check of our forecast this morning, jacqui. >> good morning, guys. we're looking at another warm and muggy day. we've got quite a bit of cloudiness across the area and a few sprinkles, light rain showers northern maryland, washington county near home invasiontown to west virginia, martinsburg is getting wet, i think that's going to stay north of the metro area so anything will be light, short lived and not very widespread, however, things are going to be changing as we head into the afternoon hours for today and there you can see our weather headlines featuring warm and muggy conditions. we'll see some showers and thundershowers this afternoon that could produce some heavy downpours and there could be some standing water on some of the roadways as that heavy rain comes down. but the weekend, which, of course, is upon us -- happy friday, by the way -- are looking better. we can't rule out showers altogether this weekend but the majority of it is looking better. we'll have that in your end in in a few minutes. right now from the belfort furniture weather center, we

need to go to wtop, amanda is out today and bob bob is in the wtop traffic center. >> 295 moving well into town, no issues coming in on pennsylvania avenue or on route 50. we're steady headed through annapolis and bowie, coming in on route 50, right now 97 a good go on the north and southbound direction, checking in without any major incidents. looking good through southern maryland, through brandywine or clinton, and folks traveling in virginia no accidents affecting i-95, should be a smooth roll from fredericksburg through quantico headed up the northbound direction. i'm rob woodfork live from the wtop traffic center, let's go back to jummy and scott. >> thank you, rob. the president is expected to address a new terror threat at today's news conference. the state department evacuated nonessential personnel from a consulate in northeastern pakistan to the main u.s. embassy in islamabad.

the government also warned americans to stay out of pakistan. >> it's proven to protect lives and it's certainly important to keep the terrorists from being able to carry out a truly devastating attack. >> the state department said the threat is not related to the closure of 19 diplomatic posts in the middle east and he north africa earlier in week. president obama will hold a press conference today. >> that's right. he's expected to answer a number of questions before he goes on vacation, anywhere from terror threats to frosty relations with russia. we go to brianne carter with more. bri. >> good morning to you, jummy and scott. that's right, we haven't heard much from the president on a number of these issues but we expect that will all change later this afternoon. he has scheduled a press conference here in the oval office at the white house and we expect he'll talk about a host of issues including this latest

terror alert as well as the relationship between the united states and russia. as you may recall earlier this week president obama cancelling his one-on-one meeting with russian president vladimir putin. white house officials said at the time a lack of, quote, significant progress on a wide array of critical issues between the two countries as the reason. we do expect he will expand on that later today. now, one issue, of course, is that of syria. we know the two leaders are on very different sides when it comes to that issue and then putin's decision to grant temporary asylum to edward snowden may be the tipping point on this. this comes on the same day that secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart are scheduled to meet. reporting outside the white house, abuse. >> thank you. two children are in protective custody after police say their own mother took them from the hospital.

>> this led to an hour-long manhunt before the three were found. let's go to john gonzalez outside police headquarters with more on this story, john. >> jummy and scott, that's right, the children safe and sound, we're told, back in protective custody this morning but still a lot of questions. this was a seven-hour manhunt and it all started at children's hospital here in the district. police calling this a parental abduction. now, we want to show you a couple of photos, this is 27-year-old makesha thunderburg, the mother of the two children. she was seen on surveillance video at around 4:00 yesterday afternoon just outside the hospital moments after police say she kidnapped her own children while they were with social workers. the children were in the custody of a social worker at the time. the boys were initially taken from their mother and brought to the hospital because of reports of bruises on at least one of the boys' bodies. it's unclear if the children were being seen by a physician

at the time or if they were in the custody, physically in the custody of protective services when they were taken. again, this was around 4:00 in the afternoon. and one big question this morning, how did the mother leave the hospital with the two children. hospital officials have not returned our calls. now, after a long search we're told the mother and the children were found somewhere in rockville and, again, the children are not harmed. we're told they are safe and sound this morning. and charges against the mother are pending. reporting live at d.c. police headquarters, john gonzalez, abc7 news. >> all right, thank you, for that update, john. 75 degrees, 5:06 your time on this friday morning. >> still ahead on "good morning, washington" we've got some good news out of california this morning. crews there making progress in battling that raging wildfire that's destroyed more than 20 homes so far. we'll have the details c

