>> i don't want to hear it. the day that you have one or w o dak weeks. you have a no-day workweek coming up and then comes in for two days and says how exhausted he is. this morning we're not looking at any rain right now but we do have some showers down to our south and west so we're watchin this closely. they're holding together so we do expect you to move in right around 8:00 to 9:00 this morning so you might run into a little ra by then. temperatures aren't too bad. washington 70. leesburg as we go through to day, expect the clouds hang around. 8:00 this morning a better chance for showers by 9:00 a.m. by lunchtime, not looking at too much rain though as we go through the afternoon. temperatures popping out around 80 degrees and mainly dry later tonight but big weekend kmachan in a couple of mihites. >> so is our one problem

right here around town. southbound 395, the ram to westbound. we have the ramp right now blocked by a crash ther 66 and 95. both looking pretty good. into town and out of town. so don't have any concerns there. inn innerloop and outerloo at the belt way running along itwell. a le bit of a slow spot there with road work now out of the way. from 70 down to the spur going 68 miles per hour. it's going to take you 27mi tes, aaron. >> thank you. t's 5:01 right now and new details in a story that captured national attention police announced an arrest in the murder of wendy martinez, thousands turned out to honor her memory. >> it was held in loganrc , not far from where she was killed. ♪ amazing grace, how sweet ♪

>> people cried as they held candles and listened to wdy's family speak. her mother says this was the happiest time of herer daug life. she was just engaged last week and doing really well at work. despite her overwhelming heart break she forgives the man charged with her father's murder. >> forgive the man because ikn it wasn't him. it wy someb else b evilng incarnated in him. >> wendy's mother says ty plan to bury her in one of the dresses she would have won on her wedding day. >> this morning we're learning more about the man that's charged with killing wendy martinez. >> 23-year-old anthony crawford was arrested and chargedithin 24 hours of her murder. justin is live now with mor on how police identified the suspect so quickly.

justin. >> tuesday night, wendy martinez wa stabbed at the corner of 11th and p street and then on thursday morning her loved ones were joined to announce the ny arrest of ant crawford for martinez's murder. authorities tell us he is the een you'reg on this surveillance video after the attack. crawford is 23 and from northwest d.c. near this area police did find the area that he used to stab martinez. what they don't know is t motive here. it just appears at this time to be unknown why crawfor they say attackedmartinez. they have learned from witnesses that crawford is said to be ani user of the synthetic drug k-2. it relies heavily on witnessac unts, police patrols and the surveillance videos. crawford was trackedown to park in northwest d.c. not far

from where he livee mayor here says yesterday she hopes this capture brings comfort to the community and to the martinez family. >> logan circle, we want some people to feel safe going about their normal activities and a woman jogging on our streets is a normal activity. >> candles and flowers and also messages from fellow runners telling wendy they will run the races that they know she can no longer run. as for crawford, he's being held without bond pending his trial eor martinez's murder. we're live her in northwest, i'm justin finch, news 4, back in to >> thank you. >> we're learning more about the moments before a woman opened fire on herco-workers in aberdeen, maryland. she had jn argumentust before the deadly shooting. the 26-year-old killed three

people andhr injured others at the rite aid distribution center thursday morning. she killed herself before police arrived. some co-workers describe running for their lives. others hid to escape the bullets. the shooter had an argument afte a town hall meeting when the bullet went off and randomly started shooting people. authorities have not confirmed the accnd are searching for a motive. this was the natior's third place shooting in a 24 hour span. >> the man that shot two prince george's county police offi frs will notace charges because the officers entered the wrong apartment. one officer was shot in the hand and another in the while serving a drug warrant at

district heights. the teen was acting on bad information. the man inside fired at the officers thinking they were intruders. the officers that were shot are expected to recover. d.c.ef firhters now know why the alarm did not go off at the senior living complex wednesday afternoon that caught fire. >> more than 100 occupied apartments were destroyed whenr swept through the arthur capper senior apartment buildi. the fire started above the sprinkler system and didn't activate. it turns o that was just one problem firefighters had when they arrived at the building. >> they had to plow through soggy grass and a suecurity fene just to get closer to the building. the neighborhood's council member wanol tod a hearing responshe emergency can be improved. meanwhile, the capitol hill community foundation set up a fund to help displaced nt

