-5 investors, the immigration program is controversial for many, according to Denyse Sabagh, head of Duane Morris Law Firm鈥檚 immigration practice group.听

鈥淧eople dislike the program for two base reasons. They feel like the legislation is selling visas, and with regard to the EB-5 program itself, some people feel the programs aren鈥檛 being used in areas they were allegedly supposed to be in, like rural counties,鈥� Sabagh said.听

Controversy also comes from long processing times for foreign investors hoping to receive a green card.

This long wait time, Sabagh said, leaves the Visa program a last resort for many who hope to obtain lawful permanent residence in the United States.

鈥淚f you really can鈥檛 get a green card any other way, and you have a lot of time, then it can be a viable option. But USCIS doesn鈥檛 make the use of that program very easy. It鈥檚 a very very slow process and it just was made to be that way,鈥� Sabagh said.听

Michael Gibson, an Investment Advisor for EB5 Projects, an investment marketplace, said听 those using the funds are also critical.听

Additional concerns about the constant increase of costs to use EB-5 investment threatens the future of the program, according to Gibson.

鈥淚nitially, developers were using EB-5 because it was a cheaper means of financing projects. Now, I think the program has reached its peak in popularity because the rules are changing, so it鈥檚 going to be harder to raise the capital,鈥� Gibson said.听

The program once required foreign investors to invest a minimum of $500,000, but raised the amount to $900,000. This raise creates a strain between foreign investors and U.S. developers, according to Gibson.听

But, Sabagh said the use of EB-5 investment in urban areas is still happening, despite skepticism, and the District is a perfect candidate for it.听

鈥淧eople are saying we need more rental housing and affordable housing so if EB-5 funding can bridge the gap then it makes sense. Especially DC projects like the Harlow, that was a great candidate for EB-5 and mutually beneficial for green card recipients,鈥� Sabagh said.听

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On Sept. 30, WMATA they would extend metrorail service to accommodate fans by running additional trains later than the regular cut off time if the game ended later than 11:30 p.m.听

The service ran on a set 鈥渇lex鈥� schedule of 20 minutes after the end of the game, and WMATA encouraged Nationals and Mystics fans to use the service.听

But after the Nationals鈥� Wild Card game on Oct. 1, thousands of fans headed to the Navy Yard Station, causing large crowds, a long wait time and stranding fans at connecting stations.听

Many fans took to Twitter, sharing their issues getting to trains before they stopped running. Others reported 30 minute waits at connecting stations if they were able to ride at all.

Despite the blowback, WMATA announced on Oct. 3 it wouldn鈥檛 make any changes and would instead continue the same flex schedule for the duration of postseason games.

Fans weren鈥檛 pleased with WMATA鈥檚 continuation of the same plan despite a number of complaints.Following the Oct. 3 announcement, Andrew Moore, who attended the Wild Card game, said he was unhappy with WMATA鈥檚 disregard for the amount of fans, like himself, who were stranded at L鈥橢nfant Station.

鈥淲MATA clearly didn’t accommodate the folks that they let into the station. If you can only get to L’Enfant station and no further from the ballpark, what’s the point of using metro?鈥� Moore said.

You stranded all these people at L’enfant when you didn’t have any Yellow Line trains available- and then the police made everyone exit the station. Some people had to pay upwards of $90 to get home. Garbage!

鈥� Andrew Moore (@andrewmooreusma)

The Wild Card game had ended a little after 11 p.m., sending thousands of fans like Moore with what he felt was too short of a window to get to Navy Yard Station.听

Fans who made it in time were made to leave L鈥橢nfant, a connecting station, after the wait caused them to miss the last train, according to Moore.听

Rudi Riet, a transport analyst specializing in 鈥渕icro-mobility鈥� transportation like cycling, and walking accessibility, said the issues fans experienced during the extension occurred for multiple reasons.

Riet said the 20 minute time frame in conjunction with connecting metro lines closing too soon was cause for major backup in the circulation of trains.

鈥淭ypically when the metro extends hours, they extend them on the whole system. What happens with playoff games is that they鈥檙e only allowing entrance to the system at Congress Heights and Navy Yard,鈥� Riet said.听

This meant a major standstill in connecting stations like L鈥橢nfant for fans like Moore, who arrived too late after waiting in the crowd to board a train at Navy Yard Station.听

When factoring in the 20 minute window fans had to make it from the stadium, Riet said the chances of catching your train are even lower.

鈥淭hey really pinpointed where the entrance points would be, but you can guess with a game like the Nats had, everybody was there until the bitter end. That鈥檚 40,000 plus people filtering out at once,鈥� Riet said.听

Huge disconnect. It is impossible for people leaving the game at the same time to walk 20 minutes to the Navy Yard station. The concourses are too jammed to make it there in time. Most nights, this would be enough time. But not for a 43,000 sellout, as happened Tuesday night.

