caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] be honest, we are having a little bit of technical difficulties behind the scenes, so we are going to bring you the news, the weather, and the traffic in the next 30 minutes, all the weekend. doug hill, do we have a little bit of rain rolling through? a -- we do, but it is such dramatic change from yesterday, today is different. around the area we have our first stop at chesapeake beach, the windsgrees as come directly across the bay. very chilly, the rainbow not be heavy, it will be intermittent, patchy, light drizzle, probably not much more than that. tomorrow to get in a position where maybe we see showers and isolated thunderstorms. 60 and reagan national. 50 in -- in winchester. baltimore, 58 degrees. 59 at joint ace andrew's. it is just chilly and

from very cool to very warm in the next couple of days, much cooler weekend in the next week. as these numbers, it indicates how much cooler it is and anywhere from 10 to 15 degrees cooler now because of the cloud cover, the wind ,irection and a light rain cooler now in washington, the suit suit. numbers follow by this time tomorrow we should be in the low 70's again. so, as far as rainfall [no audio] washington county, maryland, that's the only thing we are detecting. there could be some patchy, lake drizzle, but that is not being detected by radar. drifting to the northeast ahead of a warm front, we will continue after that, but heavy rain is not a concern today. pulling back to give you a bigger picture, there's a s

carolina, everything drifting away, no strong, upper-level winds to push everything. just kind of drips, drabs, making it a great day around the region. there will be changes, as i said, coming our way over the next several days. this afternoon generally in the lower 60's, that's it for high temperatures with plenty of clouds and intermittent areas of high drizzle. later tonight as the wind is slacking, we may see areas of fog and that's the way that tomorrow may begin, a foggy start, warm and sunny, it will take a while and the skies will start to clear throughout the day. futurecast about the afternoon, plenty of clouds giving us clogged in with the cloudiness, very damp out, we will see very little in the way of measurable rain. through the nighttime hours there may be a clearing in the skies at times overhead, but that is really just going to up the chances of ground fog

morning showing areas of rain over western maryland that should diminish during the day but pick up to the afternoon. look at what's going to happen. cumberland, maryland, 81, 82 for a high. a brand-new weather pattern and it looks as though the cooler air behind it is not going to arrive until saturday. we need to warm days in a row. a similar kind of day on friday with plenty of sunshine in the afternoon, a passing shower with generally good stuff, temperatures finally starting to tail off through friday night. along theunusual atlantic ocean, a subtropical depression, the first of the season. the national hurricane center said that it could form tropical characteristics and become a tropical depression, but its future is very limited, there's a lower area of pressure the gobbles it up on the next couple of days with motion over the atlantic ocean, the first subtropical depression

miles west southwest of the azores, eastern atlantic. doesn't mean a lot, doesn't threaten anything, even for shipping channels is not going to have a really big impact. as far as the wind speed right now, 35 miles per hour. as we go through time here it will eventually, sooner or later , give us a name system. arlene is the first one on the list for the season. this is the way the hurricane center thinks it will go. 412 andear average is colorado state inversely is protecting 11. could be a kind of middle-of-the-road kind of hurricane season from early predictions. here are the big numbers for you, 64 today 82 tomorrow, shower chances in the afternoon. as far as the weekend goes, the chances, they changes again, a rainy day, cloudy with high of only 58 degrees. we need rain, we are still in a moderate dro

suburbs and this will help. we don't think that suburbs will be a big feature, certainly a rainy day ahead. wer the next 10 days, where see it now, the big jump in temperatures in the big drop in temperatures. monday, nice stuff, 68 on tuesday with sunshine, looking ahead to the middle and end of the week, a nice warm up. approaching the weekend, know that ahead of time sunday could be rainy, a lot of the events planned for the weekend, some of them are dependent on the winter. brian -- brian van de graaff is yonder with the weekend stuff. brian: be of got a lot of stuff headed for the weekend. , pollennds at the lab is very high? even though we have had a little bit of that rain, not so good. as we lead into the weekend, we will cap friday,

could be wet as doug mentioned. we do think that through the afternoon there will be some out,g and sunshine coming friday evening plans should be good to go. talking about the weekend, there rain moving in here. one thing going on this weekend, the barley and music festival in alexandria. around noon time, you should be good to go, it's later in the evening on saturday that a few showers could develop, but sunday, rain, numerous beer festivals. dcp or festival saturday, all day, nats park, daylight hours dry with clouds around, get an extra layer or two to keep yourself warm. also, a beer festival in the villages of leesburg happening from 2:00 to 6:00 on saturday. i think with that extra layer it will be good to go