resi about 7 minutes after the hour and fairfax county police say a maectly took inappropriate pictures of women while they were groceryng shoppi how the suspect allegedly used a shopping basket to capture those photos. >> according to the search warrant, oe the suspects had the camera in the basket pointing upward he would then go after certain women. according to police, he had been doing this more than a ye. police arrested the suspect who they identified as william marshall. the warrant said heon ffessed to the act adding he would store the videos onho his for personal use. >> we found over 1,000 images and videos pertaining to potential other victims. >> i'm just glad they caught him. a lot of women do come in this store and you don't want to have to be worried about that kind of

stuff. developing thin morning a new e-mail to the senate, supreme court nomin brett kavanaugh denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a stent when they were teenagers. kavanaugh is ready to testify before the senate judiciary committee on monday. his accuser, though, says she can't. r attorney says she is willing to appear next thursday at the earliest.s dr. ford say she is also willing toppear at a public hearing but does not want judge kavanaugh in the room at the same time because of safety concerns. >> giving her an option. the option is show up monday or don't show up at all. >> despite the criticism, president trump is standing by his man during a rally lasni t in las vegas the president spoke highly of k judgeanaugh calling him a high quality person. rett want to tell you that kavanaugh is one of the finest

human beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. >> he was in vegas to rally f suppor republicans ahead of the midterm election and went on to say the democratic party was being heldy hostage left wing haters, socialist fanatics their left wing allies. >> also hitting the campaign trail barrack obama. he'll be campaigning for democrats governor tom wolf and senator bob casey. in that area alone democrats hope to flip seats in the midtermon elec you hope to pay a fair price for all kinds of events but that might note the case. a new investigation claims the entertainment company has been working with scalpers to drive up the cost of tickets. the report says ticket master

helps scalpers create fake accounts to buy tickets in bulk. they wou be sold at a higher price. it's not illegal but ticket master is making money on the sell andresellf the tickets. >> it's the hardest working music and sports fan in north america are simply priced out of the market. >> that makes sense. that's why the tickets sell out so fast. ticketmaster controls 80% of the event ticket market. ticketmaster and a parent company were using that monopoly position to drive up prices. now the justice department is >>vestigating. etails on plans to redevelop a well travelled area in downto bethesda. a local developer hopes to build a high-rise building on old georgetown road where the bakery is currently located.

a rare gem stonen now display atsmithsonian. >> it's a rare gift a the museum of natural history. it comes fro brazil. it's stunning. >> it's now 5:11. >> the meat that the federal government says is making people sick acro the country and it's not the only consumer alert we're tracking. we also learned of one concerning a type of flea and tick medication that could your pets. >> free at last. a wrongfully convictedan walks out of prison after some help

from some georgetown stwents. about a weather check. >> not bad weather around for today. watching a chanceew for a hours early this morning. and sundayould be on the showery side and if you're going to the mountains instead a higher chance for rain today and tomorrow and notot a wash out. sunday showery and cool. high onlyre 62 deg in the

a new study finds rates of alzheimer's disease and related dementias will double by. 20 14 million people will suffer from alzheimer's. hispanic americans willikely have the greatest increase due

to population groh but white americans will still have the largest total number of cases. >> a warning for pet owners this morning. certain flea and tick can cause neurological problems. edthe mations are nexgard and others. the fda says the medications contain a dangerous pesticide. owners reported their pets having muscle tremors and seizures because of that medicine. >> one person is dead afterng earound beef that may be e.coli.nated with that prompted a massive nationwide recall for more than 130,000 pounds of beef. cargill meat solutions made b grouf from possibly contaminated escarc consumers should check their freezers and throw out the effected beef.

ories withlace the c meat or cheese, high fat foods, that could be worse thanatg carbs in the first place. the best bet is to swap a vegetable for nuts. another study finds that women 50 andver reaped major benefits in following the mediterranean style diet. those same benefits, though, did not necessarily apply to men. you probably heard that mediterranean diets, fish, nuts, oliv oil, vegetables, legumies. >> we torture ourselves. the guy that inventedak cu, why. >> you can eat six at a time. >> there's the real probm. one cupcake is probably all right. 12 is not a good thing. >> no. 5:17.