>> 5:09 friday morning, we're all looking forward to the weekend and wondering what jacqui has written up for us. >> hopefully some good weather, jacqui. >> we've had chances of rain in the forecast for the weekend pretty much all week long and we told you it's going to be a little unsettled depending how quickly the cold front comes through. we're having greater confidence the cold front will pass and

moving things out and have a better weekend. chance for rain minimal for saturday and sunday both. we've got to get through today first. could have heavy downpours later this afternoon. satellite picture, overcast. light showers in west virginia and across northern maryland at this time and a sprinkle here and there in spotsylvania county but nothing very significant. this should not affect your commute. and most of the rain comes in late today. 76 at dulles, 75 in gaithersburg, bwi at 76 degrees right now, 78 in quantico so it is a warm start and we are going to stay on the warm side, however, the next couple days we'll look for highs in the mid to upper 80s, this afternoon, with, again, that heavy rain late today. let's find out how the morning commute is, happy friday, rob woodfork joins us today. >> and happy friday to you, jacqui and so far so good. we're very happy on the roads thus far. no incidents or accidents reported on the candidates. i'm looking at the wtop list of incidents here and we have none

so that's very good news for commuters. 95 looking good through dale city, continuing through woodbridge to newington travel lanes open, hov lanes opened a few minutes ago so you have that option at your avail as well. moving on 95 in maryland, no accidents or incidents. the b-w parkway seeing very light volume so far. traveling on the outer loop of the beltway no incidents or accidents, all lanes open and moving at speed. we actually have a live shot of the beltway in montgomery county as you try to make that trip either to or away from virginia over the 11th street bridge, as you can see, all the lanes open and moving along well. i'm rob woodfork live from the wtop traffic center. jummy and scott, back to you. >> thanks, rob. 5:11 and 75 degrees out there. >> coming up, we'll have the latest on a manhunt that's growing to include more and more states. what police are now saying about the suspect who's considered to be armed and dangerous. ♪

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rockville. >> president obama is expected to address terrorism and strained relations with russian at a news conference this afternoon. secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel will hold meetings with their russian counterparts. police are looking for a man who shot and killed a man in the 4100 block of weaver road. police are looking for a man wearing a white tee shirt and red ball cap. jummy. >> the wildfire in california is 75% contained. the fire destroyed 26 homes and threatened 500 others. 1800 people have been forced to evacuate that area. the blaze broke out wednesday afternoon 99 miles east of los angeles and it's really spread quickly. it now covers 22 square miles and it's still unclear what caused that fire. >> track work disruptions on metro from 10:00 tonight until closing on sunday.

on the l and b lines there will be a minor service lines. yellow and blue lines trains every 20 minutes rather than the usual 12 months to provide more frequent service additional trains on the red line between dupont circle and gallaudet. >> this warm weather we've been having what better way to cool off than a water park. >> great, great suggestions and, of course, that's the suggestion meteorologist adam caskey has for us, he's live at six flags over maryland this morning and adam, you're a little nervous about what's happening today, is this true? >> i'm terrified about what's going to happen within about the next hour to hour and a half. i have a phobia of tubed water slides. i don't do them, never have done them. i'm getting over that phobia today and it's the bone say pipeline, good morning, thanks to have you with us. we're here at six flags america

in upper marlboro. school supplies. how can people get half off their ticket to six flags? >> this week we have a -- today is our annual school supplies drive. bring in six school supply items and you'll get a halfway ticket and all the items will be donated who will give them to title one schools in washington, d.c., prince george's county. >> making a difference. and original packaging? >> they need to be in their original packaging, six items. half ticket for 9.99. >> then you can ride the bonsai pipeline. >> you can. you're going to ride it? >> i'm legitimately phobic about the water slide. you rode it? >> i did ride it. the worst part is standing there and you look down and see how far you're going to drop it and what type of tube there is,

