investigators say it appears the man was at fault here. can't complain about 51 degrees. tom? >> we are going to coax that sun up with the hoax. as we add the drizzle and the

fog. it is all gone. you definitely need a jacket. later this morning, we'll stay in the 50s through 8:00. by noon time it is less than 10 minutes away. should be into the mid 60s and a party cloudy sky. look at the rest of this first day of may in ten minutes. over to i-95 delays as you head out northbound through the kwan ti co area. there at milemarker 148. we'll be back with a live look

to see what is going on this. that is where you are slow. the good news german town no issues. connecting through there. >> car bomb exploded killing four and in jurying 12 others. >> jury will begin it's first full day of deliberations on the beating at the market. >> wife abbey gave testimony and says husband may never fully

recover after six surgeries and extensive rehabilitation. >> fbi agents spotted him dumping items in the trash including a dust mask that tested positive for ricin. he is being held without bond. >> today we could learn how the older brother of the two boston bombing suspects died.

it has been at the office since he died more than a week ago. the wife gave permission to release the body. his uncle says they will claim his remains but will not say what the plans are for the body. >> 15 year olds will soon be able to buy the pill. >> i think it is incredible and very smart. >> i don't think it is a good idea. i think in today's society. i feel there is so much free will to do whatever you like

when ever. >> a judge ordered restrictions to be lifted later this month. >> council found out about that in a report from the washington post not from county executive's office and now several members of council are calling for an investigation. they can the inspector general to launch a probe. >> watt represents part of north carolina in the house. he would replace edward demarco. >> the federal reserve's open

market committee will meet today. starting today, the smithsonian will close some exhibits due to the sequestratiosequestration. the exhibits will be closed at least until september 30th. >> we are following a story out of pakistan. also ahead nothing sweet about it. what is sneak heing it way into the food that is we eat. >> plus after speeding into a curve without knowing what was

we put a link to this on facebook page. nobody was seriously hurt. amazing to see that happening.

took the turn too quickly. down near 50 degrees. near 70 light northeast breeze. chilly tonight. back down to the 50s by midnight. weekend forecast in ten minutes here is a look at traffic. this is choppier on the way down to i-95 southbound. as you are traveling northbound i-95 accident there allowing just the right shoulder lane to get by. we are seeing delays in stafford. only the right shoulder lane is getting by. netflix customers listen up. >> also ahead. think our weather

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this is colorado. this is just days after people in the state broke out their shorts. tom klerein reporting that parts of colorado seeing more than six inches. forecasters say late storms like this are unwusual but not unhead of. >> lawmakers started fighting during a meeting. fight broke out when leaders were denied the right to speak.

we are following a develop iing story right now. we aren't hearing of deaths or injuries. >> state run media there hearing hundreds of people are trapped in their communities. this flooding is happening in a popular tourist area. there are no reports of loss of life. let's go back to angie golf. this just in. a bomb explodes in a town that the parents that the boston doming suspects live in. no details on what kind of dom

we bomb went off. it is the same town that the boston bombing suspect visited ha last year. >> 6:17 now. hos angpolice detective who visiteded michael jackson's doctor will take the stand today. may have been motivated by a large payday from working with jackson. jackson is ar fewing that concert promoter aed should is been responsible for his death. 20 kids visit the er every day because of an amusement park ride injury. 4400 kids a year get hurt on a ride. mall and arcade rides play a part too. most of the injuries are to the

head and neck. they include bruises, sprains and follow all of the height recommendations. >> there is no concern over ground turkey. bacteria was found in a variety of brands. 250 sampels of m eeeat why test and over 90% were contaminated. new study says americans are avading sugary drinks but still eating too much sugar. men consume 335 calories a day from added sugars. women 239 calories. most of the sugary food is eaten

at home not in restaurants. hudson launches that ball to right and it is out of here. >> the nets got pounded by the braves last year. it is thanks to that guy who hit a home run and a double. he gave up five runs the two face off again tonight at 7:00. stephen strausburg complained of forearm tightness after monday night's game. davy johnson says he believes the discomfort may have come from a muscle stimulation machine before the game. >> getting back to ourwinning ways for the mets.

>> good morning we are on the case here. trying to figure out what this bright object is on the eastern horizon. yes, seeing the sun back after a couple of gray days. that ended overnight. live view from the city camera. 50 degrees at reagan national. light wind. layer up this morning. we have a chill in the area. low to mid 50s to 40s in the suburbs. near 50 near washington. here is how the day is looking. mid 60s for your lunch hour. short sleeves near 70 degrees. pollen count was washed out. storm team four allergy forecast. after today, high near 70 more

of the same on thursday. friday, morning lows, afternoon highs near 70. storm team four 7 day out hook. mild afternoons and cool mornings into next week. another update here is danella with a look at traffic. >> i-95 chopper 4 over an accident with an motorcycle. northbound lanes are blocked. you can see the motorcycle here off to the side. what is happening is if you are traveling northbound at milemarker 148 his is prior to the kwan ti co air base there. you will see all of your lanes blocked. delays, traveling northbound again. you are going to have to plan another route or leave later. i'm also tracking another accident in silver spring.

