been missed. >> reporter: drawing ire from the administration who insists they are still in charge. >> if we find they are not doing what they are supposed to be doing we'll push them out of the way. >> reporter: back in the bayou the oil is taking over. kristen dahlgren, venice, louisiana. >> investigators are focusing on cementing as one cause of the explosion. some people are cleaning up after minor flooding this morning, the weekend's rain was too much for some local waterways that overflowed. look at this video from luc where they will be watching the sky today hoping things do stay dry for today. let's find out about that. >> we have a lot of rain this weekend and we want to know will it end soon? >> a few lingering sprinkles this morning as we get going on this monday. yesterday, we had some very slow moving heavy downpours.

we don't have that now. just a few scattered sprinkles showing up on radar. temperatures are mild. in the 60 frz the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches. 67 in washington. low to mid-60s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax and prince george's counties. in the mountains it's in the 50s. eastern shore near 60 degrees. over the last 12 hours or so we've seen this circulation to our south and combined with the high pressure to the north giving us this easterly flow. clouds will be here in and out throughout the day. perhaps a passing afternoon shower. highs reaching the low 70s. tomorrow partly to mostly cloudy at times with highs near 80. twhaer then warming up wednesday and thursday. morning low 60s. feeling like summer time on

wednesday and thursday. how is the traffic >> not too bad. might need wind shield wipers. 14th street bridge moving smoothly. beltway north of town, both the inner loop and outer loop between i-95 and 355 starting off quietly with travel lanes open. major traffic alert this morning if you use the chain bridge, that bridge will remain one lane in each direction this morning. crews had been hoping to re-open all lanes as of this morning but rain this weekend kept them from finishing their work. work has been under way on the chain bridge for a year. all three lanes are expected to re-open by the middle of the week. >> today we'll learn more about the consequences for not buckling up while in a vehicle. the transportation secretary will kickoff the national click it or ticket campaign. thousands of law enforcement agencies will ticket those who do not wear seat belts. it coincides with summer when

many stlits for vacation. this morning we're hearing those grieving for a high school student killed by an suv when he was on his bike and the man who was behind the wheel. family members of the driver say they still have no idea why he lost control and drove right on to a bike path. darcy spencer has more. >> reporter: the driver of that suv was gary thorne of manassas. relatives say they don't know why he crashed but they don't believe he was drinking and driving. he struck and killed a 17-year-old fairfax high school student. >> both families going through something now no parent should go through. the loss of a child and have to bury your own child. our condolences and our prayers go to them. >> reporter: griffin says he doesn't know where his step son was going. it was about 4:00 on friday.

police say thorne's durango crossed the median and several lanes of traffic before striking abdel ouahid chadli and smashing into a tree about 50 feet away. >> we have no idea where he was going. we're pretty sure no alcohol was involved. if i'm wrong we're wrong. >> reporter: students wept as they visited the makeshift memorial where abdel ouahid chadli was killed. he was set to graduate from fairfax high school in one week. he was a popular member of the school wrestling team. >> great wrestler, great friend, great teammate. great person in general to make you smile. >> reporter: one family grieving the loss of a teenage son who planned to attend george mason university in the fall. the other grieving the oldest son and father of a 10-year-old

girl. >> her dad loved her and will always love her. >> reporter: abdel ouahid chadli was buried on saturday. thorne's family is still in the process of making funeral arrangements. thousands of students receive their die plow mass at university of virginia they took time to remember yeardley love and three other classmates who lost their lives this year. >> please join me in a moment of student to honor these students. love was to graduate this weekend with a degree in government. three weeks ago she was found murdered in her apartment. her ex-boyfriend has been charged with her murder. at yesterday's commencement many people wore white ribbons to signify domestic abuse. the men's lacrosse team is advancing to the semifinals of the ncaa tournament. they will play duke in the final

four on may 29th in baltimore. the conspiracy trial surrounding robert wone is entering its second week. prosecutors will be questioning police detectives and crime scene technicians. they want to know what they saw and heard on august 2, 2006 the night wone was stabbed. three men living in that home are all accused of misleading police in the case. servers at a local cheesecake restaurant are accused of stealing credit card numbers. that restaurant is in the 5300 block of wisconsin avenue. the secret service said they were working for a larger fraud ring beginning in june of 2008 through may of 2009. former server nicole ward was arrested last week on bank fraud charges. court papers said she recruited two other servers to use skimming destris capture card numbers from their customers.

authorities began their investigation last year after a citibank investigator traced several fraud complaints back to that cheesecake location. eric holler delivered commencement address at american university. he also received an honorary doctorate of law degree. more than 500 students graduated. holder made reference to president kennedy's commencement speech back in 1963. president kennedy asked graduates for their partnership in the pursuit of peace, progress and justice. >> as of today you're no longer just students of the law, you are now stewards of our justice system. and so in the spirit of president kennedy's 1963 address, let us confident and unafraid labor on together towards justice for all humankind. >> holler addressed law school

graduates at his alma. matter columbia. president clinton spoke to his alma mater yesterday. he listed a number of global the problems the graduates and then asked them to make a world a more equal place, one more stable and sustainable. mr. clinton was involved in a fender bender on the way. the secret service's suv was hit from behind while sitting in traffic, the former president was not injured. 4:38 is your time. 65 degrees. ahead a royal scandal. >> 700,000. >> what sarah ferguson is saying about a newspaper's undercover sting. >> an outbreak of violence prompts a warn for people traveling to one island in the

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4:41. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. quite a bit of cloudiness and scattered drizzle and sprinkles around virginia, maryland, the district of columbia on this monday morning. mild morning. in the 60s around the region. 67 in washington. highs in the low 70s today. mostly cloudy. maybe a peek of sunshine this

morning and a few sprinkles and a passing shower this afternoon. partly to mostly cloudying tonight. partly sunny tomorrow and warmer on wednesday and thursday. a look at friday and the weekend in ten minutes. how is the traffic? >> new york avenue, kenilworth avenue all the major roadways doing fine. out of bowie no early concerns along route 50. bay bridge okay. overnight police activity bw parkway by the 198 and laurel. authorities may still be up there. our time right now is 4:42. a new report on gasoline prices. a situation involving north korea is getting worse. new this morning president obama has a message to send. next a conflict in the caribbean. violent battles in the streets leads to a w

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a check of this morning's top stories now. more frustration in efforts to stop that oil leak below the gulf of mexico. a mile long tube is sucking up oil at a slower rate and the oil has pushed 12 miles into louisiana's marshes. six million gallons of crude has spilled into the gulf. students at fairfax high school will return to class today for the first time since one of their own was killed in a crash. abdel ouahid chadli was killed on friday when an suv careened across lee highway and struck him while he rode his bicycle. the suv's driver was also killed. abdel ouahid chadli was set to graduate next month. police are still trying to figure out what caused that accident. a moment of silence at the university of virginia spring commencement ceremony to honor yeardley love. the female lacrosse player was supposed to graduate this year but found beaten to death inside

her apartment three weeks ago. her ex-boyfriend is charged with her murder. once again going to be tough for drivers who use the chain bridge today. the entire bridge was shut down over the weekend for construction but all lanes were supposed to be re-open by this morning. rain put that work behind schedule and the bridge will still re-open this morning. however, there will be only one lane in each direction. new this morning stretches of bw parkway is the scene of a crime seen after a shooting last night. when police arrived on the scene they found a car pulled over. one of the people in that car was shot in the shoulder. this happened south of route 198. investigators say they are not sure whether the victim's car was targeted or whether the shooting was random. a state of emergency this morning in jamaica after violence broke out in the capital city of kingston. mass gunmen attacked four police

stations to protect a powerful drug lord. the gunmen torched one of the stations. two security officers were hurt. the accused king. . pin faces charges on drugs and arms traffic. south korea has a warning for north korea. it will no longer tolerate it's brutality and demanded an apology. the president south korea went on national tv and said it would take the north to the united nations security council, suspended trade and ban north korean ships from passing through its waters. this comes after the south blames the north for a surprise torpedo attack that killed 56 sailors and sunk a south korean ship. he said his country is prepared to defend itself from other attacks. the white house said president obama fully supports south korea. iran's top spy chief insists three jailed americans are spies but says he's open to a prisoner swap.