yeah. >> it's something that you stand on and you're just waiting and waiting. >> you cross your legs, you cross your arms, you have to hold on to yourself because you'll be scared. straight down, 250 feet until you come out at the bottom and it's a twist and a turn and a little -- you're going to do great. >> this will make for some good tv and get over my phobia. get over your phobia friday in my book. showers this afternoon, with some downpours but overall with the warmth and the humidity great weather to be hitting up the water. thanks, bugs, thanks tweety. what about the sunglasses, guys? >> what's he talking about? >> this is a normal day. >> you can get these. this is monday morning, mark your calendar, meet adam caskey, adam will be handing these out live outside the silver spring metro stop, going to be from 5:00 to 7:00 a.m.

people get out there, sunny day, is it a good day for people to get some shades? >> a little showery. clouds the last couple days. i know you want a pair, don't you? because they're cool, absolutely. get some sunshine today. a little bit from time to time. but this weekend you'll need those sunglasses. the weekend is shaping up to be pretty decent overall. not showers altogether but the majority of the weekend looking great. let's start you out with what's happening this hour. 78 degrees in washington, d.c. the dew point is at 73 right now. as we take a look at other temperatures across the area, the hot spot in d.c., per usual 75 in gaithersburg, 73 in flushing, winchester good morning, 72 there. culpeper at 75. live super doppler is showing a light rain showers, north and west of d.c., martinsburg,

hagerstown and skirting on into part of westminster and right along the mason-dixon line. it's not going to amount to much. it should stay north of the metro area at least for now but later on this afternoon the next batch of rain should be pushing in and we could see heavy downpours at times. that could affect your evening commute. the cold front is off to our west. it's finally making a little bit of progress now and it looks like it's going to be sweeping through here late tonight so cross your fingers it doesn't linger on top of us because this is the first time we've seen a little more confidence in our computer model forecast showing the heavy rain today and into tonight. but then overnight we start to clear things out. so stray showers still possible by tomorrow morning, on saturday, but the rest of us looking pretty good, just warm and muggy from time to time. as we take a look at our forecast then in detail for today. looking for partly cloudy skies, showers and thunderstorms mainly today and into the evening. 85-90 degrees. tonight mostly cloudy, a few showers and thunderstorms also

in the evening. 68-75. and then here's your seven-day forecast. a stray shower south maybe on saturday. sunday only a 20% chance for a return of the wet weather early next week, i know, sunglasses, you've got to do it but things look pretty good for the weekend. it's friday morning, you're getting ready to hit the road for your last week of work, last day of week, not last week, hopefully it's not the last. rob is in the wtop traffic center. >> jacqui, that's a good color on you. 270 checking in just fine headed southbound to germantown to rockville, no incidents or accidents reported once you get to the beltway 66 also checks in fine if you're headed into the eastbound direction through centreville and fairfax, headed for falls church no incidents or accidents inside the beltway headed toward the roosevelt

bridge, alexandria to the 14th street bridge, once you get in town no incidents. rob woodfork in the wtop traffic center, back to jummy and scott. >> thank you, rob. youtube has a new way to let users shoot, edit and upload videos right on their phone. >> that's right and it looks like facebook is taking a page out of twitter's play book. john muller with "tech bytes." >> in today's "tech bytes" the founders of youtube launch a new video app, mix bid allows editors to shoot and publish videos from the mobile device. from one minute to one hour in length. t-mobile major resurgence, adding 1.1 million new subscribers in the past three months as the wireless carrier recently introduced a series of no-contract plans and began offering the iphone. facebook out of twitter's mlb. introducing trending topic which lets users see what their friends are saying about the most popular stories of the day. co-founder of pay pal launched