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motorcycle accident blocking all lanes of i-95. delays right now 7 miles. urging drivers to jump on route one. if you are making the commute northbound i-95 gridlock because of the accident involving a motorcycle. medivac is on the scene and those lanes are shut down. let's talk about your delays here. 7 miles that you can see jammed from 610 and the other drivers coming to a complete stop. 12 miles per hour. that is the fastest that the drivers were going before coming to a complete stop. south side of rhode island metro station. expect delays. >> not much to complain about as

you step outside the door. you were waking up with temperatures in the 50s. things are going to get a whole lot warmer too. outside on the weather deck enjoying the pleasant conditions. we is a shave a satin bhu sklue. this is a chill in the air though, you need a jacket. in the mid and upper 40s. the rest of the region. ite near 50 degrees in washington. near 50, right now near the bay too northeast breeze and by noon time ought to be into the near 60s. at 8:01 we'll is high may sun.

herndon home town forecast this in the mid 60s. a look at the rest of this day and tonight that is in ten minutes. >> 6:32 now. thousands of people are marching in bangbangladesh. new this morning the death toll has disrisen to more than 200. investigation revealed the owner added three more floors illegally. demonstrations on this so called may day have become an, annual event. immigration bill includes a path towards citizenship. >> this morning, virginia governor defending his dealings with the ceo of a richmond area

business. johnny williams is head of star scientific which makes a dietary supplement. williams paid $15,000 to kcater are his daughter's wedding and under virginia law he did not feel he had to disclose the gift to his daughter. but no officeholder right now is required to disclose gifts to a spouse, to children in the house, to adult children. >> governor said he does believe virginia's campaign finance laws should think tightened. the dc council is considering pushing back the primary date. democratic primary usually

decides the mayoral race here in dc but wouldn't take office until 2013. >> meeting h happen at 7:00 tonight at landmark mall. the proposal calls for the demolition of the central area of the mall. the first face would create 350 apartments and is part of the landmark plan. >> you may be able to cut more time from your commute by taking the express lanes in virginia. vdot is thinking about raising the speed laimit its for those lanes. it is hoping that will help attract new drivers. you can cheer louder knowing that you will have a ride home.

metro and the verizon center have reached a deal. only three stations will be open past midnight. but you will be able to exit at any station. the puck drop is at 7:30. how would you feel about singing hail to the red tails. david g. osso is introducing that calls for the skins to change their team name. red tails would honor the tukegee airmen. >> more time to spend with your newborn child. the company that is giving an extended maternity leave. >> and how budget cuts could impact your weekend plans. >> the region getting hit hard

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delays are over seven miles here. i'm watching the scene here. at one point the motorcycle was in the road. i saw crews get it over to the right shoulder lane. but this is a tough commute. solid 7 mile delay as you travel

northbound on i-95. do not take it. route one is going to be your best alternate route. expect lanes to be close d whil crews are working. slow here heading over to i-270 delays here. once you get to father hurley boulevard you will hit the brakes again. if you are taking the rails. on the red line see iing delays. they are using one track. one out of service. now i'll send it over to tom. good morning. >> where are your sunglasses? you will need them. yes, it is back. there is the live view. the sun is up. and we have a party cloudy sky. look at the temperatures around

the region. a chill in the air. hello chilly. on this first day of may it is down into the 40s around much of the region. here is how this wednesday is looking. gorgeous. plan accordingly. temperatures soaring to near 70 degrees. we'll have a warm up as the bright strong may sun will get us into the mid 70s. then a chill descends again tonight. under a party cloudy sky by midnight our temperatures are going to be back down into the 50s again. you have weekend outdoor mans. you are going to want to see the 7 day out look. it is snowing in colorado. today is the first of may of course. it looks like the first of jan jan. you can see the spring snow

storm moving through the denver area. >> good morning. it has been snowing here northwest of denver throughout the night and up to a foot of snow or more is expected here and in the areas west of denver and into the mountains. west they could see five to eight inches. heavy bands are are in southern wyoming and the western suburbs of denver. travel h be affected and at the airport. it is a fast moving storm. it h be out of here later tonight. back to you. squoo new this morning at 6:42. miss are police are investigating a deadly pedestrian accident. investigators say it appears a pedestrian was at fault. the roads are are now back open.

>> developing this morning the case of a high profile beating. tommy branch is accused of beating tc mass lynn with a bat last summer. she says her husband may never fully recover after six surgeries and extensive rehab. branch is one of three men charged in the case. this morning the search is on for the robbers who stole high end jewelry and led police on a wild chase. this started when six men storms the store. they took off. an off duty officer chased them about crashing. they may be driving a black dodge charger. no word on how much the watches

were worth. police trying to find out if this robbery was related to a string. another group grabbed $125,000 worth of rings. >> we want to play you a recording from the interrogation of a dc man just convicted of killing a teenage d mfrnl d mot. they said he and six others beat her, tied her up and left her in the chos et less et closet of a. >> it was like, man, yeah, uh she ain't breathing. it was like what you mean she ain't breathing. i was maxing and the girls they

was hitting her and i blacked out. i was like what you mean she wasn't breathing. i think she dead. >> he was the second person convicted in the case. he faces up to 60 years in prison. >> iraqi police say a parked car exploded killing four and in jurying 12 others. four policemen were hurt. >> from the nation's capitol to mississippi investigators found praises traces of ricin at a marshal arts studio. court documents reveal james

dusky dumped items in the tash. he is being held without bond and denied any part in the suspicious letters. we expect to learn today the cause of death of the bost toto bomber shootout. last night lawyers for tam tamerlan's wife gave her permission to release the bod qui. his uncle says they will claim his remains but would not say what the plans are for his body. backpacks and duffle bags h not be allowed at preakness this year. only clear coolers h be ahllowe at spemly co this year.