the three students were arrested after crossing into iran. the u.s. denies they are spies. the mothers of the three returned to the u.s. after visiting their loved ones in iran. >> investigators are looking into what causeed inda's worse air disaster in ten years. a plane plunged over a cliff. 158 of the 166 people on board were killed including the pilot and co-pilot. investigators and search teams have found the plane's black box, the cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorder. a u.s. forensic team is also in india this morning to assist in the investigation. some good news if you're planning to travel to europe. it appears iceland's volcano is no longer erupting. scientists say the eruption has stopped for the time being. travellers may not have to worry about tash cloud coming from the volcano that's grounded thousand

of european flights for more than a month. experts say it's still too early to tell whether the volcano has stopped erupting for good. it's also possible a larger volcano nearby could also erupt soon. today congress takes its work on the road. they are holding a hearing in west virginia to dig into whether lacks safety led to a mine accident in april. it was the worst mine accident in 40 years killing 29 workers. today's focus will be on that particular mine there's a bigger problem that miners say washington needs to correct. tracie potts has details. . >> reporter: this morning the house education and labor committee meets in west virginia about an hour from the upper big branch mine where 29 workers died last month. the issue is whether a string of violations there toledo that disaster. >> we know it wasn't operating safely. we wouldn't have had an explosion. >> reporter: president obama spoke at the miner's memorial blamed washington with the

backlog of cases on appeal. >> failure of rules so riddled with loopholes they allow unsafe conditions to continue. >> reporter: he asked the labor department to tighten its rules to make it easier to prove a pattern ever violations. the mine owner told congress last week safety is his number one priority. >> we led the industry in safety innovation and made every attempt to deal with the violations. >> reporter: west virginia senator disagrees. >> blatant disregard for the welfare and the safety. >> reporter: west virginia's governor and victims' relatives testified today. some of those relatives what want to attend interviews. the government want to interview those witnesses in private. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> the crew aboard space shuttle "atlantis" will have one more inspection before heading back to earth. they will pull out a boom to

check for damage. it will provide a full 3-d scan of the left wing. "atlantis" undocked from the international space station yesterday. the shuttle will be retired once it returns home. let's get a check and see what kind of weather we'll have for this monday. >> looking for sunshine today. >> up will? keep looking. we're not going to see much. quite a bit of cloudiness. few peeks of sun. there are the low clouds being reflected by city lights this morning. those are not pre-dawn glow that we usually see this time of the morning. we still are an hour from sunrise and quite a bit of cloudiness. 67 at reagan national. a balmy summer like morning, calm wind. rainfall since midnight has been about a 10th of an inch. right now in the 60s from the

shenandoah valley, weather watchers reporting as well as the blue ridge, closer to washington, montgomery, arlington, prince george's counties. in the bay mid-60s. out in the mountains in the mid-50s. all of this cloudiness coming from circulation that's off the atlantic seaboard, high clouds coming in, giving us this easterly flow that's going to be with us here from time to time throughout the rest of the morning and day. slight chance of sprinkle this morning and noon time. chance of a passing shower this afternoon as lows reach the low 70s. . overnight tonight should be partly to mostly cloudy at times. we'll be in the low to mid-60s tomorrow morning. tomorrow a bit warmer but probably no rain. should be partly sunny near 80 and then even warmer and wednesday thursday, should make tint 80s and partly cloudy both days. here's a look at friday an weekend. 80s on friday. over the weekend a chance for a shower on saturday and partly

sunny on sunday. >> police activity southbound on the bw parkway up near 198 and laurel. reports from police, they tell us everything is re-open. some lanes are still blocked. very much conflicting information. coming south from route 32 be fweerned might be a little slow until police can confirm 100% things are gone. inside the beltway accident at 410. very quiet morning headed into downtown south capital street, the 11th street bridge looking good. eun? >> some good news. gas prices are on decline. price of regular unleaded has dropped accidents in the last two weeks. the current national average is $2.80 a gallon. in the district drivers are still paying a little more at 2.93 a gallon. in maryland they are paying 2.80 and in virginia 2.71. our time is 4:53.

coming up why shots rang out on a local ohio. >> what the duchess of york was caught on camera doing. who wants to banish a

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the cabin crew began a five day strike. negotiations between the airline and union failed to yield a deal. more talks may be in the works. british airways said it can still carry 70% of their passengers. there's a push on capitol hill to ban drop side cribs. legislation was introduced after 32 babies have died in the cribs since 2000. the drop slide can slide or detach to trap, suffocate or strangle a baby to death. the head of the consumer product safety commission has pledged to ban drop side cribs by the end the year. across the pond the duchess of york said she regrets her actions after she was filmed offering to sell access to her former husband, prince andrew. >> a british newspaper has video showing fergie accepting the deal. >> reporter: the duchess of york

can scarcely believe her eyes. on the table in front of her is $40,000 in cash, $20 bills. next the money is in a suitcase and the talk turns to much bigger sums. >> we want to do a big deal. >> okay. >> reporter: the 500,000 pounds says the duchess will open up whatever channels you want. she promise direct access to prince andrew, the duke of york, her former husband. >> if you give me the bank account details all the channels whatever you need. then that, is then like then you open up all the channels. that's when we really open up. >> reporter: prince andrew and sarah ferguson married in 1986. had two children and were

divorced ten years later. she stayed a duchess but not a royal highness. there were embarrassments, disclosure about her private life and failed business ventures. but nothing like this. prince andrew is a special trade envoy. >> she's clearly desperate, pretty close to being bankrupt and penniless and that itself quite sad but she did take the money. she did sell out the royal family. and her ex-husband's reputation without his knowledge. >> 500,000 pounds when can you, to me, open doors. >> reporter: the secret camera rolls merrilessly when that talk bombs that $40,000 down payment the duchess's gesture is give

me, give me. she leaves with the cash in a suitcase and her reputation in tatters. stay with us "news4 today" continues nuclear program at 5:00 a.m. a busy road is a crime scene this morning after one person was shot while in a car. >> plus taking control. local governments no longer waiting on bp to start cleaning up the oil spill. >> the never ending repairs. a traffic alert after downpours wash away plans to open the chain bridge today. good morning. welcome back to "news4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> i'm eun yang. it is monday, may 24, 2010. we're taking a live look outside right now at 5:00 a.m. it's 65 degrees out there. nice balmy start to your work week. lot of clouds out there. meteorologist tom kierein joins us in the studio with the latest

on forecast. we'll wait for sunshine. >> patience is a virtue. our drippy weekend has leaked over to monday. there's the radar showing a few scattered sprinkle, drizzle around this morning with low clouds. mild. feeling like a morning in july. it's 60s around the region. in the mountains ice in the 50s. eastern shore near 60 with an east wind coming off the atlantic coming from circulating low pressure that's way off the atlantic combined with high pressure over new england giving it this persistent easterly flow giving us clouds and maybe a little sunshine but also perhaps a sprinkle this morning or passing shower this afternoon. highs reaching low 70s. warming up tuesday, wednesday and thursday. how is the traffic? >> take a look around the area. top side of the capital beltway, looking pretty good around montgomery county and for the most part dry pavement. i had to dwrus wind shi to use

wind shield wipers. police activity in laurel. we'll get more information on that in a minute. bw parkway southbound at 410 park police tell us an accident should be out of the roadway. those lanes should be re-opened now. major traffic alert again this morning if you use the chain bridge that bridge will remain one lane in each direction this morning. crews were hoping to re-open all lanes but rain this weekend kept them from completing that project. work has been under way on the chain bridge for a year. all threes are expected to re-open by the middle of this week. part of the baltimore washington parkway is back open after a shoot ago long the highway. it happened near route 198 in laurel. megan mcgrath joins us from laurel with the details. >> reporter: good morning. the good news here is that the bw parkway has re-opened. it opened about a half hour ago as police wrapped up their investigation. late last night about 11:30, a

little bit before 11:30 there was a shooting on the bw bairk. police received a 911 call, report of shots being fired. police responded to the area and that's when they found a vehicle pulled over on the side of the bw parkway inside were two individuals, one was suffering from gunshot wounds. he's described as an adult male, no other i.d., no exact age. those wounds are said to be nonlife threatening. he was hit in the shoulder and in the arm. police brought a k-9 unit to the scene. that bog began to work along about a mile and a half, two mile stretch of the parkway, about two miles away that's where they found shell casings on the side of the roadway. that's where they believe the shooting itself happened. it appears that the car continued on after that shooting, made about it a mile and a half, two miles further south down the bw parkway and that's when the driver pulled to the side of the road. now, it is unknown exactly what

prompted all of this, whether this is a situation where people knew one another, whether there was for some reason the car, the individuals in that car had been a targeted or whether this is a road flaegcy dent, something that's random. they don't know at this point. very early in the investigation. they are trying to piece all of that together. the bw parkway was closed for a number of hours as police investigated. they have since re-opened the roadway so it should not be a problem for rush hour commuters this morning. >> thank you. today's the first day back at school for students at fairfax high school since one of their own was killed. >> abdel ouahid chadli died friday when an suv crashed into him as he rode his bike. the driver of that suv was also killed. abdel ouahid chadli was a senior at fairfax high where he was on the wrestling team. he was set to graduate next month and attend george mason university next year. a tribute to his life stands at the spot where he died.