鈥� Stephen C. Fehr (@scfehr1)

If they can鈥檛 do better than they did for the Wild Card game they *cannot* be trusted. I got on a Green line train at 11:30 and got to Cheverly at 1 am (they stopped running the connecting lines too early). Hundreds were stranded with no connections at L鈥橢nfant

鈥� Mary Lacy (@Nats360)

Riet also noted a disconnect in communication between WMATA statements and instruction by metro staff on the night of the event.听

Alexa Polito, a fan who attended the game, echoed Riet鈥檚 observation when she took to Twitter to share her experience.听

鈥淢etro employees informed us there were no more trains to Virginia on the Blue, Silver and Orange lines. So hundreds left the stations, only to find out later that the employees had been misinformed by the confusing policies. They鈥檙e going to try to be more consistent this time,鈥� Polito said.听

In reference to her tweets about the metro confusion, Polito added Metro was in contact with her the next morning and she was compensated $55 for her cab ride from the station.听听

stranded fans after trains to Virginia were shut down at L’Enfant Plaza btw
this game was great but this is a bad look. keep this from happening again.

鈥� a k 86 (@uizapunk)

In a issued by WMATA on Sept. 30, both the locations of entry stations and a one-hour limit on metrorail extensions were addressed.听

Looking forward to tonight鈥檚 game with the Mystics, and future Nationals games, Riet said he hopes WMATA officials are listening.听

鈥淚t鈥檚 one of those things where sports fans have been waiting for years for owners to pony up the money to keep the metro running later,鈥� Riet said. 鈥淢aybe even WMATA will keep a second station open in the future, just to alleviate the pressure of that many people.鈥�

Riet also noted for Nationals games filtering into Navy Yard Station, the high number of people is more concerning than for Congress Heights, which he said was made to accommodate more people.

鈥淚 hope for seasons to come they will continue to extend the service. But I think extend it by an hour, not twenty minutes,鈥� Riet said. 鈥淭hat would be my first solution.鈥�

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sept. 24 launched an informal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump following calls he made to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

A whistleblower complaint states Trump asked the Ukrainian leader to investigate 2020 Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. That claim is partially backed up by a of the phone call.

The fate of the upcoming 2020 election and the current President sparked conversation among D.C. campus voices.

Katherine Boyko, 18, a communications, legal institutions, economics and government major at American University, moved from Ukraine four-and-a-half-years ago and feels a personal connection to the international conversation.

Boyko said there are two sides to every story when talking about the impeachment process.

鈥淚鈥檓 trying to look at it from the perspective that there鈥檚 going to be a clash between the Republicans and Democrats because of the impeachment trial, and I don鈥檛 want it to impose any hardships upon policies that Democrats are trying to create simply because this process is starting,鈥� Boyko said.

Ukrainian-born Boyko believes international news coverage should have focused on Ukraine鈥檚 election rather than the phone call. During the time of Trump鈥檚 phone call with Zelensky, the Ukrainian leader had just been elected as president.听

Thomas Kenna, an international studies major and senior at AU, said he follows the inquiry news coverage closely, but can鈥檛 take a stance without more evidence.

Kenna said it would have been better if Pelosi waited for the transcripts of the phone call to be released, as Republicans suggested. The five-page rough transcript of Trump鈥檚 conversation with Zelensky came a day after Pelosi鈥檚 announcement.听

鈥淚 totally agree that these are valid allegations to look into if the press reports were true and corroborated,鈥� Kenna said.

Kenna added Pelosi鈥檚 decision to launch the inquiry before seeing the transcript from Trump鈥檚 call with Zelensky makes the efforts seem non-partisan.听

鈥淭here is mainstream media, partisan media and conservative media with different spins of the impeachment,鈥� Kenna said about media coverage. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think this is the hill we want to die on.鈥�

Other students say they are confident President Trump鈥檚 actions warrant an impeachment inquiry. They aren鈥檛 confident the inquiry will be more than a political statement by members of the House of Representatives.

George Washington graduate student, Matilda Epstein, says she is 鈥渟ymbolically on board鈥� with the impeachment inquiry, but she wants to wait and see.

鈥淧residents have been impeached for less, yet this President has stayed in office, so I鈥檓 not fully optimistic change will actually come when he wasn鈥檛 impeached for other offenses he鈥檚 made,鈥� Epstein said.