>> today we could find out who president obama wants to oversee fannie mae and freddie mac. he would replace edward demarco. president bush had appointed him. the federal reserve open market committee h be meeting today. most expect the fed to keep the main rate where it is. coming up an 12 before the hour and reaction continues to pour in on the fda's decision to here the age on the morning after pill. girls as young as 15 will be able to buy plan b without a prescription. >> i think it is very smart. 15 year olds are having sex. >> i don't think it is a good idea. i think in today's society there is so much free will to just do

whatever you like when ever. >> a judge ordered the government to lift all age restrictions on plan b earlier this month. >> yahoo!'s ceo is reaching out to new mothers. they h receive 16 weeks of paid leave and new parents get $500 to buy groceries and baby clothes. she was criticized for banning tell commuting earlier this year. we learned how much money she made during her first five and a half months with the company. >> it is nice work if you can get it. she has cashed in on her short time at the company. she received $36 million for her time this.

that includes $455,000 in salary and $60 million in restricted stock and $14 million in what she gave up to leave rival google. pace of sales expected to top 15 million vehicles. demand for pickup trucks also improving with the recovery in the housing market. have a good day. >> new effort to block takeover. citizens for an elected board. hoping to collect 8,000 signatures. they want to turn the take over bill into a reffen dumb vote so

residents can decide if the take over is a good idea. going out for dinner could get more expensive. once again considering a tax on restaurant meals. the idea of a meal tax has been suggested in the past. but it would still need approval by voters as part of a ballot item. the institution must reduce it's budget by $42 million. as part of the across the board budget cuts it includes several museums. they will be close heed from now until september 30th. federal workers can get a diskoupt on golf. starting today the park authority will offer workers to

play courses for $35. chairman says the program is meant as agesture of solidarity. >> going to the golf course. i wonder when somebody might be able to do that. >> when is tee time, tom? >> there might be a lot of dentist cancellations today. we've got a chill in the air. sun has returned and we have a light breeze coming in out of the north. if somebody tells you to go fly a kite today say okay i will. we are in the 40s today. in the district right now it is near 50. right near the bay it is near 50

degrees and we'll have a breeze off the bay. inland away from the waters should be near 70 degrees. light breeze and a party cloudy sky. highs around the region most of virginia should be near 70. most of maryland near the upper 60s. bay water temperatures in the mid and upper 50s now. out of the mountains too. now the pollen count that has been washed out. it should rebound back. thursday and friday the allergy and pollen counts should be in the mid range. perfection early spring weather into the weekend looking

beautiful with cool mornings. saturday and into the weekend storm team four beautiful weekend coming up. if you have to work in the yard and mow we will be in the mid 70s with morning lows around 50. the mild pattern continues into the first part of next week. morning lows. afternoon highs the low 70s. that was beneficial rain. we did need to make up a deficit below average for 2013. throughout the today show here is danelha. following breaking news out of i--95. another tough commute this morning. earlier just at quan tx icoi-95 motorcycle accident shut down all of the northbound lanes.

traffic is starting to glow again. this is just haping nening now. solid delays this morning. take route one. delays there are seven miles. these folks aren't moving yet they are are feeling the meet. expect delays. i'm watching this accident. follow us first four traffic. we are are following this and road delays on the red line. let's stick to the roads first. 66 eastbound. you are slow. fairfax county parkway 22 minutes. heavy take ldelays towards the area. beltway sunny and slow. traveling the beltway local lanes towards the wilson bridge slow. red line delays in both directions up to 30 minutes over

to you. >> today you can see the proposed color design for dc taxis. news4 has learned that all new cabs will be painted red with a green stripe. >> you can check out the relics from the george w. bush presidency center. it featured exhibits on several issues. and start making your july 4th plans now. the fireworks show will go on. the national park service made the announcement yesterday. the park service is hiring doing hiring freezes delaying maintenance and making sure that

the $250,000 fireworks extravaganza goes off without a hitch. today the smithsonian will be closed until september 30th. >> the snow is falling in colorado this morning. spring snow storm is moving through the denver area. the snow could cause problems on the roads. jury will begin it's first full day. tommy branch accused of beating tc maslin. >> leaders will meet today to discuss the silver spring transit center. >> let's get you out the door. >> feast your eyes on the 7 day out look. >> mostly perfect. wednesday all the way into next weaken joy mild afternoons. >> how we looking. >> i-95 slow.

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