>> great wrestler. great friend, teammate. great person in general. can make you smile no matter what. >> he was laid to rest on saturday. police are until trying to determine what caused the accident. >> graduates at the university of virginia took a minute to remember yeardley love and three other students who lost their lives this past year. >> please join me in a moment ofcy tloens northern these students and their families. >> love was supposed to graduate this weekend a degree in government but three weeks ago she was found beaten to death inside her apartment. her former boyfriend who was supposed to graduate has been charged with her murder. at yesterday's commencement many wore white ribbons to signify domestic abuse. meanwhile the men's lacrosse team is advancing to the ncaa

semifinals. they will play duke in the final four on may 29th. police are trying to figure out how 6-month-old baby died. anne arundel police say they found the baby dead in laurel over the weekend. police say an autopsy will be performed and investigators are conducting interviews. they have not ruled out foul play. the conspiracy trial surrounding the murder of robert wone. prosecutors will be questioning police detectives and crime scene technicians. they want to know what they saw and heard the night wone was stoobd death. three men who live in the home are all accused of misleading police about the case. outrage is spreading over the reaction to the massive oil spill in the gulf. slow cal governments in louisiana have started taking the matter into their own hands trying prevent the oil from reaching their shore. a mile long tube is now sucking up oil at a slower rate and the

oil has now pushed 12 miles into louisiana's marshes. residents are asking why they still have not received approval to dredge barriers and why hundreds of trained captains are sitting idle when they could be laying boom. bp has pushed back it's attempt for a top kill. government officials don't insist bp has taken the lead because it has the know how and the equipment. at least 6 million gallons of crude has spilled into the gulf. today we'll learn more what happens if you don't buckle up. transportation secretary ray lahood will kick off the national click it or ticket campaign. they will ticket those who don't wear seat belts. it coincides the summer when many hit the roadways for vacation travel. ahead on "news4 today" an island nation known for momentality engaging in a conflict. travellers are being warned.

the president weighs in on tension on north korea.

time for weather and traffic on the 1s. we have some widely scattered sprinkles and drizzle around the region this morning. no heavy downpours like we had

over the weekend. but off to a wet start in a few isolated locations. we've got this easterly flow. low and mid-60s. highs today low 70s. a passing shower is possible through the morning and into the afternoon. otherwise maybe a little sun breaking out from time to time. overnight tonight mostly cloudy, 60s tomorrow morning. partly sunny tuesday and warmer. wednesday and thursday summer temperatures return, the 80s both days. how is the traffic? >> take a live look that hour along interstate 66 eastbound, near the rest area. as you head east out of manassas no worries. light volume of traffic. head on the westbound side in the next ten to 15 minutes no big concerns. the outer loop of the beltway as you travel around towards the american legion bridge doing okay. inner loop of the beltway no

concerns. right now travel lanes are open. up around connecticut avenue both ways so far so good. 5:12 is your time. ahead former president bill clinton involve in a small scare on his way to speak to college students. >> iran playing a let's make a deal. what it wants in exchange for releasing those jailed american hikers. >> and is the ash a thing of the past? what .

5:14. good morning, everyone i'm kimberly suiters. here are the top stories in the news this morning. a stretch of the bw parkway is a crime scene after a shooting. late last night police received at 911 call. when they arrived on the scene they found a car pulled over. one of the people in that car had been shot in the shoulder. this happened south of 198. investigators say they aren't sure if the victim's car was targeted or if the shooting was random. students at fairfax high school will return to class today for the first time since one much their own was killed in a terrible crash. abdel ouahid chadli was killed friday when an suv careened across lee highway. the suv driver a young father was also killed. police are trying to figure out what caused that crash. thousands of students received their diplomas at the university of virginia they took a moment

to remember yeardley love who police say was murder by her ex-boyfriend. three other classmates who lost their lives this year. 25,000 white ribbons were handed tout symbolize domestic violence awareness. now to the oil leak in the gulf of mexico. a mile long tube is sucking up oil at a slower rate. bp is delaying one tactic it has said might stem the flow. and the oil has now flowed deep into louisiana's marshes. president obama will participate in a daily briefing with gulf coast governors on the oil spill. back to you. a state of emergency this morning in jamaica after violence broke out in the capital city of kingston. mass gunmen attacked four police stations to protect a powerful drug lord from extradition to the u.s. the gunmen torched one of the station. authorities say at least two security officers were hurt, the accused kingpin faces

charges on drug and arms trafficking. this morning south korea has a warning for north korea. it says it will no locker tolerate its brutality and demanding an apology. the president of south korea said it will take the north to united nations security council, suspended trade and ban north korean ships from passing through south korean waters. this comes after the south blamed the north for are a surprise torpedo attack that sank a jaurng destroyer killing 46 sailors. he said his country is prepared to defend itself against other attacks. the white house said president obama fully supports south korea. top spy chief insists three jailed americans are spies but he says he's open to a prisoner swap. shane bauer, sarah shourd and joshua fattal were arrested in july while hiking along the iraq/iran border. the u.s. denies the accusations. the mothers of the three returned to the u.s. after

visiting their children in iran. today congress takes its work on the road. lawmakers are holding a hearing in west virginia to dig into whether lax safety toledo that mine disaster. it was the worst mine disaster in 40 years killing 29 workers. today's focus will be on that particular mine there is a bigger problem that miners say washington needs to correct. tracie potts has details. >> reporter: this morning the house education and labor committee meets in west virginia, about an hour from the upper big branch mine with respect 29 workers died last month. the issue is whether a string of violations there toledo that disaster. >> we know it wasn't operating safely we wouldn't have had an explosion. >> reporter: president obama spoke at the miners' memorial blamed washington's backlog of 16,000 safety case on appeal. a failure of laws so riddled with loopholes that they allow unsafe conditions to continue.

>> reporter: he's asked the labor department to tighten its rules to make it easier to prove a pattern of violations. the mine owner told congress last week safety is his number one priority. >> we've led the industry in safety innovation and we have made every attempt to deal with the violation. >> reporter: west virginia senator disagrees. >> blatant disregard for the welfare and the safety of miners. >> reporter: victims relatives testify today spokesperson of those relatives want to attend interviews as part of the investigation. the government wants to interview witnesses in private. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> the next step in financial reform could come as early as today. leaders in the house and senate will be choosing a committee that will work out a compromise between the two reform bills. . senate passed its financial reform package last week. it will create a new government

agency designed to protect consumers and demand proof that someone can pay their mortgage. that package now needs to be merged with a version the house passed last december. lawmakers hope to have a final bill ready by july 4th. u.s. attorney general eric holder delivered the kmamt dress to law school graduates at american university. he received an honorary doctorate of law degree. more than 500 students graduated. he made reference to president kennedy's commencement speech to american law graduates in 1963. kennedy asked the graduates for their partnership in the pursuit of peace, progress and justice. >> as of today, you are no longer just students of the law, you are now stewards of our justice system. so in the spirit of president kennedy's 1963 address, let us confident and unafraid labor on. together towards justice for all humankind. >> holler also addressed law

school graduates at his alma mater, columbia earlier this month. president clinton went to yale university for class day pep asked the students to make the world a more equal place. mr. clinton was involved in a fender bender accident on the way to the speech. his secret service suv was hit from behind while sitting in traffic. the former president was not injured. the crew aboard space shuttle "atlantis" will have one more inspection before heading back to earth. the astronauts will pull out a boom to check for damage. it will provide a 3-d scan left wing. the shuttle will be retired once it returns home. some good news if you have plans to travel to europe. iceland's volcano is no longer erupting. scientists say the eruption has now stopped natural means travellers may not have to worry about the ash cloud coming from that volcano that's grounded

thousands of european flights for more than a month now. experts say it's still too early to tell whether the volcano has stopped erupting for good. it's also possible a larger volcano nearby could also erupt soon. all those travel problems because of that one volcano. unbelievable. here this morning we may have some travel problems from some tiny little rain drops. little bit of drizzle and areas of scattered light rain in montgomery county showing up on the radar. those patches of blue scattered across prince william county and fauquier county and parts of the shenandoah valley as well as howard county and looks like southeastern frederick county, maryland getting a few sprinkles. mild and damp start around the region the in the 60s. 67 in washington. highs just in the low 70s. with considerable cloudiness maybe a little sun breaking out this morning into this afternoon, chance pafsing shower. overnight tonight in the 60s and mostly cloudy and partly sunny

and warmer tomorrow, up near 80. feel like summer time and wednesday thursday. here's a look at friday and the weekend. still feeling like summer time on friday and passing shower on saturday. how is the traffic? >> as we head into the key bridge area inbound and outbound moving along pretty well between rosslyn and georgetown. no early concerns. this part of town dry pavement. let's head on over check the dulles toll road sunset hills. everything moving along well wean western and capital beltway. no hangups. >> 5:22 right now. 64 degrees here in the nation's capital. traffic alert buff head out this morning, a bridge that was supposed to be open is not. >> plus parents listen up. who wants to take a specific type of crib out of every home that has one. >> a report on sunscreen that you need hear.

a reminder to reapply sunscreen when you head to the beach or pool this summer. higher spf sunscreens will not protect you if you don't reapply often. users may believe the high protection longer lasts longer thant does. the best way to protect your skin is to wear hats and clogt and vitamin a in sunscreen may

reduce your risk to cancer. the theory is still under review. there's a push on capitol hill to ban drop side cribs because of what some call deadly daerngs. new york senator introduced legislation that would forbid manufacture and sale of drop side crib. 32 babies have died in the cribs since 2000. the head of the consumer product safety commission has promised to ban drop side crib by the end of this year. it's 5:26. coming up, truly terrifying. a shot while driving on a major highway. it's unclear if the person was tar get or shot at random. . aunts at a local high school remembering a classmate killed in a violent crash. anger in the gulf.