there is also some earth day activity at the national zoo. these daytime activities have no issues, but on sundays when things change a little bit as we start to expand into sunday. , 8:00 onlassic 10 mile sunday morning from mount vernon to alexandria, we are talking 50's, gray skies, and some really cool temperatures. if you are running sunday morning and want to head out to the race, you might think twice about it because of the not so nice weather, which at this point looks like it will probably be a not nice day on sunday, but we don't want to be too negative about the rain because as we mentioned at the top we have those high pollen levels and are under that moderate drought over a good portion of the area. great, but not so the need is there and we will take it where we can get it. saturday night and sunday, impacted with some

a few little slots this morning with intermittent wiping, can't quite get that right setting, not too fast or too slow, julie wright has been helping us throughout the midday. what's happening in the noontime our? julie: i kind of liked that, look like you were voting -- gueing. [laughter] of problems, wires down south on kenilworth avenue at burroughs, where also found traffic is being diverted at this point. d.c. police coming that pepco has been alerted of the situation and are in route. southbound they are trying -- starting to back up out of chevrolet towards burroughs. here at burroughs the southbound traffic is being diverted at this time. if you were coming northbound towards 50, you get by single file to the right with a t

seeing these delays forming. stick with the beltway, coming in down on the suitland parkway, root for or group five. you do not want to commit to route 295 until this situation is resolved, which could take some time. southbound kenilworth avenue blocked at burroughs at the scene at this point. eastern avenue is open for business. the other thing we have going on right now for the midday commute is 395, coming across the inbound 14th street bridge, not a bad commute. 11 minutes for those traveling out of virginia across the potomac. were atd commute there the wilson bridge. for those traveling between alexandria and oxon hill, like traffic volume, the bridge itself is this. if you are

report their, five minute ride working your way from van dorn street across the bridge towards the mgm. of course, keep in mind that we have a car fire that will be in alexandria north of duke street, police are on the scene, fire and rescue are there as well, we have a car fire blocking all lanes. tonight, if you plan on making the trip downtown on the red line as your wizards continue their playoff dreams and host the hawks, the doors open at 6:00 with tip-off at 7:00. have a good game, guys, fingers crossed for you. jummy, back over to you. up after the break, the latest on a developing story out of boston. former patriots star aaron hernandez, n

jummy: all right, we are back this noon and we want get to a story that we have been following since early this morning. the former new england patriots star is dead. sam: found dead in his prison cell early this morning, prison guards found him early this morning and he has said, according to the department of corrections, to have hanged himself using his bedsheets from his window. he was rushed to the university of massachusetts hospital, where he was pronounced dead just after 4:00. this all comes as he was acquitted of double murder charges on friday. in the courtroom we saw him with tears on his face. he blew kisses to his young daughter. but he was serving a young sentenced

2013 mccarter. we have gotten a statement from attorneyom his defense , who said in part that the family a legal team was shocked .nd surprised at the news that there were no conversations or correspondence from into his family or legal team that would have indicated anything like hes was possible and that was looking forward to an opportunity for second chance to prove his innocence. the statement goes on to say that those who love and care about him are heartbroken and determined to find out the truth surrounding his untimely death. he goes on to say that they --uest a transparent transparent and thorough investigation. -- theartment of department says that there is an investigation ongoing. coincidentally, the patriots are scheduled to be at the white house this afternoon to celebrate their win for the super bowl. tom brady will not attend. he released a statement saying that he will be staying in massachusetts to deal with personal family matters.