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>> around the nation police say a man suspected of kidnapping a 16-year-old california girl may have explosives and could have rigged his car to explode. the search for james dimaggio and hannah anderson includes the west coast west coast, parts of mexico and british columbia. the bodies of the girl's mother and possibly her younger brother were found in dimaggio owes burned out home. >> cal rifkin series starts in aberdeen maryland today. competitors, team of 10-year-olds from newtown

connecticut. after winning four straight games and rallying from 5-1 deficit in the championship. it features 16 teams from the u.s., the dominican republic, canada, mexico and japan. >> 5:26, 75 degrees out there. >> ahead at 5:30, strange relations this morning between the u.s. and russia. we have the latest ahead of a press conference from the president today when "good morning, washington" conti

>> straight ahead, a terrifying situation as police say a mower and deducts her two children from the hospital. we've got a live report with details. good morning to you, washington, it's friday, august 9th, i'm scott thuman. >> and i'm jummy olabanji. we're going to start request

weather this morning. healed over to meteorologist jacqui jeras for a check of today's forecast. jacqui? >> well, today looking a lot like yesterday, once again, cloudy skies, breaks at times with peeks of sunshine and then heavy downpours late in the day. this pattern continues but we do see an end in sight, just so you know. live super doppler~7 showing a few showers, all very light, martinsburg, hagerstown getting wet, most of that will stay north of the metro area. weather headlines, warm and muggy, cloud cover. but thundershowers will be heaviest late this afternoon and this evening and we could have a little standing water on some of the roadways as a result of both. but the weekend overall is starting to look better. not ruling chances of rain all together but the majority will be dry with some sunshine. details coming up in your seven-day forecast in a few minutes, but right now from the belfort furniture weather center let's go to wtop. amanda's on vacation now and in is rob woodfork. hey, rob. >> jacqui, good morning.

so far we're enjoying a pretty good morning on the roadways. 295, all routes to the east side of town, no major delays as of now. looking good on route 50 coming in from annapolis and bowie, should find all lanes open and moving along in the green. 95 running well northbound from fredericksburg all the way up towards the beltway and speaking of the beltway, we have a live shot of 495 running right around the area of old georgetown road, all the travel lanes are open and moving along at speed as you can see there, not too many cars on the roadway. and remember, once you jump in your car, you have the option, and a very good one, to put it on 103.5 fm wtop on the 8's, rita kessler on right now. i'm rob woodfork live from the wtop traffic center, let's go back to jummy and scott. >> rob, thank you. 53:00 it and the state department has evacuated most

personnel from the consulate of lahore, pakistan to islamabad because of a specific threat. the government also warns americans to delay travel to that country of the state department said the threat is not related to the closure of 19 diplomatic post in the middle east and north africa which happened earlier this week. president obama is getting set to hold a press conference later on today. >> he's expected to answer a number of questions before he goes on vacation. everything from the terror threats to our country's frosty relations with russia. let's go down to brianne carter, she's live outside the white house this morning with more on that. bri? >> good morning to you, jummy and scott. this will be the first chance in quite some time for reporters to question the president on a number of issues. as you mentioned, we do expect he'll talk about this latest terror alert as well as the relationship between the u.s. and russia. as you may recall earlier this week, president president obama cancelling his one-on-one meeting scheduled in september with russian president vladimir putin. now, the white house at the time

citing, quote, a lack of significant progress on a wide array of critical issues as the reason for the cancellation of that meeting between the two leaders. one issue we know of, of course, is syria. the two leaders stand on very different sides when it comes to that issue. as well as many believing now that the president in russia's decision there to grant temporary asylum to edward snowden may have been the tipping point in all of this. this comes on the same day that we know secretary of state john kerry and his counterpart are expected to meet at the state department here in washington. some say they believe that meeting will be, quote, very awkward and, of course, we expect all of this will happen here today in washington. the president is going to hold a press conference at 3:00 this afternoon right here at the white house. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. >> thank you, brianne. another big story this morning, two children are in protective custody after police say their mother took them from the hospital. >> that led to an hours-long manhunt before the three were actually found.