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royal scandal. an under cover sting involving the duchess of york. what she offered in exchange for a lot of money. growing 0 outrage in the gulf. local governments start to take matters in their own hands. good morning, everyone i'm eun yang. >> good morning i'm joe krebs. welcome to this monday, may 24, 2010. clouds above us right now and it feels sort of warm and sticky kind of like a day in the middle of the summer. >> and it's still may. although we've had warm days in may. >> we hit the 90s in april this year and going to be getting summer like by the end of the week. right now sort of damp and cool and radar is showing a few scattered sprinkles. we did have one shower pass right through northwest washington now into southern montgomery county. temperatures in the 60s around the region. 67 in washington. going to warm up about six or seven degrees for the high today and we may get a little sun

breaking out from time to time. also scattered passing showers as well are possible throughout the rest of the day into this early evening and then after that things should settle down and warm up. feeling down right summer like and july like by wednesday and thursday with morning lows 60s and rather humid. afternoon highs in the 80s. both of those days. now let's check the traffic on this monday morning. >> we're doing okay picking up a little volume along interstate 66 both direction. no incidents reported blocking the roadway. see if that good news continues south of town across the wilson bridge and the approach to the bridge span. looking pretty good. out on the rails we have a good start for metro rail and vre. marc, one delay. over on brunswick, train 870 is 14 minutes behind schedule. we have a major traffic

alert this morning for drivers who use the chain bridge. only one lane in each direction will re-open this morning. crews were hoping to re-open all lanes but rain kept them from finishing the work. work has been under way on the chain bridge for the last year. all three lanes are expected to re-open in the middle of the week. part of the baltimore/washington parkway is back open after an overnight shooting. this happened south of route 198 in laurel. megan mcgrath joins us from laurel. she has details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police are still trying to piece this together exactly what happened, what the motive was behind the shooting which happened on the bw parkway. this all began to unfold a little before 11:30 last night. police received call, a report of gun shots on the bw parkway. they responded and a little bit south of 198 on the parkway they found a car pulled over on the side shoulder. there were two people they say inside that vehicle only

described as adult males. one was suffering gunshot wound to the shoulder and arm. that person is expected to survive those wounds. but police as they were trying to piece together exactly what happened realized that the shooting happened at a different location on the parkway. >> we were looking for a crime scene because we didn't find anything at the scene of that car that would indicate where the shooting took place. one of our k-9 handlers walked about two miles with his dog trained to do article searches and did locate evidence on the baltimore/washington parkway about a mile and a half from the scene. the opera's evidence that was found by that k-9 unit were shell casings. the shooting appears to have happened at that location. individuals in the car kept driving, made it about a mile and a half, two miles further down the road just south of 198 and that's where they pulled over to the side, pulled over on the shoulder. what was the motive behind the shooting? it's not known at this point. police don't know whether or not

the gunmen knew the people who were in that vehicle, whether they were targeted for some reason, whether this was a road rage incident or something else entirely. they are trying to piece that together. they are talking to the two individuals in that car. the person who was shot those are nonlife threatening wounds, twounds the shoulder and arm. they hope the get some information from that individual to help them figure out exactly what happened. back to you. thanks very much. thousands of students receive their die plow mass at the university of virginia they took a moment to remember yeardley love and three other classmates who lost their lives this year. >> please join me in a moment of silence to honor these students and their families. >> love was supposed to graduate this weekend with a degree in government but three weeks ago she was found murdered in her apartment. her ex-boyfriend, george huguely who was also supposed to graduate has been charged with her murder. many people wore white ribbons

to symbolize domestic violence awareness. the uva men's lacrosse team which george huguely was a part simplify advancing to the sfinls of the ncaa tournament. the team will play duke in the final four on may it please 29th in baltimore. this morning frustration is growing over the response to the massive oil spill in the gulf. bp has pushed back its attempt to plug look at the. local fishermen are trying to soak up the oil on their own. they say that's the only way to get it done because the coast guard and bp has been too slow. kristen dahlgren has more from venice, louisiana. >> reporter: louisiana's coast line a once rich and fertile wetland now almost too much to bear. >> as you can see out here --

>> reporter: crews wind past oil log boom and on to pelican breeding grounds coating birds and eggs. >> it's inconceivable like this happens and nothing happens about it. >> reporter: like the oil the outrage is spreading. >> all i've heard for the last week is excuse whys the coastal plan can't be done. a list of them. boy they got a list of them. >> reporter: one by one louisiana's parish presidents called out bp and the government. asking why they still haven't gotten approval to dredge barriers and why hundreds of trained captains are sitting idle when they could be laying boom. >> we have trained about 200 fishermen who are not working. >> reporter: there are also frustrations with the top kill. bp's latest plan to try to stop the leak has been pushed back to wednesday. >> deadline after deadline has been missed. >> reporter: drawing ire from the administration who insists

it's still in charge. >> if they are not doing what they are supposed to be doing we'll push them out of the way. >> reporter: back in the bayou it's the oil that is now taking over. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, we nirks louisiana. >> government officials continue to insist that bp has taken the lead because it has the know how and the equipment. interior secretary ken salazar and homeland security secretary janet napolitano will lead a senate delegation later today. investigators have located the black boxes from that plane that crashed in southern india over the weekend. it crashed on saturday after sliding off the runway and plunging off a cliff. 158 of the 166 people on board were killed. including the pilot and co-pilot. this morning families in india are still trying to identify the victims. one man lost four of his relatives who were on their way to a wedding.

>> this tragedy -- have night we found the fourth body. >> a u.s. forensic's team is in india this morning to assist in this investigation. this was india's worst air disaster in more than ten years. still ahead, a royal scandal rocks britain. the duchess of york reacting to this undercover video. what she offered to do in exchange for more than $700,000. >> read the fine print. airlines remember getting sneaky when it comes to summer travel fees. >> are we done with this rain?

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time for weather and traffic on the 1s. we have some low clouds, some scattered drizzle and some patchy areas of light rain on this monday morning. right now the radar showing a few areas of some drizzle and some sprinkles in montgomery county, fairfax county parts of howard and frederick county. prince william and fauquier county and around the shenandoah valley. temperatures are in the 60s right now. it's in the low to mid-60s around region. 66 in washington. highs today will reach just into the low 70s with perhaps a passing sprinkle or a shower throughout the day.

little sun breaking out. drying out, warming up through mid-week. how is the traffic? >> pretty good shape so far this morning through southeast washington. looks like we're moving all right up pennsylvania avenue. northeast along kenilworth no big concerns. northbound and southbound travel lanes are open. for the most part dry pavement. chance that could change any time. let's head over and update you along the 95 corridor. northbound now as you head north out of lorton towards newington very heavy and busy but travel lanes are available. no major accidents so far. >> thank you. coming up a trip to a popular local restaurant cost some people lot more than they expected. how they got caught up in a skimming scam. a royal mess involving the duchess of york. instead of celebrating students at a local hospital are dealing with tragedy after a popular classmate is killed in a tr

a classmate, a teammate, a friend that's how fairfax high school stunts a school students are remembering one of their own. abdel ouahid chadli died in a terrible accident on friday. tracee wilkins is outside of fairfax high school with more. good morning. >> reporter: two families have lost sons after a deadly crash on a bike path in fairfax county. 31-year-old gary thorne of manassas was the driver. abdel ouahid chadli was the 17-year-old riding his bike on the path when he was hit and killed. >> when it happened it happened.

>> reporter: kevin griffin is thorne's stepfather. he doesn't know where his son was going. police say thorne's durango crossed the median and several lanes of traffic before striking abdel ouahid chadli and smashing into a tree about 50 feet away. be he believes his step son was not drinking. >> we have no idea where he was going or what was going on. we're pretty sure there was no alcohol involved. if i'm wrong i'm wrong but we're pretty sure. >> reporter: they visited the makeshift memorial along lee highway. the teen was set to graduate from fairfax high school in one week. a popular member of the wrestling team. his father said he'll wait to hold judgment. >> if something happened that maybe for another reason then i'll consider it as happened. but if something caused it, we'll wait for the immediate examination.