ready for a royal cookbook. meghan markleaunched a new cookbook titled together. >> it contains recipes from people in a disastrous london fire last year. it is to strengthen communities and bring people together. >> this is more than a okbook and what i mean by that is the power of food is more than just a meal itself, it is the sto behind it. >> she called working on the cook bo cookbook aabor of love. i love it. >> that must have been fun. i love even just looking through cookbooks and saying that one looks hard. >> exactly. those ingredients? never mind. >> some of them just take so long. but if you'll be maybe grilling, how about that? tomorrow is going to be your bestday. sunday maybe not so much. so there's your outsideok g.

this morning early showers. weekend.nces over the and by sunday with the rain chances we have some much coolep atures in the forecast. we'll show you that in a second. right now 72 degrees in washington. 70 in leesburg. 69 in gaithersburg. we do have rain down to the south and west and a lotf models are showing us holding together and moving through the armo this ing. here's what future weather looks like. by 8:00 and t9:00re you see some showers down 95. by 7:00 a.m.ll sostly cloudy. male hispanic mainly dry. high temperaturede around 80 ees. now we head into your weekend.

if you'reeading out tonight, we're also dry across with an isolated shower and then the rain chances go up as we getun intoy and those temperatures will be going down. so if you have any plans this weeken tomorrow loo like the better day of the two. by sunday, highs in the mid 60s and showers. so any soccer games this weekend or any outdoo activities, make sure that you have the umbrella on sunday and next week we have rain to stop the week. let' head to melissa and see what's happening on the roads. >> good morning. springfield, southbound 95. we had a ramp blocked by a crash that's not cleared out of the way. that isgone. same situation on the beltway. innerlp andouterloop just fine. and greend th-- green this morning. you can see a little bit of yellow on the map right now.

>> thank you. still ahead aft7 years in prison a wrongfully convicted an was set free. >> the role golf magazine and some georgetown university students played in his release. >> and this afternoon on ellen. >> joe. let's go to hbo's party. he start the car and he says absolutely not, sister. >> i was like what? >> sheut talked a emmy night here. you can see ellen here at 3:00 p.m. and then

5:24 right now. a man wronglyonvicted of murder is finally free this morning. we're talking about valentino dixon. >> he was the man from buffalo that spent the past 27 years in prison for a crime he didn't it co news 4 shows us the role georgetown university students played in his rease. >> it's homecoming a weekt georgetown university but one class is celebrating another special homecoming in new york. valentino dixon is a freeman afte spending 27 years in >>ison wrongfully convicted of murder. t's unbelievable. >> the real killer hasd confessd wo days after the crime i thought that seemed so crazy that that has gone unnoticed and that this man was still in jail for something that he clearly didn't do. >> elle a two other students rmrked on his case as part of a

prison re project this past spring. during the studentey research interviewed witnesses, valentino's daughteom and and valentino himself and spoke to the lead prosecutor and uncovered aalble clue. >> it came back negative and that was something that we hadn't had before which was a f break throu us in the case. >> valentino's lawyer used the students research to file a motion in the case.or elle got valentino would be released two weeks ago. >> it was everything that we ever wanted. it felt so miraculous. >> that's just an incredible story. >> his story first came to attention whenolf digest paid attention to him. >> this morning, he's going to join savannah and hoda on t "today" show to talk more about his experience. >> 5:25. coming up, an aspiring pilot

arrested accused of causing an airport scare. how authorities think the studt tried to steal a jet. >> good morning, everybody. we're watching a coup of h sprinklesded our way for the first part of your friday. otherwise cloudy, warm, and humid day. and dry for most high school football games. a check of the weekend coming up. >> plus, caught on camera, a crime involving children. crime involving children. the video police say

i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, worked across party line tas and take guns away from domestic abusers.in ongress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror.

your time is 5:29. if you wake up on this friday morning the weend is so close. a bit cloudy out there but the good news is its dry and it's going to be nice. i'll take it. >> the forecast before melissa updates us on commute. i tried to drive in with the windows down and sunroof open, a little too much. >> see i had the air on. >> chilly now, it's 72. >> i know.