let's go live to john gonzalez live outside d.c. police headquarters with the latest on this story, john. >> jummy, a possible child abuse case turned abduction this morning we're told the two children, the two boys, are safe and sound, but still a lot of questions. now, this was a seven-hour manhunt and it all started, of all places, at children's hospital here in the district. police calling this a parental abduction. now, we want to show you a couple of photos here. this is 27-year-old mikisha funderburk. she's the mother of 5-year-old markale and 10-year-old marquis. she was seen on surveillance video at around 4:00 yesterday afternoon just outside of children's hospital, moments after, police say, she kidnapped her own children while they were with a social worker. now, the boys were initially taken from their mother and brought to the hospital because of a report of bruises on one of the boys. it is unclear if the children

were with a physician at the time or if they were in the custody of protective services when they were taken. now, this was, again, at around 4:00 in the afternoon. one big question this morning, how did the mother leave the hospital with the two children without being checked out by security. hospital officials have not returned our calls. we've been trying since yesterday. and we can tell you that after a long search, we're told the mother and the children were found somewhere in rockville. not sure how rockville connects to all of this. but, again, the children are safe and sound this morning. charges against the mother are pending. reporting live at d.c. police headquarters, john gonzalez, abc7 news. >> ok, thank you, john. >> new this morning, one of those winning powerball tickets will be split 16 different ways. that's because employees at a county garage in toms river, new jersey bought one of those tickets in this week's 448 million-dollar jackpot. they also join a man from minnesota, he took home his

share on thursday. the owner of the third ticket also sold in new jersey, has yet to come forward. >> i wish it was on "good morning, washington." >> rob wouldn't have shown up for work today. 5:06, 75 degrees out there. >> a big-name music artist steps up to help a local family after they lose everything. this is a story you do not want to miss. stick with us. we're

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>> newark, good morning right back acha. you know it's going to be warm when it's 75 degrees at what are we 5:40 in the morning? >> you know it's going to be warm in d.c., muggy, too, right, jacqui? >> absolutely, a lot like yesterday. 75, that's on our bug there from arlington, 78 at reagan national airport so even warmer along the waters of the potomac. dew point 73, so it's humid. kind of weather you can wear even though the rain isn't

coming down anywhere except right into northern parts of maryland and the panhandle of west virginia. most of the rain is extremely light west of us just dealing with the cloud cover once again. but the rain will move in this afternoon. heavy at times. in fact, real heavy downpours will be possible after 3:00, a lot like yesterday. partly sunny, stray shower north yet by 9:00. >> 82 and partly sunny by noon and a look at 5:00, showers and thundershowers possible, our temperature around 85 degrees. we'll show you the goods right away real quick, the weekend outlook everybody wants to know. stray somehow on saturday, 20% chance of showers on sunday. things are looking better for the weekend but can it hold on for next week, not so sure about that. seven-day forecast minutes away. right now we want to know what's up for our friday commute. amanda is away and rob woodfork joins us. >> here's what's happening on the roads, nothing.

we'll start on 95 northbound dale city over the purple heart bridge, newington all travel lanes are open and moving at speed. no reported incidents on i-95 in maryland, columbia, towards the beltway, should be able to do that in 12 minutes according to our system. 29 and the b-w parkway also moving along incidents or accidents, no incidents affecting the outer loop of the beltway, should be all right makeing that trip from 95 over toward 270 and speaking of 270 we have a live shot right in the area of shady grove, should find the lanes open there, everything moving at speed, building the volume the name of the game right now but, again, nothing in the roadways to slow you down at this point. i'm rob woodfork live from the wtop traffic center, jummy and scott back to you. >> rob, 74 degrees, 5:42 is your time. >> coming up that incredible story of support after a popular music artist pitches in to help a local family in need. that story is