>> we're having some technical problems with the shot. that was tracee wilkins reporting live. u.s. attorney general eric holder delivered the commencement address to law school graduates at american university. he also received an honorary doctorate of law degree at the smoern. more than 500 students graduated. he made reference to john f. kennedy's commencement speech back in 1963. at the time kennedy asked fwad dates for thamp partnership in the pursuit of peace, progress and justice. as of today, you are no longer just students of the law. you are now stewards of our justice system. and so in the spirit of president kennedy's 1963 address, let us confident and unafraid labor on together towards justice for all humankind. >> holder also addressed law school graduates at his alma

mater columbia earlier this month. former president clinton spoke to his alma mat e-yale university for class day yesterday. he listed a number of global problems for graduates and then asked them to work to make the world 0 more equal place one that is more stable and sustainable. mr. clinton was involve in a fender bender accident on the way to the speech. his secret service suv was hit from behind while sitting in traffic. the former president was not injured. servers at a local cheesecake factory restaurant are accused in stealing credit card numbers. the restaurant is located at 5345 wisconsin avenue in friendship heights. the secret service said the servers were working for a larger fraud ring in 2008 to 2009. nicole ward was arrested last week on bank fraud charges. court papers say ward recruited two other servers to use skimming devices to capture the

card numbers from their customers. authorities began their investigation last year after a citibank investigator traced several fraud complaints back to that cheesecake factory location. a state of emergency in jamaica after violence broke out in the capital city of kingston. masked gunmen attacked four police stations to protect a powerful drug lord from extra addition to the united states. they torched one of the stations. two security officers were injured. the accused kingpin faces charges of drug and arms trafficking. this morning south korea has a warning for north korea. it will no longer tolerate it's brutality and demanding an apology. the president of south korea went on national tv and said it will take the north to the u.n. security council, suspended trade and ban north korean ships from passing through its waters. this comes after the south blamed the north for a surprise torpedo attack that killed 46

sailors. the white house says president obama fully supports south korea. iran's top spy chief insists three jailed americans are spies. but he says he's open to a prisoner swap. shane bauer, sarah shourd and joshua fattal were arrested in july while hiking along the iran/iraq border. intelligence minister is quoted saying it is obvious the three are spies. the united states denies that accusation. the mothers of the three prisoners returned to the united states after visiting their loved ones in iran. what are your kids plans for the summer? one option that may not be available is summer school. a third of school systems surveyed plan on ditching summer school because of budget cuts. some educators concerned about that trend because they say it could widen the chiefment gap

between poor and wealthier students. gasoline prices are on the decline, the average price has dropped nearly ten cents in the last two weeks. the current national average is $2.80 a gallon. in the district drivers are still paying a little more at 2.93 per gallon. in maryland paying 2.80 and in virginia 2.71. >> that is welcomed news especially with memorial day weekend around the corner. do we get welcome news for the weather? >> that's coming up next weekend. this monday morning we have low, gray clouds hanging over capitol hill and they are producing a few sprinkle there's. live view from our high-definition city camera and the temperature of ra began national is at 66 and it's a humid morning with a east northeasterly wind. 10th of an inch of sprinkles and rain overnight. radar showing a few scattered sprinkles around the region at this hour. we're getting -- seeing patches of blue, few light showers here

in rappahannock county fauquier county and along the blue ridge. maybe just a few sprinkles here scattered across montgomery county. elsewhere just a little bit of drizzle. around the region we have temperatures that are in the 60s, 66 in washington. montgomery, arlington and fairfax mid-60s. mid-offenses arou -- mid-60s ar the shenandoah valley. persistent easterly flow coming from a circulating low pressure from washington and outer banks. this flow coming off the atlantic keeping the clouds in as well as a chance of a passing shower this morning. so a few sprinkles possible for the bus stop this morning and temperatures on the mild side in the 60s. stay in the 60s through the rest of the morning. slight chance of a shower. 30%, 40% or so of a passing shower.

sun out from time to time. highs in the low 70s. 60s overnight, partly to mostly cloudy at times. by tuesday afternoon we should warm to near 80 and partly sunny. on and wednesday thursday partly cloudy and highs reaching the 80s. over the weekend friday in the 80s. saturday and sunday, mostly dry, maybe a passing shower on saturday with highs in the 70s turning cooler on sunday. get your weather any time. how is the traffic? >> take a live look around the area along i-270 southbound as you head down from montgomery village. no early concerns. all travel lanes are open. montrose road also smooth sailing for the most part very good news there. out trinls at this hour we have bad news for you folks taking marc rail brunswick train 870 up to 22 minutes behind schedule. metro rail and vre everything there is lovely. the duchess of york is caught in a major sting by a british tabloid newspaper. i want appears she was trying to sell access to her former

husband prince andrew, the queen's son. kimberly suiters joins us now live from the newsroom with an apology from the duchess. good morning. >> sarah ferguson does not deny what you're about to see and it is a shocker. let's listen into part of the sting and a possible explanation for a seemingly desperate act. she traded on her name, the royal connection. she became very wealthy and big, big brands in weight watchers back her she made millions. that money has run out and now she's doing this and it's wrong. >> ferguson is in the u.s. to

receive an audiotape ward for charity work but that news now being overshadowed by this. the british tabloid released the video. a reporter posed as a businessman and asked for access to prince andrew. the duchess of york promised that access for 500,000 british pounds, that's the equivalent of more than $700,000. now the duchess has release this statement. i very deeply regret the situation and the embarrassment caused. it is true my financial situation is under stress. however, is that no excuse for a serious laps in judgment and i am very sorry that this has happened. sheep goes on the say prince andrew had absolutely nothing do with her so-called discuss. scotland yard says no law appears to have been broken but royal etiquette has been shattered. back to you. thank you. airlines are quietly adding on fees to fly on peak travel

days. u.s. today said the fees raining from $10 to $30 each way on domestic flights. they have added fees on 73 of 74 days between mid-june and late august. the one day without extra feerks july 4th. that's summer's least busy travel day. you might want to check your flight status flying on british airways. the cabin crew began a five day strike. last minute negotiations between the airlines and union failed to yield a deal but more talks may be in the works. british airways say it will still be able to carry 70% of its passengers. consider this when you're out for your morning jog. don't you just hate when it you're in the middle of a workout and your ipod battery dies out. researchers at uc berkeley is testing technology that will allow you to power your ipod with clothes. they are placing hi-tech fibers that can produce electric it is

from your body's movement in clothing. that would then power your ipod. buff guest too excited could it be at least three years before the technology actually hits store shelves. i wonder what happens when you shake hands with somebody. >> exactly? very interesting. we'll see what happens. three years. so we have to wait. why police will be looking to pull you over. >> also ahead we're live on the scene of a shooting overnight on the baltimore/washington parkway. your weather and traffic together on the 1s. cloudy morning to start your work week. we'll be right back with news 4 at 6:00. stay with us. -sure.s for coming back out.

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this is beyond cable. this is fios. . rain delay. major traffic alert this morning for awful expecting a smooth ride this morning over the chain bridge. you'll have to wait. while you were sleeping a man was shot on the baltimore/washington parkway. we're live on the scene gathering details. good morning and welcome back to "news4 today." i'm joe krebs. >> good morning to you i'm eun yang. it is monday, may 24, 2010. we're taking a live look outside right now at 6:00 a.m., 64 degrees. lots of clouds over the nation's capital. we had a rainy weekend and we want to know what kind of a work week we'll have. tom kierein joins us for the latest. >> good sleeping weather anyway. hope you had a chance to catch up as we look at the radar now. we do have a few scattered sprinkles around the region,

getting a few sprinkles in montgomery county, loudoun, fairfax, prince william, fauquier, rappahannock and around the blue ridge and elsewhere on the radar we have maybe a little scattered drizzle but no heavy downpours. right now in the 60s around the region. weather watchers reporting from the shenandoah valley to atlantic beaches in the low to mid-60s in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties. 67 in washington. high/low 7 highs in the low 70s with cloudiness. feeling like summer time wednesday and thursday. how is the traffic? >> things getting a little tough over on the capital beltway around the west side where the rain showers clearly going to be a little bit of an issue. see some road spray. on the beltway just south of the american legion bridge near the gw parkway. right now speeds are beginning to drop just a little bit as well they should. let's head over and check on the maryland side on the beltway

near river road right now we had reports of an accident. police are headed over to check on river road just inside the capital beltway. if you're head in that direction be warned of that. out on the rails at this hour, metro rail no delays. vre two delays, fredericksburg 300 and 302 and on marc brunswick 870, 24 minutes behind schedule. thank you. a major traffic alert this morning for those of you expecting a smoother ride across the chain bridge. traffic remains open in just one lane in each direction. crews were hoping to have all lanes re-opened for the first time since construction started last year but this weekend's rain prevented them from finishing the project. v dot hopes to have all lanes opened anymiddle of the week. >> part of the baltimore/washington parkway is re-opened after a shooting south of 198 in laurel. megan mcgrath now joins us live from laurel with details. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, joe. police are still trying to figure out exactly what happened, whether or not this was a random act of violence on the bw parkway or whether the person who fired the shot knew the victim, targeted this vehicle for some reason. apartment this point investigators do not know. this all began to unfold a little before 11:30 last night pap 911 call came in for reports of shots fired on the bw parkway. police responded to an area on the parkway south of route 198. that's where they found a car pulled over on the side of the road, inside were two men, one was suffering from gunshot wound. he was hit in the shoulder and the arm. as police began their investigation they realized the shooting itself actually happened a couple of miles away on the parkway. >> we were looking for a crime scene because we didn't find anything at the scene of that car that would indicate where the shooting took place. one of our k-9 handlers walked about two miles with his dog is that trained to do article