>> i will say, though, i thought it was a little muggy but aaron thought it was a little cool. i had the ac blasting. >> fair enough. it was very humid. i had myunroof and windows open and enjoyed the ride in. just ain quite mo temperatures around 70 keep in mind that there may be a shower or two coming our way a little bit later on. rain drops here leaving the charlottesville area now. not a big impact. upper 60s to 70degrees. forecast for today, more clouds than any really serious rn chance. that chance for a shower here early this morning. we'll eventuallump up to 80 degrees for highs today.al college foo forecast, the terrapins hosting the golden gofers of minnesota tomorrow at

noon. at college park. was that too irish? too irish apparently. >> my activitiecents are horrib. they all sound the same. inbound 66. right lane is blocked. that's the only thing still hangin. the beltway looking good and loop and outerloop no problem. this is justwe cleared b nasa and 197. had the one right lane gting around the workzone and the yellow there. that's clear now. southbound here, 95. 32. down to the beltway. 74 miles per hour. hank l right, melissa, you. it is 5:31 right now. mo than 200 people gathered last night to remember wendy martinez. the vigil was heldot far from where she died in d.c.'s logan circle neighborhood. >> her heart broken fiancee was among those that spoke to a crowd of supporters. the two were engaged just one

week ago when they were plaeming a dr wedding here in d.c. and then another celebration for family in columbia. wendy loved running so much and was helping h train. >> wendy, i love you and i kno th're in a better place. >> her fianceeop to still run the race without her. >> now to the investigation ints martindeath. anthony crawford is behind bars this morning and charged with stabbing her to death. this is a sketch of his first a courtearance yesterday. d.c. police worked quickly to identify him as a suspect in the murder. >> justin finch is live in logan circle now with more on how the communities playing a critical role in this investigation. justin. >> that's right. the police chief says that this community w outranged and alarmed and they used that

energy to come forward to speak with sdetectives, tore surveillance video, to do anything they could to help police corner anthony crawford. thate is him you seeing on that surveillance video there after the tuesday attack. what they don't know is what prompted the stabbing. she was jogging close to 8:00 p.m. on tuesday. and police are grateful for the in the investigation. >> the surveillance video and cooperation was really the key to closing this case.

>> hundreds gathe tng inbute to wendy martinez and the flowers and candles from that gil still here this morning. those that were here last night that were runners will run the ra she can no longer run. crawford remains behind bars this mor pending trial for murder. one officer was shot in the hand and the other in the shoulder while serving a drug warrant. the teen wasct ag on bad information. the man inside fired at the officershinking they were intruders. >> this man was devastated when he realize that head fired upon polrse office and he was as worried about

their safety once he rlized it happened as he was the safety of his own daughter. >> the oicers are expected to recover. a time for a check on your other top stories. a shooting in hartford county left four people dead. we're told the 26-year-old mosley started shootingfter an argument. three people were killed and three others injured. mosley killed herself before police arrived. >> we now know why the sprinkler system didn't activate during the big fire that destroyed the senior apartments in southeast washington. more than 160 people are searching for a place to live. >> brett kavanaugh is ready to testify on monday. the woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her when the

two were teenagers says she cannot testify until thursday. an attorney says she is also willing to appear in a public hearing. she doesn't want him in the same room at the same time because of safety concerns. apple's newestiphones are hitting shelvround the world. >> hundreds are lined up to get their happeneds on new devices. you can't buy them yet in the u.s. they go on sale this morning at 8:00. >> a father arrested accused of using his kids to commit crimes. using his kids to commit crimes. >> how he

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thisorning a student pilot is in custody after trying to steal an airplane. ege 22-year-old hopped a fence and alledly got into the cockpit of an american airlines flight thursday morning. when he didn't have the proper i.d. he was ordered off that plane. he faces multiple charges including burglary and attempt theft of an aircraft. also this morning a man is accused of using his toddler to stea prizesn a vending machine and police say the father is a middle schoolteacher. video showed him giving his daughter instructions at a hampshire.all in new she is completely inside the machine which can't be safe and en you can see her handout prizes to her father. he faces multie charg including child endangerment. >> i just don't know what he's thinking. >> he should notave children. >> really terrible.