-- "hopefully we will be back on the south lawn again ." again,e a great day hernandez those leave behind a young daughter and we are waiting for the outcome of the investigation. jummy, back upstairs to you. jummy: we want to head to the white house this noon, where the press briefing is getting underway. let's take a listen. >> these outstanding americans are orbiting above their heads. the call will air live and stream on the nasa website and facebook page. are we are on the topic of upcoming events i would like to note that the president believes welcoming the palestinian president for a visit on may 3. they will use the visit to reaffirm the commit of the united states and palestinian leadership to pursuing and ultimately concluding

ending settlement between the palestinians and israel. there will be further information closer to the date of the visit and the president will be giving the commencement address at the coast guard academy in new london, connecticut and as we go -- grow closer to that date we will continue to provide updates. current events, this morning the residence side an important piece of legislation for veterans. the veteran's choice program extension improvement act eliminates the end -- the original sunset date on the , giving choice date veterans who had didn't have the ability to schedule in a timely and convenient manner -- manner the ability to receive care from a convenient provider. giving our nation's heroes the peace of mind that they deserve this administration works with congress to enact comprehensive reform and modernization. the vice president

is continuing on his international tour today. tuesday he spoke to.500 servicemen and women on the deck of the uss ronald reagan in japan, thanking them for their service, discussing the president's plan to rebuild their military. he delivered remarks to japanese business leaders and stopped by the baseball clinic before leaving japan. he is scheduled to leave jakarta, indonesia, right now and we will have further updates on his travels the rest of the week. this week is also national park week and the secretary of the interior is currently in california meeting with rangers at five national parks. at theand tuesday he was channel islands national park, where he led a class of junior part rangers. today he will visit the golden gate national recreation area. since being sworn in, he has met with rangers at nine national parks and he will make that 10 when he visits shenandoah outside virginia next week.

celebration of the nation's parts are free of charge the saturday and sunday and anyone interested in finding a local park with more information can go to mps.gov. i know moments ago that the president announced he would be holding a press conference next thursday to discuss the progress being made on behalf of our nation's veterans. we will have further updates on that next week. with that, i'd be glad to take a few your questions. john? >> on the georgia six congressional district, they call this a wake-up call to the republican party. a lot of moderates beginning to emerge in the south to a greater degree that the republican party needs to pay attention to? i don't imagine that the outcome of the run out -- runoff was much in question, but the senator graham have something there? that they need to pay attention to the changing demographics?

>> you know, based on my former position, we talked about changing demographics in the country, making significant headway in doing that and in large part that is why we won. we were talking about how the republican party one in so many levels of the country, but this presidency -- but the presidency eluded us. now i think we did pretty well in november and we have continued to pick up seats around the country at different levels, feel confident about the state of the party. >> the fact that he came so close to 50%? candidate onone the democratic side that spent $8 million and i think it when you look at the total republican vote, it was always that this was a district that was very close him the presidential level last

they were clear going into the selection that their goal was to get over 50% and they came up short. look at his percentage of what it was presidentially, a pretty much tracks. i think this was a big loss for them. the bottom line is they went all in on it, they said their goal was to get 50% and they came up short. >> unrelated issue -- jummy: that was the daily news briefing at the white house with secretary sean spicer there.

>> you are watching abc 7 news at noon, on your side.

clouds, cool temperatures, and a patch of rain here and there. take a look at the pollen count, this was in just about 45 minutes ago, maybe less than that from the allergy lab. they say that this morning's readings were in the high range for tree pollen, moderate range, that was formal spores. we are in a situation where not only do we need rain for the drought, but to give us relief and a break from the high levels of pollen in the air. reagan national, only 50 degrees in roanoke. 73 in minneapolis, all of that wet weather heading in our direction. during the day tomorrow is when we may see an isolated shower or thunderstorm with definite warm-ups on tap. the forecast for the day, cloudy, chile, 60 to 64, below average temperatures, spotty light rain or drizzle with fog in

situation to deal with tomorrow morning. i think south is where a lot of the precipitation will remain. the futurecast shows us the cloudiness locked in across the area, with more chances of showers developing and sunshine with warmer temperatures around 80 or so, cold fronts coming through may trigger a few more showers before everything turns around and gets back to a normal pattern. 60 degrees on saturday with a late a shower, sunny as you make plans, the rain can be heavy at near with a high building 58. stay wit

jummy: serena williams is pregnant, the 35-year-old posted her- a short video on snapchat account announcing that she was 20 weeks along, the first child for the 23-time grand slam champion. this means that she is enough five months pregnant, meaning she was pregnant when she won the us trillion open a few short weeks ago. meaning she is probably due in september. doug, i'm not sure if we will be seeing serena in the open. >> maybe not, but she's incredible. jummy: if anyone can have a baby a few weeks after the open, it's her. [laughter] here,ca: lots of changes much warmer tomorrow. >> see what 4:00 when we have everything

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