>> the young family from d.c. who lost their home to a fire is getting help from an unlikely source. >> turns out rapper nas was watching when we shared the family's story and he wants to help. from there it's been pouring in. jenny doren has the story. >> a father down on his luck that struck a chord with a celebrity rapper. ♪ >> that guy was my neighbor. >> nas saw our story on abc7 earlier this week. >> a d.c. family trying to cope with loss. >> started a donation page for a young family whose home was destroyed by fire. >> thank you, putting on the radar so we knew about this. we knew we had to do something. >> that something is now inching

toward $50,000 for the eight kids who lost their mother a year ago. their dad, an unemployed construction worker, is desperate for a permanent roof over their hearing aids. >> so many people came out of nowhere and put up money and we're all blown away. >> nas spoke about the importance of helping neighbors in need. >> grateful to him, he's a true american dream, a man who would do ever it takes to take care of his kids, i'm the same way, i think he's great. >> surprising show of kindness for a stranger and his children. >> a miracle that now has this 40-year-old in tears giving away to smiles. >> surprising of how much they did within a couple of hours. that is so amazing to me. >> that was jenny doren reporting that story. coming up here new at 6:00 on "good morning, washington," who's helping this little girl,

first day of school going a little smoother by granting her a simple wish. >> you can own a piece of tv history, we've got a final price tag for the love boat. >> we'll explain the message behind a 12-course meal in a can. it's all new at 6:00. >> here it is. >> third baseman miguel cabrera is arguably the best player in all of baseball so when he has a rare misstep, watching for the novelty of it and cabrera's teammate seizes the opportunity to give him a little ribbing. look at him. now, for a day off the nationals and orioles will be back in action. the nationals come home to face the phillies while the orioles take on san fran. >> we buried the sports lead here, football is back.

the redskins and ravens chalked up first game of the preseason. we have the highlights. >> the score doesn't matter although the redskins beat the titans. griffin and mores us just spectators. pick it up in the first quarter, curt serious kins, razor sharp. davis wide open. 7-0, cousins 6-7 and the touchdown. rex grossman. struggled a little bit. second quarter. big fella takes it up 13-14 game. let's go to late in the game, impressive drive-by former west virginia quarterback white. they scored a touchdown then this. the two-point conversion. the redskins hold on to beat the titans, the final in nashville 22-21 washington. here's the play of the game. bernard pierce had a terrific run like a whirling der vish, sloppy field, 20-yard touchdown,

the ravens went big, 44-16. let's hope they don't lose pierce. that's a look at your morning sports, have a great day, everybody. >> all right, jacqui, are we off to a great start as he's wishing us weatherwise? >> it's not terrible but did you see that? >> it's coming down in baltimore. last night in baltimore. >> it was coming down. >> i know. in time to see the whole thing. it was great. all right, well, we're going to have the same kind of issues today, large majority of the daytime is going to be fine but heavy downpours late this afternoon and into the evening hours may be affecting your plans once again. let's look at live super doppler~7 because we do have a couple showers out there, nothing terribly heavy or anything to be too concerned about it but we want you to know about it so you can plan ahead and may want to grab the umbrella. hagerstown, look at that, light

showers off to your east, stretching town to shepherdstown, i-70 right now and one shower moving into winchester, off to the east, light to moderate rain as well. do think all of the showers will stay to the north of the metro at least this morning. 78 is our temperature right now at reagan national airport. it's a little bit on the breezy side, it's definitely warm and muggy. 73 degrees in frick, 73 in winchester and 78 degrees in quantico. our satellite and radar will show you, even if you're not getting the rain right now you likely will later today. we've all got the cloud cover and that's spread all across the mid-atlantic and throughout the northeast. our cold front's still way back here. it's been kind of stalled out the last few days and there you can see it, we'll likely trigger showers and thunderstorms as it makes progress toward us later on this afternoon. our futurecast i think times this out pretty well for us, where the showers stay to the north this morning. then this afternoon they become a little bit more widespread.