searches and did locate some evidence on the baltimore/washington parkway about a mile and a half from the scene. >> reporter: what they located were shell casing there's trooin. what they believe happened was the shooting happened at that location. the car with the victims continued to drive for about a mile and a half south to route 198 and that's when they pulled over to the side of the road. whether this is a road rage incident, an significance where people knew each other got involved in this violent conflict, it's unclear at this point. police are talking to the two men in that car trying to figure out exactly what happened. back to you. this morning police are trying to figure out how a 6-month-old baby boy died. anne arundel county police said they found the boy dead in the home in laurel over the weekend. police say an autopsy will be performed and investigators are conducting interviews. police have not ruled out foul play. no arrests have been made. the conspiracy trial

surrounding the murder of robert swoen about to enter it's second week. prosecutors will question crime scene technicians nept to know what they saw and heard the night wone was stabbed to death. three men who live in that home are all accused of misleading police about the case. this morning, rescuers are scrambling to clean and save animals from the oil disaster in the gulf. this is a look at work frers the international bird rescue research center cleaning up a pelican. 32 birds have come in to the center but they expect many more. oil has pushed into two pelican nesting grounds. louisiana governor bobby jindal saved the state is not wait forge federal approval to start building sand barriers to protect the coast line. kristen dahlgren has more from

venice, louisiana. >> reporter: louisiana's coast line a once rich and fertile wetland now almost too much to bear. >> as you can see out here -- >> reporter: crews wind past oil log boom and on to pelican breeding grounds coating birds and eggs. >> it's inconceivable like this happens and nothing happens about it. >> reporter: like the oil the outrage is spreading. >> all i've heard for the last week is excuses why the coastal plan can't be done. a list of them. boy they got a list of them. >> reporter: one by one louisiana's parish presidents called out bp and the government. asking why they still haven't gotten approval to dredge barriers and why hundreds of trained captains are sitting idle when they could be laying boom. >> we have trained about 200 fishermen who are not working. >> reporter: there are also

frustrations with the top kill. bp's latest plan to try to stop the leak has been pushed back to wednesday. >> deadline after deadline has been missed. >> reporter: drawing ire from the administration who insists it's still in charge. >> if they are not doing what they are supposed to be doing we'll push them out of the way. >> reporter: back in the bayou it's the oil that is now taking over. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, venice, louisiana. >> government officials don't insist that bp has taken lead because it has the know how and the equipment. interior secretary ken salazar and homeland security security janet napolitano will lead a senate delegation today. we're following a developing story on the korean peninsula. south korea has a warning for north korea saying it will no longer tolerate its brutality and wants an apology.

they say they will take the north to the united nations security council, will suspended trade and ban north korean ships from passing through south korean waters. this comes after the south blames the north for a surprise torpedo attack that sank a destroyer killing 46 sailors. president obama fully supports south korea. a state of emergency in a popular vacation destination. why gunmen stoormd police station. take a close look at your credit card statement. the local restaurant where workers are accused of stealing more than $100,000 from diners. the time 6:08. 64 degrees. your weather and traffic together on the 1s a

. time for weather and traffic on the 1s. on this monday morning at 6:11. low clouds producing scattered sprinkles and drizzle. west of interstate 95. temperatures are in the 60s. right now 67 in washington. we'll have highs today in the low 70s and maybe a passing sprinkle, little bit of drizzle from time to time. passing shower this afternoon. might have little sun breaking out. warming up. tomorrow partly sunny near 80.

a look at friday and the weekend at 6:21. how is the traffic? >> things getting tougher. live look in virginia, i-95, 395, 66, dry pavement for the most part. good news there, particularly if you're inside the beltway. let's head over on the capital beltway in maryland where we did have some earlier issues to deal with, over on 395 northbound through landmark and shirlington travel lanes are open to and across the 414 street bridge. a stair for president clinton on his way to speak at graduation. a warning this morning buff get behind the wheel the new campaign launched this morning why police will be looking to pull you over.

starting today better make sure you buckle up. law enforcement agencies across the country are kicking off click it or ticket it. extra patrols will be hitting the roads day or night look for seat belt offenders. in 2008 experts say seat belts saved more than 13,000 lives nationwide. students return to fairfax high school this morning for the first time since the senior

there died in a horrible accident. abdel ouahid chadli was killed friday on lee highway in fairfax when an suv flew off the road and hit him as he rode his bike on a bike trail. the suv driver was also killed. news 4 tracee wilkins is live outside of fairfax high school this morning where abdel ouahid chadli was supposed to graduate next month. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have two families who are suffering a tremendous loss here as police are still investigating to try and figure out what happened. two families have lost sons after a deadly crash on a bike path in fairfax county. 31-year-old gary thorne of manassas was the driver. abdel ouahid chadli was the 17-year-old riding his bike on the path when he was hit and killed. >> have to have faith. it happened. everybody must go through. it's a mouthful of dread. >> reporter: kevin griffin is

thorne's sfaerp. he doesn't know where his step son was going on friday afternoon when the accident happened. police said the durango crossed the median and several lanes of traffic before striking abdel ouahid chadli and striking a tree about 50 feet away. he believes his step son of not drinking. we have no idea where he was going or what was going on. we're pretty sure there wasn't any alcohol involved. if i'm wrong, i'm wrong. >> reporter: students visited the makeshift memorial along lee highway. the teen was set to graduate from fairfax high school in one week. and he was popular member of the wrestling team. abdel ouahid chadli's father said he'll wait to hold judgment. >> if something happened maybe for another reason i'll consider it as happened. but medical examination and autopsy, the mistakes come from the guy oil pass it.

>> reporter: abdel ouahid chadli was laid to rest on saturday. funeral arrangements are made for the driver. he leaves behind a 10-year-old daughter. in fairfax county, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you. servers at a local cheesecake restaurant are accused of stealing credit card numbers. the restaurant is located in the 5400 block of wisconsin avenue in the chevy chase pavilion in friendship heights. the secret service said the servers were working for a larger fraud ring from june of 2008 to may of 2009. former server nicole ward was arrested last week on bank fraud charges. court papers said she recruited two other servers to use skimming devices to capture the card numbers from their customers. authorities began their investigation last year after a citibank investigator traced several fraud complaints back to that cheesecake factory location. some members of congress are

heading from capitol hill to west virginia today. they are holding a hearing there to investigate whether poor safety led to last month's mine disaster that killed 29 workers. tracie potts live now on capitol hill with more on this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the worst mining accident in 40 years. miners say there are some larger issues here that washington needs to correct. >> reporter: this morning the house education and labor committee meets in west virginia, about an hour from the upper big branch mine where 29 workers died last month. the issue is whether a string of violations there led to that disaster. >> we know it wasn't operating safely, we wouldn't have had an explosion. >> reporter: president obama spoke at the miners' memorial blamed washington's backlog of 16,000 safety cases on appeal. a failure of laws so riddled with loopholes that they allow unsafe conditions to continue. >> reporter: he's asked the

labor department to tighten its rules to make it easier to prove a pattern of violations. the mine owner told congress last week safety is his number one priority. >> we've led the industry in safety innovation and we have made every attempt to deal with the violation. >> reporter: a west virginia senator disagrees. >> blatant disregard for the welfare and the safety of miners. >> reporter: west virginia's governor and victims relatives testified today. some relatives want to sit in on the government's interviews as they continue the investigation but the government wants to interview those witnesses privately. from capitol hill this morning, i'm tracie potts, news 4. thanks. the university of virginia took a moment to remember yeardley love and three other students who lost their lives this year. >> please join me in a moment of silence to honor these students

and their families. love was supposed to graduate this past weekend with a degree in government. three weeks ago she was found beat zwroen death inside her apartment. her former boyfriend george hugely who was supposed to graduate has been charged with her murder. at yesterday's commencement many wore white ribbons to signify domestic violence. the university of virginia men's lacrosse team, which george huguely used to play for is advancing to the semifinals of the ncaa tournament. the team will now play duke in the final four on may the 29th. president clinton managed to get into a fender bender on his way to speak at yale university during his speech at his alma mater he asked graduates to make the world a better stable place. the president managed to get in a car accident. his secret service suv was hit from behind while sitting in traffic.