>> all right. coming up on 5:41 right now. >> good morning. rain heading toward the area. if you're in south western portions of the area, you'll see some showers. otherwise at the bus stop this morning, depending on what time, looking just about cloudytw but n 8:00 and 9:00 this morning, we'll have a couple of showers move through. are se recess comfortable aloudy through the afternoon.th at forecast coming up. >> plus crack open a cold one. it may onl be 5:41. one city celebrating like it just wonhe super bowl. just wonhe super bowl. t

i put criminals in prison during the dayap i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed s at night. later, when i had a law practice, ms i volunteered to help collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. breaking news this morning from southeast asia. vietnam state reporting the president died today from a serious illness. they did not elaborate though anee there had questions about his health since last year when he went a full mouth wi making a public appearance. he was only 61 years old and was

an aocate of developing sterros t wieith >> the first ever biden cancer suffit kicked last night here in washington. former vice president joe biden wd hise dr. jill biden opened the event at the wharf.t they l their son to cancer in 2016 and since then the bidens hang been wor with several organizations hoping to find a cure. tden launched campaign that lead him toead a white house effort to l end cancer. when the president asked me to do it, annteresting thing happened because of all of you. this went from an objective to a movement. it's a movement i've never seen so much energy. so much energy behind it. i really mean it. >> the event here in d.c. will focus on touey cancer patients experience. hundreds of summits will be held

simultaneously throughout the world. later this morning the former vice president and dr. jill biden will sit down with an exclusive interview on today and talk about the summit this weekend andhaheing culture of cancer research and care. that's right here on news 4 today. >> it's the deadline for a womau ng supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sex assault to say whether she'll testify before senators on monday. >> her attorney says she the hearing to be pushed further anto the week while kauavsgh news 4' tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more now. why later in the week? >> she is dealing with death threats and the security of her testimony to get the written testimony done and get to washington by monday so they're considering pushing it to thursday. u.s. marshals are also checking out threats against judge kavanaugh. he's eager andeady to testify

he says to clear his name but the oer side is laying down some conditions for the testimony sting they w him to go first. not her. they don't want him in thhe roo whens testifying and they're trying to limit the number of queions but requiring the fbi investigation before her testimony as they had reported. it's not a deal breaker according to her attorney and she's also saying she done want o be questioned by a professional. republicans are thinking about bringing in outside council t female lawyer ask the questions instead of lawmakers. >> tracie potts on the hill for us, thank you. >> it's now 5:47. a group of alumni from dr. rd's high school is standing behind her. a large group from holton-arms s been visiting lawmakers officers delivering lette of support for dr. ford. they believe an fbi investigation should move

forward. >> dr. ford is our fellow alumni and asked for an fbi investigatf.n into hers that's not really something that one general asks for and she came forwardt great personal cost so we're just echoing her request. >> on the website the alumni claims she has the right to testify and share her story. >> a man faces charges for attacking and sually assaulting a woman at a popular d.c. metro station. policerrested him near the east street metro stop after a rider said he groped her on the platform and triedo rape her tuesday rning. >> it was anmo eonal day in court on day nine of the mansion murder trial here in d.c. the parents heard a detailed description of how evidence was collected from the scene. jurs were shownloody pieces of fabric from the chairs the victims were bound too. gas was poured around the bed and in the room where the

couple's 10-year-old son was found. he's accused of killing the family and their housekeeper. the trial resumes on monday. >> happening today, we'll learn more about the death of jordan mcnair. he was a 19-year-old football player at the university ofla mary who died back in june. today they areo expected account an investigation into his death. espn reports the schl hired a sports medicine consultant to see whether the football scout followed proper protocol when mcnair collapsed. according t espn, jordan's parents weren't told about the ere going tot they be released today.th board later issued a statement but didn't specify when. >> 11 minutes before the hour now, a new video this morning of celebrations i cleefld aftvelan a big win for the browns.

for the overnight party you t would haught it was out there. the city celebrated with free bud light. yo may have seen the commercial campaign behind this. bud light installed refrigerators full of free beer all over the city there promising to open them when the brown's long losing streak finally ended and that last night when the browns beat the jets 21-17. >> budweiser probably wasn't thinking it could happen. it was the first win since chstmas eve of 2016. that is 635 days without a win. they'rhe happy broke the streak on their home turf. what a celebration. >> the best par about it was just that we were here at home. lawe have to for each other. >>ope we can maintain the

momentum. >> even cleveland's police department was excited. theyweeted we won. wait, oh god. the free beer thing. okay cleveland. stay calm. followed by sober ride home. >> they had 200 bottles of beera in those fringes at each of the places they put them in, bars around town. >> maybe this is a turn around for the team. how about the skins? they'reorking hard hoping for their first home win o the season this weekend. they're hosting the packers at fex fie and they have a real opportunity to stand out this weekend because green bay's quarterback aaron rogers has been having a littleis trouble wi knee. isn't quite playing at 100%. skins are 1-1 after losing to the colts. kick off this sunday at 1:00 p.m.. i think even after the tough loss last week -- >> we need aaron rogers at like 20%. >>hat we're wishing ill on other people. >> no, i don't want him hurt.