heavy downpours, a little standing water on the roads and some lingering showers early tomorrow morning down to the south but i think most of us are going to clear out a bit for your sought and it looks like overall a pretty decent weekend. as we take a look at your forecast in detail, partly sunny skies, showers and thunderstorms 58-90 degrees. for tonight, a few showers and thunderstorms in the evening hours, 68-75 and here's a look at your seven-day forecast. overall the weekend looks pretty good. we have a 20% chance of isolated thunderstorms on sunday and then we're going to see a little more action, once again, early next week and our temperatures begin to cool down. jummy and scott. >> all right, thank you so much, jacqui. well, we want to go now to talk about our warmer weather, because what way to really celebrate the warmer weather than to maybe go to the water park. >> and if there's one man who is up for that task today it's our own adam caskey who also i'm excited to say is a little nervous about what's to happen. >> we're about 25 minutes from

sunrise, gorgeous view up here. just a few holes in the clouds. we're on top of the bonsai pipeline, brand-new ride. it's a fantastic view. gives you a vantage point. give an idea of how high we are above the ground. what is bonsai palestine. just tell me, what is it? >> this is our new thrill ride. it stands 74 feet above the ground and six individual drop slides. you step in the capsule and drop out and come down at the end of the slide. >> tell me about this, there's a trap door inside here. tell me how this works and how you position this. it's ominous for those who are phobic of water slides. >> you step up here, the door opens, you step inside and you can see the little trap door right here with the glass. and that's where you can see

down the water. and when you step in, you cross your legs like this, and then you hold on to your arms like this and you lean back. >> that's after the sign of the cross. >> do the cross, you lean back and close your eyes and then it's a really easy, relaxing ride. just kidding, it's super thrilling. >> i'm excited to do it. i'll be doing it live coming up the next hour, you can watch me scream like a little girl. warm and muggy through the weekend. rob is at at wtop traffic center. >> adam, you're a braver man than me, i hate heights. sticking to the ground, no incidents or accidents affecting 270, travel lanes are open. we're building a little bit of volume headed past 109. right now running at 55 miles per hour. it was running in the 40s a little bit earlier. you can expect that to build and

continue to slow down a little bit as we go through the morning drive. right now moving along at speed. no incidents or accidents 66 coming in towards down and 395 rolling well to the 14th street bridge. i'm rob woodfork from the wtop traffic center, let's go back to jummy and scott. >> 5:55 and 73, hot coffee isn't jummy and scott. >> 5:55 and 73, hot coffee isn't the only thing at okay, a? b? b.

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>> today the last day on "the view." replacing her with special guests and highlights her memorable moments. the view has been on the air since 1997. wants to do different without held to the schedule of a daily talk show. she's talked to cnn about some possibilities there. now to take a check of your business headlines. more theme parks are trying to take the paint out of waiting in long lines. >> sounds good. get this, it's bring your gun to starbucks day. linda bell joins us live from new york with those stories. you caught my attention, linda, what's the deal? >> it's interesting, jummy and scott. the tragedy in newtown connecticut, starbucks stood ground on guns. permitting open gun laws in u.s. states that permit it. grassroots effort organized on

facebook says gun owners plan to go armed to starbucks as i love guns pediatrics day. no comments from starbucks. d.c. in case you don't know hopefully prohibit open carrier of guidance, you won't see this where you are. theme parks are a lot of fun, we all know that. but let's face it, standing in long lines drag especially in summer. "l.a. times" said parks, including disney, are trying to cater to those customers. they're giving patrons pagers telling them when it's time to ride or ushering customers into air-conditioned tents. even parks dispatch jugglers or entertainers when lines are extra long. it's part of an effort to keep customers happy and, of course, help drive foot traffic. that's business news live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, i'm linda bell reporting for abc7 news. sounds good to me. >> sounds good, right?

>> uh-huh. >> thank you very much, linda. we have another hour of news and it all starts right now. >> police this morning sorting through the details after a mother allegedly kidnaps her own sons from a hospital. >> plus two-thirds of the powerball jackpot puzzle now in place as we wait to find out who's holding that third final winning ticket. >> and we'll be playing peekaboo with the sun again today so go ahead and keep that umbrella handy when you walk outside the door this morning. good friday morning, washington, i'm jummy olabanji. >> and i'm scott thuman. let's begin by talking about weather so we'll head over to jacqui jeras for a look at that forecast, jacqui. >> hi, good morning, guys. yeah, we've got a couple showers this morning. there you can see them on live super doppler~7. they're right into maryland, panhandle of west virginia. our weather headlines for today, it's going to be warm and muggy and we do expect to see som