mr. clinton was not injured. >> we're in the graduation season. what kind of weather will we have this week? >> indeed. memorial day weekend coming up and we at this hour have some low gray clouds racing out of the east over washington. that's the live view from our high-definition sky watcher camera. the temperatures around the region are mild. radar showing just a few scattered sprinkles and passing showers. one right near harper's ferry and another one in central fauquier county and right there along the blue ridge. temperatures around the region in the 60s. 66 in washington. we will have highs today reaching low 70s. chance of a passing shower and maybe a little sunshine to break out too. partly sunny near 80 tomorrow. hitting the 80s on wednesday and thursday and friday. weekend a bit cooler, passing shower on saturday. how is the traffic now? >> unfortunately we're getting reports of an accident outer loop of the capital beltway near rockville pike and it looks like the accident is along the left side of the roadway traveling

from connecticut avenue by way of the outer loop. head up. watch for police. inner loop you're okay. elsewhere we had an accident, river road outbound just before the capital beltway. authorities were deal with that. be very careful. wilson bridge okay. southeast corridor nothing too much to worry about. the new fee airlines are quietly tacking on to the price of your ticket for this summer. what prompted a state of emergency in a popular vacation destination. a royal scandal this morning. what the duchess of york sarah ferguson was caught on videotape trying to sell?

the space shuttle "atlantis" will have one more inspection before heading back to earth. they will pull out a boom to check for damage. it will provide a full 3-d scan left wing. "atlantis" undocked from the international space station yesterday. it will be retired once i want returns home. a state of emergency in jamaica after violence broke out in the capital city of kingston. mass gunmen attacked four police stations to protect a powerful drug lord from extradition to the united states. the gunmen torched one of the police stations. two security officers were injured. some good news if you have plans to travel to europe.

iceland's volcano is no longer erupting. scientists say the eruption has stopped at least for the time being and that means travellers may not have to worry about the ash cloud coming from the volcano that's grounded thousand of european be flights for more than a month. it's possible a larger volcano nearby could also erupt soon. breaking news right now. reuters report armed yemeni tribesmen captured two tourists. they are a married couple. the couple's yemeni driver and translator were taken hostage. we do knot know where that couple is from or any other information about them. our time 6:26. the major disappointment for thousands of commuters, construction project that just won't end. we're live on the scene of a shooting overnight on the

baltimore/washington parkway. what the duchess of york, sarah ferguson caught on tape trying to sell to an undercover reporter. there's a movement afoot in this country. a student-led revolution. a rallying cry for change in an otherwise unchanged educational system. people like me have something to say. people like me demand to be heard. people like me think it's time higher education was held to a higher standard. because it's time all people with talent were recognized. it's time technology transformed the way universities teach. and tradition no longer stood in the way of getting an education. people like me want a choice.

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drivers will have to wait even longer for construction to wrap up on a popular commuter bridge into the district. dangerous drive. while you were sleeping a man was shot on the baltimore/washington parkway.

we're live on the scene right now gathering details. what a royal scandal. what the duchess of york sarah ferguson had to say after she was caught on tape trying to sell access to her ex-husband prince andrew. good morning, thanks for joining us for "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> i'm joe krebs on this monday, may 24, 2010. live look outside. a lot of clouds right now. little sun trying to get through. 64 degrees. pretty humid right now. >> looks promising. tom, what do you think? >> don't get your hopes up too high. we do have considerable cloudiness. easterly flow bringing in clouds. few passing sprinkles. few passing showers in northern virginia and maryland. but they are just very light, nothing like those downpours we had over the weekend. it's mild. we're in the 60s around region. weather watchers reporting this morning. 66 in washington. out in the mountains a bit

cooler, in the 50s there. near 60 away from the waters on the eastern shore. all this cloudiness and passing showers coming from area of low pressure that's spinning away over cape hatteras and that's going to give us a perspective easterly flow and few clouds in and out and passing shower from time to time. cooler, highs in the low 70s. warming up tomorrow. make to it near 80 and partly sunny. feeling like july and wednesday thursday in the 80s. morning lows in the 60s. >> rain showers just enough to make the road slick in a couple of spots. this is the outer loop of the capital beltway just after connecticut avenue but before rockville pike. this is accident number two of the morning in this stretch. can you see fire and rescue crews pulling up to the scene. as a result the outer loop delays extending back to georgia avenue already. there was the original accident inner loop of the beltway after rockville pike, that is over to the shoulder. top stretch a very tough. the inner loop, as you come

north from springfield for the most part dry pavement here. out on trails at this hour we have issues on vre with trains 302 -- i'm sorry 300, 302 and 304 on the fredericksburg line being delayed. marc rain, brunswick 8700 minutes behind schedule. brunswick 890 is 12 minutes behind schedule. 872, since minutes late. we have some bad news for those of you who were hoping to drive on a fully opened, fully restored chain bridge today. it will remain one lane in each direction. the entire bridge was shut down over the weekend and crews had hoped to re-open all lanes by today. but the rain put those plans on hold. the bridge has been under construction for the past year. v dot does hope to re-open all lanes by the middle of this week. part of the baltimore/washington parkway turned into a crime scene. officers were called to route

198 in laurel. megan mcgrath joins us now with more on this story. >> reporter: good morning. police are still trying to figure out exactly what the motive behind this shooting was, whether the shooter a the victim knew each other, already this was a random act receive lens or some sort of road rage incident. they just don't know. they are talking to the people involved, trying to sort it all out. this happened just before 11:30 last night. police got a 911 call, a report of shots being fired on the bw parkway. police officers responded to the scene and that's where they found a car pulled over on the shoulder of the bw parkway, inside two men, one suffering from gunshot wounds. they were hit in the shoulder and in the arm. but are expected to survive. as police began to investigate and to kind of look around in the area where they found that car they realized the shooting didn't happen right at that location but actually a couple of miles away on the bw parkway. >> we were looking for a crime

scene because we didn't find anything at the scene of that car that would indicate where the shooting took place. one of our k-9 handlers walked about two miles with his dog that's trained to do article searches and did indicate some evidence on the baltimore/washington parkway about a mile and a half from the scene. >> reporter: the evidence that they found were shell casings left there on the scene. they believe that's where the shooting happened. again, also a stretch of the baltimore/washington parkway. the victims continued to drive for a mile and a half to two miles and stopped there on the side of the road and that's when the police received that 911 call. in terms of suspect, vehicle description, none of that information has been released. police are only saying that the victim is an adult male and he is expected to survive. back to you. this morning pliolice are trying to figure out how a 6-month-old baby day. anne arundel police say they

found the boy dead over the weekend. an autopsy will be performed. investigators are conducting interviews. police have not ruled out foul play. but no arrests have been made. two men accused of covering up the murder of robert wone will appear in court this week. federal prosecutors will question police detectives and crime scene technicians. they want to know what they saw and heard the night wone was stabbed to death inside a did you pot circle row house. three men that lived in that home are all accused of misleading police in the case. new perhaps surprising information this morning involving permits for offshore drilling. drilling permits and environmental waivers don't get approved even after president obama announce ad moratorium. 19 projects and permits have been granted. seven of those drilling permits were granted after the president's may 14th moratorium.

the department of interior said it didn't mean to stop work on existing drilling projects. in the gulf frustration and anger keeps building. a mile long tube is now suctioning up oil at a slower rate than hoped and oil has now spread some 12 miles into louisiana's marshes. bp has now pushed back its attempt to plug that leak. residents down there are asking why they still haven't gotten approval to deploy barriers. local fishermen are trying to soak up the oil on their own. they say that's the only way to get it done because the coast guard and bp have been too slow. >> all i've heard for the past week is excuses why the coastal plan can't be done. a list of them. boy, they got late of them. >> they are not doing what they are supposed to be doing we'll push them out of the way. >> at least 6 million gallons of crude oil has spilled into the gulf. some scientists believe the total has surpassed 11 million

gallons which would make at any time biggest oil leak in united states history. we're following a develop stoerg on the korean peninsula. this morning south korea has a warning for north korea. it says it will no longer tolerate its brutality and demands and apology. the president of south korea went on national tv and said it will take the north to the u.n. security council to suspended trade and ban north korean ships from passing through south korean waters. the south blamed the north for a surprise torpedo attack that sank a destroyer and kill 46 sailors. 6:37 is your time. customers ripped off at a local restaurant. what workers are accused of stealing. the new fee airlines are tacking on that some are calling sneaky and could cost a family of four hundreds of dollars. the wet weather is causing major problems on the roads.

your weather and traffic together on the 1s are next. stay with us.