A few students echoed that lack of optimism, like Tiffany Wilson, a student of the University of the District of Columbia.听

鈥淚 think it does no use to impeach Trump if the rest of the cabinet isn鈥檛 going too,鈥� Wilson said. 鈥淚鈥檓 worried all of the attention this is bringing will make people forget about other important issues like the wall at the [U.S.-Mexico] border.鈥�

Brooke Patterson is a George Washington University student studying public health policy and said she鈥檚 heard discussions on campus that make her proceed with caution. She said impeachment has been used in the past as a threat.听

鈥淧eople seem excited, but I am hesitantly optimistic,鈥� Patterson said. 鈥淟ike people talked about impeaching Obama but that never happened.鈥�

Despite skepticism, some students say they are hopeful this inquiry will result in President Trump鈥檚 removal and greater change for America going forward.听

Kyilah Terry, a graduate student at Georgetown University, said her 鈥渂est-case scenario鈥� is the president being impeached and found guilty by the Senate, something she said has been 鈥渁 long time coming.鈥�

Mia Graves, another UDC student, said she feels optimistic that justice will be served.

听鈥淚鈥檓 pro-impeachment personally. Time has been up,鈥� said Graves.

For now, students look forward to more discussion surrounding the impeachment inquiry.听

鈥淒.C. is a place where politics is everywhere and in conversations with whoever you talk to, so I鈥檓 sure we will hear more,鈥� Terry said.

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To combat these figures, the District鈥檚 Inspection DMV, located in southwest D.C., partnered with national advocacy group Safe Kids Worldwide to host an event addressing the issues of child passenger safety.

The event offered free car seats and installation to promote a safer car experience for children in the area. The event, car inspector Patrick Perry said, is a necessity in combating unsafe child passenger conditions.

鈥淲e have a lot of kids who come down here through these lanes and we鈥檙e noticing the car seats they鈥檙e using are old, outdated or expired,鈥� Perry said.

Perry said the lack of car seat safety is a mixture of a lack of resources and a low prioritization of the seats. Regardless of the cause, the unsafe practices can be fatal, and the threat is always looming with the District鈥檚 high rate of traffic collision, according to Perry.

鈥淎 lot of people are unaware of what can happen. We have the pictures and the horrible stories of children being propelled out of cars,” Perry said.

Every 10 seconds, a young person dies and 10 are injured in a vehicle related accident, according to Safe Kids Worldwide.

Safe Kids Worldwide also found that when practicing safe car seat procedures, a child鈥檚 likelihood of fatal injury decreased by 71% in infants, 54% in toddlers, and 45% in children ages 4-8.

According to data reported by the District Department of Transportation, traffic collisions were on the rise in the past year, and collision numbers have continued to increase marginally in the past five years.

In the case of injury, the District Department of Transportation reported increases in collisions that resulted in both major and minor injury in 2018, recording 647 more injury collisions than the year before 鈥� an 11% increase.

In 2019, although data was only reported through July, the year has already seen 67% of the total injuries reported in 2018.

Despite this increase in traffic collisions, the District Department of Transportation reports the rate of fatality has seen a decrease from previous years.

The awareness event comes on the heels of Allstate鈥檚 America鈥檚 Best Drivers report, which found that of the 200 cities examined, the District was ranked 199 for safety, one position worse than its previous ranking in 2018.

The report found D.C. drivers on average encounter a collision every 4.4 years and are 142.3% more likely to be involved in a crash than those under the national collision rate.

As traffic collisions increase, Perry warned more safety provisions need to be taken to combat the risk of injury, noting children require extra preventative measures to ensure their safety.

Children are especially at risk, when considering the side effect of public transportation, said Chenille Holloman, a program manager for Safe Kids Worldwide.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot of misconceptions because it鈥檚 so walkable, people think because they don鈥檛 have a vehicle, they don鈥檛 need a car seat,鈥� Holloman said.

In reality, Holloman said, every parent should own a car seat regardless of if they own vehicle.

鈥淚f you鈥檙e ever going to be traveling in a vehicle with your child, whether it be just around the corner, accidents can occur. Not everyone thinks of it, but it鈥檚 also the law in D.C.,鈥� she said.

Yoland McGowan, a parent and Lyft driver in the District, echoed the concerns, recalling the times she had to deny a passenger because they attempted to ride with their child and no car seat.

鈥淚 have a friend who was in an accident in a ride sharing service, her daughters weren鈥檛 in proper seats and they both died. She survived, and that will be on her conscience forever. I always deny anyone without a seat. It won鈥檛 be me,鈥� McGowan said.

The car seat safety checks will continue on scheduled Saturdays at DMV inspection sites, in partnership with the Department of Transportation and Safe Kids Worldwide.

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