he's already hurt. >> there you go. >> it will not be a bright sunny warm day. so cool, cloudy and maybe a little shower.op let's that favors the home team and not the visitors as they come from a very cold and wet place. washington under a mostly cloudy sky. no rain in town just yet. may want to pack that pocket sized umbrella on your way out the door. very closely grouped together so it's not cold out there. it's friday afterall. b-plus for today. chance for a couple of showers early thi morning. otherwise a cloudy, warm and humid afternoon. high temperatures up around 81 degrees. this weather front out here is whathe upper midwest is going to bring us significantly cooler weather for your sunday. to ty and tomorrow on mild

side. rain drops this morning, mong into culpepercounty. just a quick shot of rain. first thing this morning. this is how the computer is handling it. mostly on to thei-95 corridor and this is the updated run now. a little chanc for some showers and leaving most of the western and northern sid of t d.c. metro area alone. just take that little umbrellahe to be on safe side. same thing with tomorrow. a lot of clouds but only an isolated chance for rain both todarr and to. sunday and monday, though, high rain chances. not looking for a lot of rain but a high chance of getting rain and being on de cool side ery unsettled and showeryll nto next week. let's go to first four traffic now and hear from melissa. >> good morning. taking a lookt chopper 4, northbound, southbound here.

nice and clear here thi rning. very typical volume there. we had a problem northbounded that cle out of the way for anybody headed northbound. no problem there. eastbound 66 after 123. right lane there is blocked by the work zone and westbound esburg pike at 50. >> all right melissa, thank you. this weekend,il you w not be using the arlington memorial bridges crew will shutdown all six lanes. both the sidewalks too, on the bridge, around 7:00 this evening. it's part of a long-term repair project on the bridge. the bridge is scheduled to be back open by 5:00 monday morning. >> good morning, the change comes after the social networking giant came under scrutiny for providing support

to the campaign in 2016 it ffered support to the clin cton mpaign but they declined. with your cnbc morning business report i'm courtney reagan. >> thanks, courtney. >> do you spend your weekends binge watching hgtv, dreaming up ren novations and ideas f your home? if you're in the market for a little inspiration thereev an t for you. >> we're working for you at the capital home showhi morning. >> look at this set up right he. this bathroom. absolutely gorgeous. claw foottub. you name it.

landscaping. we even have kitchens and they're all set up. you can use them. touch them. get a feel for them. the experts are here to you so that you can make decisions. they have all kinds of differenh thine at the capital home show. it gets unrway at10:00 today and lasts through the weekend and you could drop a lot of here because everything is fabulous. we'll have more throughout the show. >> why offices think more victims may be out there. plus under hearrest, work weekends withet an arrest i murder that shocked the district. we're hearing from the parents of wendy martinez, theogger killed when news 4 today continues.

good morning, evyone. >> fast approaching 6:00 a.m. on this friday. the weekend is all but here. xc>> veryed about that. >> checking on your commute with melissa and your first 4 traffic. is it going to be another nice ty? >> on whole, yes. a little chance for rain this morning.

i think it's friday >> it is friday. >> later on this evening mostly dry and maybe a couple of showers north and west. that's about it. 71 degrees washington it was cloudy outside. here's a look at the radar. now you notice on the bottom of the screen. a couple of showers and these m areing toward the area. we'll start to see these in southern parts of the county. temperatures right around 70 degrees. a little muggy outside. moving into the d.c. metro area probably between 8:00 and 9:00 this mornis that rain tries to hold together. back in a few minutes to look ah afternoon forecast and a look ahead at the weekend. let's see how the friday traffic is going. >> good morning. starting with a look here at 270 northbound, southbound