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dramatic view of the sky. meteorologist tom kierein joins us now in the studio with the latest on forecast. quite a bit over the weekend. >> some passing slow moving heavy downpours over the weekend. we don't have that this morning. low clouds passing over washington. these low clouds passing through are producing a few scattered sprinkles across northern virginia and maryland this morning and temperatures are mild. we're in the 60s. we have this easterly flow that will be with us through the day. maybe a passing shower, perhaps a little sunshine in and occupant as well. tomorrow partly sunny 23450er8 and feeling like summer time wednesday and thursday. each day morning loz in the 50s or rather 60. afternoon highs climbing into the 80s. partly cloudy and rather humid at that. a look at friday and the weekend. that will be coming up in ten minutes at 6:51. how is this traffic? >> light rain showers that moved through parts of montgomery

county a short time ago jammed things up, made the road slick and we have accidents. this is the beltway outer loop just after connecticut avenue. police are on the scene. see all the continues on the right half of the roadway. another accident we told you about earlier, montgomery county this is river road just inside the beltway. the light just inside the beltway had an accident with the outbound side of the beltway. those lanes are open but the outbound side was blocked. 6:42 is your time. 64 degrees. the new fee airlines are quietly adding on to the price of your ticket this summer. why many unknowing customers at a local restaurant paid for more than what they order. >> what the duchess of york, sarah ferguson was caught on tape trying to sell.

students at fairfaxhigh consume will have class since one of their own was killed in a deadly crash.

abdel ouahid chadli died as an suv hit him as he rode his bike on a bike trail. the suv's driver was also killed. tracee wilkins is outside of fairfax high school where abdel ouahid chadli was supposed to graduate next month. >> reporter: students are arriving this morning and starting the day without their classmate. two families are suffering a tremendous loss and police are continuing to investigate. two families have lost sons after a deadly crash on a bike path in fairfax county. 31-year-old gary thorne of manassas was the driver. abdel ouahid chadli was the 17-year-old riding his bike on the path when he was hit and killed by the suv. >> when it happens it happens. it's a mouthful of dread. >> reporter: kevin griffin is thorne's stepfather pep says he doesn't know where his step son was going on friday when the

accident happened. police say thorne's durango crossed the median and several lanes of traffic before striking abdel ouahid chadli and smashing into a tree about 50 feet away. he believes his step son was not drinking. >> we have no idea where he was going or what was going on. we're pretty sure there wasn't any alcohol involved. if i'm wrong, i'm wrong. >> reporter: students visited the makeshift memorial along lee highway where abdel ouahid chadli was killed. the teen of set to graduate from fairfax high school in one week. he was a popular member of the wrestling team. his father said he'll withhold judgment. >> if something happened for another reason i'll consider it as happened. but if something caused the medical examination and autopsy the mistakes come from the guy this i'll pass. >> reporter: abdel ouahid chadli was laid to rest on saturday. thorne's family is still working to make funeral arrangements for

him. police are investigating this incident. they don't know what caused that crash. wille with live in fairfax county. servers at a local cheesecake factory restaurant are accused of stealing credit card numbers that resulted in more than $117,000 in fraudulent charges. it's located in the 5300 lock of wisconsin avenue in chevy chase. the servers were working for a larger fraud ring from 2008 to may of '09. former server nicole ward was arrested last week on bank fraud charges. court papers say that ward recruited two other servers to use skimming devices to capture the card numbers from their customers' credit cards. authorities began their investigation last year after a citibank investigator traced several fraud complaints back to that cheesecake factory restaurant location. the duchess of york caught in a major sting by a british at that boyd. in the undercover video she

appears to be selling access to her ex-husband prince andrew. suit joins us live from the newsroom with an apology. >> reporter: sarah ferguson does not deny what you're about to see. it is a shocker. let's listen into part of the sting and then a possible explanation for a seemingly desperate act. she trade on her name, the royal connection. she became very, very wealthy and big, big plans in weight watchers back her. she made millions. that money has run out. now she's doing than it's wrong. >> ferguson is in the u.s. to

receive in a ward for charity work, but that is overshadowed by this undercover video from the british tabloid "news of the world" a reporter posed as a businessman and asked for access to prince andrew and the duchess of york, as you just heard promised that access in exchange for 500,000 british pounds, equivalent of more than $700,000. the duchess released this statement. she says i very deeply regret the situation and the embarrassment caused. it is true that my financial situation is under stress however that is no excuse for a serious lapse in judgment and i am very sorry that this has happened. she said prince andrew had absolutely nothing to do with her discussions. scotland yard says no law appears to have been broken but royal etiquette has clearly been shattered. eun, back to you. kimberly suiters in the newsroom. thank you. well we could be in for

another volatile week on wall street. courtney regan joins us now live with more what to expect. that's probably the last thing i want to hear. >> reporter: unfortunate thing to talk about on a monday morning. it looks like we could have another roller coaster week on wall street. all remains to be seen. stock futures are trading lower this morning which leads us to believe we'll have a lower open. despite friday's rebound, markets still sank overall last week on more investor anxiety on european stock crisis. europe is a tad higher. we'll gate live economic data this week starting with existing home sales late they are morning and then reports on home price, consumer confidence and gdp growth. the dow rose 125 points on friday. but the index still dropped 4% for the week. the nasdaq gained 25 points on friday. it fell 5% for the week. house and senate leaders to pick

12 members of the congress committee that will hammer out a financial rear form bill. the binghampton isn't expected to reach president obama's desk before fourth of july. airlines are quietly tacking on fees to fly on so-calle peak summer travel days. "usa today" say the fees raining from $10 to $30 each way on domestic flights. american, delta, continental and u.s. airways have add fees on 73 of 74 days between mid-june and late august. the one day without july 4th the least busy travel day. >> so all other days during the summer are peak days. >> exactly. isn't that interesting. on so-called peak days between mid-june and august. >> thanks very much. you have a great day. see you tomorrow. this summer military

families can check out america's most popular museums for free. it's all part of the blue star museum project. new york's museum of modern art will offer free admission and so will 600 other museums, science centers. another great thing about washington most of our museums free. it is wonderful. as we start off here in the district of columbia, low gray clouds that are skimming through our sky at this hour. coming in out of the east, live view from our sky camera. looking at the northwest washington. way out there in the horizon is prince george's county. 66 at reagan national on the potomac river, high humidity and east northeasterly wind. and as we look at the radar, scanning the sky we don't have -- really not much precipitation. we had some earlier passing

showers and sprinkle, but for the most part those have dissipated. one right there on frederick and montgomery county line in maryland. our temperatures in the 60s, weather watchers are reporting from the shenandoah valley to the atlantic beaches. right now in the low to mid-60s and nearby suburbs of prince george's, fairfax and arlington counties opinion eastern shore now near 60 away from the waters out in the mountains in the mid-50s and these clouds and passing showers coming from rotating weak leadership around cape hatteras. a general flow of the atmosphere coming in from the east. this morning for the bus stop chance of a sprinkle. cloudy and in the 60s for the next few hours. by noon time 70. slight chance of a sprinkle this morning, 30% chance of a passing shower this afternoon. otherwise maybe a little sun in and out. partly cloudy to all cloudy at times overnight tonight and stay in the 60s. sunset 8:21. tomorrow morning sunrise at 5:48. clouds around tomorrow. sun in and out. warmer up near 80 and and wednesday thursday feel like

july. highs in the 80 morning loz in the 60s and same thing on friday. over the weekend, cooler. check out the weather any time weather channel on cable. how is the traffic >> a bit rocky on the top side of the capital beltway. two separate accident on the outer loop in montgomery county, outer loop of the beltway before connecticut avenue and another one at the outer loop at rockville pike. everything is over to the shoulder. hefty backup already extending back to prince george's county in college park. be forewarned. won't be an easy commute. looks like we're pretty much on dry pavement, 295 to in a cross the 14th street bring. no delays on metro. fredericksburg 300, 302, 304. marc brunswick 870, 32 minutes late. 89010 minutes late. 872 six minutes late. a traffic tay letter on

chain bridge. expect one lane in each direction. crews were hoping to have the construction project all finished by this morning. however rain prevented that from happening. v dot hopes to have all lanes re-opened bipartisan the middle of the week. part of the baltimore/washington parkway is back open after an overnight shooting. police were called to the parkway in laurel. megan mcgrath now joins us from laurel. she has details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a little bit before 11:30 last night when police got a 911 call. reports of shots being fired on the bw parkway. police officers arrived on the scene and that's when they found a car pulled to the shoulder of the road on the parkway, inside were two adult males one suffering from gunshot wounds. now police believe that the actual shooting itself happened a few miles further down up the parkway and the car continued to drive for about two miles before pulling over to the shoulder. in terms of what the motive

behind the shooting is, that's unclear. was this random, whether a road rage incident or the gunman and victim knew each other, there was some sort of a dispute between them. at this point they don't know. thank very much. >> 6:56 is your time. check our top stories, starting today you better make sure you're buckling up. law enforcement agencies across the country will kick off click it or ticket. extra patrols will be hitting the road day and night look for seat belt offenders. conspiracy trail surrounding the murder of robert wone is about to enter its second week. prosecutors will question detectives and forensic technicians. three men who lived in that home are accused of misleading police. members of congress will hear today from families of the west virginia miners killed last month. a house committee is scheduled to take testimony during a special hearing this morning in west virginia. and the latest effort to cap that leaking oil well in the

gulf of mexico has been pushed back to wednesday. now some local governments in louisiana have started talking about creating a barrier to keep the oil from spreading pap mile long tube is suctioning up the oil at a slower rate right now. and that is "news4 today." thanks for starting your monday with us. we hope you have a great day. the today snaerkts. we start at 4:30 in the morning every day. hope to see you then. cafree vehicle history reports for every used car we sell on carmax.com. ♪ [dramatic music] now more than ever, carmax is the smart choice, because carmax will buy your car even if you don't buy one of ours. ♪ [dramatic music]